As far as first festival line up announcements go, Bloodstock Open Air Festival have smashed it out of the park with their opening blast of bands for 2025. In their opening 19 band salvo, Bloodstock have revealed all three main stage headliners for next years festival and a viking boat load of other good stuff…
Twenty more acts have been announced by the organisers of Download Festival, taking place at “rock’s spiritual home” Donington Park on 9 – 11 June. Canadian prog-metal professor Devin Townsend will bring his very own Devin Townsend Project to the event after a recent successful UK tour. He will be joined by highly-rated newcomers Code…
Songwriter extraordinaire Ginger Wildheart has launched his latest PledgeMusic campaign to raise support for a new country album, “Ghost In The Tangle Wood”. The Wildhearts frontman said: “I’m beyond chuffed to bring you this, my first album in a country style. It features an all new gang of seasoned musicians, and I’m honestly delighted with…
Orange Goblin are something of a British metal institution. Having recently celebrated their 20th anniversary together as a band, it was only right that back at the end of the Summer, Rock Sins caught up with their guitar Joe Hoare and bassist Martyn Millard on the final day of the 2015 Bloodstock Open Air Festival…
Words by James Halstead & Nick Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. With only one more day to go, it was time to wipe away the grime accumulated over the past several days and go again for one last round of metal mayhem for the final day of the 2015 Bloodstock Open Air Festival. Anyone who’s…
Well, here we are at Damnation, the brilliant one day heavy music festival held annually at Leeds University. Each Damnation festival is unique, with the only common theme being the faithful Damnation regulars, who see the one day festival as a chance to see some of the best extreme bands in the world. The 2014 festival line…
Things have been so busy recently here at Rock Sins HQ we’ve been a little bit tardy when it comes to updates on one of our favourite festivals. That’s right, Bloodstock Open Air have made not one but two recent announcements, so we’re doing a bit of catching up. The BOA team have added another…
Damnation, the brilliant one day heavy music festival held annually at Leeds University, has reached its tenth year. Each Damnation festival is a unique event, with the only common thread being the Damnation regulars who see the festival as an opportunity to witness some of the best extreme bands on the planet. The 2014 festival is…
In recent years, the British metal festival calendar has kicked off with the annual trip to North Wales for Hammerfest and 2015 will be no different. Hammerfest 7 will be returning to it’s regular home at Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park and they’ve just announced the first group of bands that will play at the…
Middle Saturday. The day where attendees to Download are generally still going strong (in some cases just about) as we all head into the second day of rock and metal goodness. This year’s Middle Saturday in particular has a veritable smorgasbord of bands of all genres to be enjoyed. But before diving in, please check…
The festival announcement pendulum has swung back in the direction of the Download Festival 2014 as Andy Copping and his team have confirmed another dozen and a half (that’s eighteen in layman’s terms) bands to appear across the weekend this coming June. Top of the pile this time around are UK rock favourites The Wildhearts,…
With an impressive array of rock, punk, alternative and metal bands with a dash of indie already amassed on the line up for the one day Camden Rocks 2014 All Day Festival, taking place on Saturday 31st of May 2014, the organisers have now released another bands of artists onto the line up. Top of…
