Like a vampire feasting on the blood of a fresh victim. Hellfest founders Ben Barbaud and Yoann Le Nevé must be revelling in the tears and reproaches of their detractors this week. After Machine Gun Kelly Babymetal, and Foo Fighters raised eyebrows for being “not metal enough” in years gone by. We were surprised to…
The final day of Download often sees sore heads and tired limbs, and 2025 was no different. Nonetheless, excitement was still very much hanging in the air for KoRn’s first headline set, the return of Spiritbox and much, much more. If you haven’t yet had the chance to check out our in-depth review of the…
Our Download Festival 2025 preview has reached the final day! Having brought you Team Rock Sins’ thoughts on day one (Friday) and day two (Saturday), here we are with the preview of the last day of action; The Sunday of Download 2025. Arguably the most stacked line up of all three days, there are some…
It’s the final countdown to the 2025 Download Festival! With the gates of Donington opening in just six days, and the arena fully open a couple of days after, excitement is building. Rock Sins caught up with Download Festival Senior Booker Kamran Haq recently to cover a huge range of topics about this years’ Download….
Three brand new headliners for Download 2025! For the first time since 2010 the Download Festival has an entirely fresh set of headliners for the Donington faithful to enjoy. With punk rock legends Green Day making their Download bow on Friday night, the mysterious phenomenon of Sleep Token on Saturday and nu metal icons KoRn…
If you found yourself in London on Sunday 11th August surrounded by hordes of black t-shirt wearing folks, all of them eagerly marching towards Ealing and Acton Town, then you’ll have been looking at the crowds on their way to Gunnersbury Park to celebrate thirty glorious years of Korn. The influence that the nu-metal pioneers…
Walking into the Piece Hall tonight was like walking back in time to 2002. A sea of baggy jeans, wallet chains and fishnets were to be seen, with the crowd chomping at the bit to bear witness to Korn’s first headline show in the county of West Yorkshire since 2008(?!) With Liverpool’s very own Loathe as…
As the sun rose once again for the final morning of the 2022 Download Festival, many thoughts were on the mind of Team Rock Sins. How lucky we’d been with the weather and just how bloody good Iron Maiden had been the previous evening among them. For those who haven’t seen the other parts of…
This year Download Festival was back in full force with its usual capacity and an epic line-up that saw the likes of Kiss, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro headling the festival’s full return, post-pandemic. We always knew this year would be special and you can see some of those special moments and highlights from the…
It’s been a testing few years for Korn. From the death and loss that spurred 2019’s The Nothing, to the isolation and uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, it would be perfectly understandable if Jonathan Davis and Co. took things to even darker places on their next outing, particularly with the hiatus of bassist Fieldy…
