They say two heads are better than one. But then again they also say too many cooks spoil the broth. It’s hard to know what to believe and whether more than one person at the helm of a project is a good thing. For the sake of this list however, more is most certainly more…
It’s another whopper of an announcement from the Download Festival team for the 2020 edition of the annual Donington shenanigans! Over forty bands have just been added, and we’ve got more than music for you as well! Kicking things off and filling Saturday’s special guest slot, in something of a poorly kept secret are Rock…
Its time for another update to ye olde Rock Sins Spotify playlist feature! As always, we’ve got the usual mix of brand new tracks for you, and some old favourites. In the new corner this week, we’ve got the blistering new Slipknot single for starters. That is followed by new tracks from Rammstein, Knocked Loose,…
It’s time for another update to our Spotify Playlist! Continuing our tradition of mixing in the best of the old and the new we’ve got a royal musical feast for you this week. New singles, or tracks from impending new albums from the likes of While She Sleeps and In Flames kick things off. Other…
It’s time for another update to our Spotify playlist! This week we’ve enlisted the help of longtime Rock Sins contributor Matt Hill to help us pick some metal gems and he’s done us (and all of you) proud with some choice older offerings (including Machine Head, Hypocrisy, Scorpions and Testament). He’s also picked out some…
Mastodon have announced their return to live action with a marathon 25-date tour of the UK and Europe. The Atlanta band will kick off the trek on January 14 in Belfast, Northern Ireland before additional stops in Dublin, Southampton, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham, Norwich, Bristol and London, where they’ll take over the prestigious O2 Academy Brixton….
Mastodon never do anything by halves. Whether they are dropping mind-bending concept albums, or casually just putting out one of the albums of the year this past March, they are always keeping people on their toes. So some six months after their blistering album ‘Emperor of Sand’ they have decided to grace us all with…
Let’s face it, about two weeks prior to the annual rock and metal pilgramage to Donington for the Download Festival, weather watch becomes a favourite pasttime for a large amount of the festival going community. Having ranged from looking horrendous (ala many of the recent previous years) to not too bad at all, the worst…
Merry Christmas to us all from the powers that be at Download Festival HQ. Andy Copping and the team have just unveiled an amazing selection of bands for the 2017 Download Festival that will go a long way towards winning over some of the fans who weren’t already convinced by the first announcement, and make…
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…
Bloodstock Open Air has announced three more bands for next August’s annual mosh-fest in Derbyshire. US prog metallers Symphony X (pictured) – making an exclusive UK festival appearance – join Sunday, with Slayer topping that bill. Fellow Americans, industrial metal legends, Fear Factory will hit the Ronnie James Dio Stage on Saturday, headlined by Mastodon….
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…
