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…
Well this is going to go down rather well in most circles isn’t it?! Atlanta prog metal favourites Mastodon have in the last few minutes been confirmed as the first headliners for Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2016!! The news was revealed by Mr Daniel P Carter on the Radio One Rock Show at around 8pm….
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…
Once More ‘Round The Sun, Mastodon’s latest studio album is the latest in a long and varied career from one of heavy music’s greatest treasures. Last album ‘The Hunter’ certainly made a noticeable effort to be more ‘accessible’ especially after the progressive epic ‘Crack the Skye’ that preceded it. So how does this latest effort…
Another big success story for rock and metal in the UK album charts this week! Prog metal masters Mastodon have leapt onto the top echelons of the UK album top 40 with their latest effort, the eagerly anticipated Once More ‘Round The Sun. It would seem that anticipation in this case translated into a good…
In what’s one of the best festival announcements we’ve seen in quite awhile, the Sonisphere team have just confirmed another seven bands to play Sonisphere UK at Knebworth this coming July. Watch the video for the full unveiling: [youtube id=”tqEOisrixUc” width=”600″ height=”350″] If you weren’t able to watch the video for some reason, the seven…