In 2006 who could have predicted that Slam Dunk Festival would still be going two decades later. What was once originally a club night has transformed into a sprawling, two-site event with European offshoot festivals and a reputation far beyond its humble beginnings. Bringing together pop-punk heavyweights Good Charlotte, hardcore trailblazers Knocked Loose, veteran act…
The scale and size to which anonymous collective PRESIDENT have grown is something of a phenomenon. It only felt like yesterday when the band launched their masked music endeavour, premiering the band back at Download Festival with no original material to their name, yet an ungodly buzz surrounding their mystery and strong rumour of who…
Takedown Festival 2026 returned to Portsmouth Guildhall to kick off festival season and offer a selection of newer bands and more established bands, with a resulting balanced lineup of well-loved artists and exciting new music, to discover across the two days. The multi-room format encouraged constant movement between stages and a variety of high-production sets…
One of those news stories that is both good and bad news simultaneously from the Takedown Festival team; Unfortunately due to Phil Campbell having ongoing health issues, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons have had to pull out of their Friday headline slot at Takedown Festival 2026. As fairly last minute replacements go, we would…
It is hard to remember a first EP from a band receiving such hype or anticipation, especiallywhen you consider the band in question only publicly sprung to life with the release of their firstsingle ‘In the name of the father’ on May 15th 2025. A chaotic, sweaty and triumphant debutperformance on the Dogtooth stage Download…
The final day of Download often sees sore heads and tired limbs, and 2025 was no different. Nonetheless, excitement was still very much hanging in the air for KoRn’s first headline set, the return of Spiritbox and much, much more. If you haven’t yet had the chance to check out our in-depth review of the…
Having been announced as support for Architects European tour just weeks ago. Enigmatic masked mystery men, PRESIDENT have issued a lengthy, yet suitably engmatic communiqué this week. Detailing the release of their first EP, KING OF TERRORS. KING OF TERRORS The Inaugural EP. Forged in solitude. Shaped by memory.These are chapters drawn from the shadows…
Brighton metalcore heavyweights, Architects have just announced a massive European tour coming to arenas around the EU next year. Featuring support from LANDMVRKS and mysterious masked upstarts, PRESIDENT. Architects latest European tour will kick off in Germany on January 13th. Packing out venues across the continent for 11 dates before coming to a close in…
Our Download Festival 2025 preview has reached the final day! Having brought you Team Rock Sins’ thoughts on day one (Friday) and day two (Saturday), here we are with the preview of the last day of action; The Sunday of Download 2025. Arguably the most stacked line up of all three days, there are some…
It’s the final countdown to the 2025 Download Festival! With the gates of Donington opening in just six days, and the arena fully open a couple of days after, excitement is building. Rock Sins caught up with Download Festival Senior Booker Kamran Haq recently to cover a huge range of topics about this years’ Download….