As far as festival announcements go, you don’t get much bigger than this. The 2017 Download Festival have only gone and added a whopping FORTY EIGHT bands to the line up for this years’ event. There are some huge bands in this announcement so it’s tough to know where to start, but a good place…
The Amity Affliction are back, this time with a UK/European tour in support of their latest release, I Think This Could Be Heartbreak. The line up tonight reads like a mashup of genres, with four very different bands mixing together to provide a night of entertainment at London’s Roundhouse. Wage War [7] pack a big…
Impericon Festival added an additional London date this year, much to the delight of fans that wouldn’t have to travel all the way to Manchester from far and wide. Taking place on the first properly warm day of the year, we sent Rachael Griffiths to spend the entire day locked away in a dark room to photograph…
The festival announcements keep coming thick and fast and the always punishing Impericon Festival are the latest to reveal some new bands for their 2016 installment. After making a brief return to the UK in 2014, the news that Despised Icon will once again take to the stage at Impericon Fest in 2016 will please…
Words by Jamie Giberti, Lisa Fox, James Halstead, Sam Dignon, Jessica Howkins, James Weaver and Katie Needham. Photos by Jamie Giberti except where credited. Headline Muse photo by Richard Johnson. Following the torrential rain that started during Friday afternoon and carried right on through to the early hours of Saturday many of the occupants of…
Welcome back to Rock Sins End Of Year Awards for 2014. With over half the staff having contributed their selections now, it’s the turn of Laura Herbert to pick out her highlights and lowlights from the past twelve months. Over to you Laura…. 1) Album of the Year – Intervals – A Voice Within Over…
Not long before Christmas, Australian metalcore titans Parkway Drive hit the UK for their biggest headline tour yet. With several big Parkway Drive fans amongst the staff here at Rock Sins we weren’t going to miss out on this tour, so we sent James along to the Camden Town Roundhouse (somehow still standing after Machine…
In news that should surprise no one, Andy Copping and his team at Live Nation / Download HQ have managed to squeeze out a new Download Festival 2015 line up announcement before Christmas. And in the true spirit of Christmas, it’s a whopper, with a very impressive 19 (nineteen) new bands announced to join the…
Regarded across the world as one of the most important metalcore acts of recent times, Aussie favourites Parkway Drive are returning to the UK at the end of 2014 for a handful of shows. They’re not coming alone either as they’re bringing one hell of a supporting cast with them. German metal masters Heaven Shall…
Having spent most of 2013 away from the UK with only one appearence at Download Festival a lot of people have been looking forward to Architects returning tonight. With their latest album Lost Forever // Lost Together about to be released there was not a better way for Architects to celebrate this than with a…