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…
This week on the Rock Sins Playlist we have tracks from Knocked Loose, Terror and Static Dress who have just kicked off their UK tour this week as well as Boston Manor who are also due to hit the road soon! We have some eagerly awaited new material from the ever-brilliant Ithaca & Pupil Slicer…
After weeks of teasing, from billboards in London, to exclusive Instragram filters, to cryptic live streams, Korn have finally released the first single from their 14th studio album Requiem. Dropping online at midnight Eastern Time (5am UK time), “Start the Healing” is a stormer of a track that follows where 2019’s The Nothing left off,…
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 Download Festival team have pulled out all the stops for a mega first announcement of Download 2021! As promised by festival booker Andy Copping, the bulk of the 2020 lineup has re-joined the party for 2021, but with some interesting new additions and replacements for those who couldn’t rejoin from 2020. Headliners KISS (on…
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…
Those cheeky Nu Metal Warriors Greg & Simon are back once again. This month the lads have been discussing Korn, Blink 182, Volbeat, Download Festival and Legacy bands and what their place is in today’s musical landscape.
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…
