When Alter Bridge are in town, Rock Sins will follow. Add the Danish rock stylings of Volbeat and the French mastery of Gojira into the mix, and it was nothing less than one of 2016’s must see tours. After two hugely successful visits to Wembley, Alter Bridge have graduated to The O2 Arena in London,…
The second day of Bloodstock dawned bright, and blearily for some punters following the festivities of Twisted Sister the night before. Another fantastic day of the best heavy music can offer awaited though, from Cambion and their Ronnie James Dio stage début, through to Mastodon’s first ever UK festival headline slot through to a triumphant return…
Due to some unforeseen circumstances we’ve had a few issues in getting the final part of our Download 2016 festival coverage published for your enjoyment but better late than never, here it is! For anyone who didn’t see it the first time around, or who would like a refresher, You can catch up with the…
With their new album Magma, Gojira have continued their ascent up the proverbial ladder of the metal world. They’ve adorned the cover of Metal Hammer UK , had some of their best festival slots and were recently announced to play UK arenas for the first time in November supporting ex label mates Alter Bridge. So,…
As it’s been a few weeks since the last Rock Sins video of the week contest (the Download Festival special which saw Ashestoangels come out as winners) due to things being manic here at Rock Sins HQ, we thought we’d have a slightly bigger edition this week than usual. Rather than the usual five videos,…
They recently announced they’d inked a record deal with Napalm Records, and now Alter Bridge have announced they’re returning to the country who’ve given them their greatest success so far. Mark, Myles, Scott and Brian will be back in the UK starting in late November for 7 huge arena shows, including Alter Bridge’s first time…
The gates to the campsite of the 2016 Download Festival will be open in just a few hours time! So while you’re sat waiting in the queue, on your travels on the way to Donington, or just wishing you were going, please check out our pick of who and what to see at this years’…
Last week London alternative quartet This Year’s Ghost were the winners of video of the week. Now it’s the turn of five more bands – and we’ve got a particularly heavy crop this week – for our readers to vote on. French metal titans Gojira are first up this week. With a brand new album…
We thought we’d be due another Download Festival 2016 line up announcement before Christmas, and Andy Copping and his team have obliged with a monster of an announcement! Via their often used good friend, Daniel P Carter on the BBC Radio One Rock Show, ten new acts have been added to the festivities at Donington…
Legendary Californian speed thrash metal band Slayer has been confirmed to close next year’s Bloodstock Festival in Derbyshire next August. The fearsome foursome will top the bill on Sunday, following fellow headliners Twisted Sister (Friday) and Mastodon (Saturday). Kerry King and co. made their Bloodstock debut in 2013 just three months after the sad death…
As far as UK festival announcements go, this is pretty spectacular. Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2016 is already shaping up to be another amazing installment of the UK’s favourite independent metal festival, and the BOA team have pulled off some more cracking additions to the line up. Leading the charge in their highest profile UK…
After two days of enthralling rock, metal and the odd bit of dance courtesy of The Prodigy, not to mention hangovers and bangovers courtesy of the Raging Speedhorn VIP set on Saturday night, Rock Sins arrived somewhat groggily at the final day of the return of Sonisphere Knebworth 2014. If you’ve missed the first two…
