East London is ablaze with glorious sunshine and awash with black t-shirts as metallers aged 8 to 80 and beyond descend on Stratford. Their destination: The London Stadium to take in the first night of the Metallica M72 World Tour London double header. It is a Friday, and a relatively early start time, which means…
After an action-packed night. Mostly spent screaming ourselves hoarse at Camp Midgards bin jousting (you’re our boy, Tom and don’t you forget it!). It takes the promise of German power metal upstarts, Feuerschanwz (8) to beckon us away from the campsite and into the arena. A move that turns out to be well justified, even…
When Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne announced the biggest of retirement parties in the shape of Back To The Beginning, the metal world knew it was going to be a momentous occasion. But truly, none of us, not even the Prince Of Darkness himself, could have fully prepared for what was to come on July…
With Bloodstock 2025 just a few weeks away. The grounds of Catton Hall in Derby will soon be filled with thousands of heavy metal fans. All dying for their fix of live music. So with the roster of artists on Bloodstocks expansive bill semmingly growing by the year. We’ve taken a look at 2025’s amazing…
Thrash metal titans, Metallica have been out on the road on their gargantuan M72 world tour now since 2023. However, the Bay Area legends show no signs of slowing down yet. Having just announced a run of shows across Europe and the UK in Summer 2026! Kicking off on May 9th at the Olympic Stadium…
Despite having seemingly brought their epic career to a close back in February 2017. Ending with an iconic two night show at Birminghams Resorts World Arena. Black Sabbath shocked fans around the world yesterday when they announced one final show together! Set to take place on Saturday July 5th at Villa Park in Birmingham. The…
As far as first festival line up announcements go, Bloodstock Open Air Festival have smashed it out of the park with their opening blast of bands for 2025. In their opening 19 band salvo, Bloodstock have revealed all three main stage headliners for next years festival and a viking boat load of other good stuff…
There’s a solid case to be made that Gojira are the heaviest band to ever headline venues like the Cardiff International Arena. Uncompromising and incomparable, the French quartet have earned their status as a band of this size through the consistent quality of their music and their reputation as a water-tight live band. As one…
Continuing with the 2021 Rock Sins End Of Year Awards installments, our latest round comes from Mr Rob Woodhouse. With excellent wide ranging tastes, Rob’s awards are likely to feature a wide array of bands, so without any further waffling from the RS Editorial Team, take it away Rob! Album of The Year: The Wildhearts…
For those of you that missed the meeting, we took a vote and it was carried that Gojira are to be promoted to the Big League of Heavy Metal TM. Sorry if your opinions weren’t heard, but with all the uncertainty amongst the shareholders about the scarcity of future arena and festival headliners, we decided…