After the thoroughly great first day of Download Festival 2022 (read our Friday Download 2022 review here if you missed it), it was time to go again for the often legendary Middle Saturday. A quick shower and back to the arena it was! Things got going a little later than planned thanks to Iron Maiden’s…
Iron Maiden at Donington is always a special occasion. The 2022 Download Festival was no different. With the band returning to the hallowed turf for the first time since 2016, with new album Senjutsu, and with frontman Bruce Dickinson having a completely clean bill of health, having been at the tail end of his recovery…
It’s that time of year again. Yep, it’s festival season, Metcheck is bracing itself for a record number of website hits and everyone starts buying shares in Jagermeister and wet weather gear. Due to the ongoing Global Pandemic, it’s been 3 years since the faithful have descended upon the hallowed turf of Donington Park for…
We’re still blasting the new WOLF album here at Rock Sins, Shadowland is some proper heavy metal by a proper heavy metal band. We caught up with Niklas Stålvind to see what he thought of the reaction to the album and most importantly, when are they coming to see us in the UK?? Firstly, thanks…
A bumper announcement from the Download Festival team about Download Festival 2022 this morning! A mixture of bands from the cancelled 2020 and 2021 lineups, along with some fresh faces have given us all plenty to look forward to in June 2022. Confirmed alongside headliners KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro for the main stage…
The sad news that we all expected has been confirmed; Download Festival 2021 has been cancelled. It was always inevitable given the state of the world with the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the festival’s dates falling before the Government’s intended target “full re-opening” date of the 21st of June, the Download team have now confirmed…
Zee Productions has announced that it will be creating 500 piece jigsaws of four classic AC/DC album covers. Perfect to keep you busy during lockdown and a great gift for the classic rock music lover in your life, all of the puzzles come in a vinyl set sized box. Available from September you’ll be able…
This latest edition of the Rock Sins’ playlist features the usual mix of new singles, new tracks from just released albums and EP’s and a few old favourites thrown in for good measure. We’re celebrating Wrestlemania weekend being the big WWE fans that we are by including Code Orange’s Let Me In – theme song…
The Download Festival powers that be have spoken for the first time on the line up for 2020. *Drumroll Please* Your headliners for Donington next year are KISS, Iron Maiden and System Of A Down! They will be joined on the Download Festival 2020 line up by another 9 bands in the first announcement. With their…
After our Spotify playlist being quiet for awhile, we’re back with a bang. Twenty fresh songs for you all to enjoy, and a real mix of brand new stormers and old favourites. For newly released albums and EP’s, we’ve got tracks from Bring Me The Horizon, Swallow The Sun, Fever 333 and Frank Turner. For…
Here we are once again, another year over. So as is customary this time of year it’s time to look over the highs and lows from the world of music, and this time it is the turn of our own charismatic enigma, Simon Crampton. Album of the Year – Creeper – Eternity in your arms…
2018 Seems to be the year that just keeps on giving where tours are concerned. Now, the mighty Iron Maiden are joining the fray live once again for a very special series of shows. The Legacy Of The Beast tour has just been announced for Summer 2018 and continues Maiden’s pattern of touring their latest…
