Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2015 is looming large on the horizon, being just over a month away already! For something slightly different, we thought we’d compile a selection of great songs and their accompanying videos by some of the many fantastic artists appearing at Catton Hall this August. So, here’s 15 videos by 15 of…
A section for focusing on up and coming new bands has been long overdue here on Rock Sins so we’re delighted to kick it off with Woking post-hardcore noise merchants Employed To Serve. We caught up with their singer Justine Jones to introduce us to the band, find out a bit about them, and just…
Words by Jamie Giberti, Sam Dignon, James Halstead, Fran Dignon and Lisa Fox. Photos by Jamie Giberti except where credited. Featured image of Slipknot (above) by Danny North. After all the build up, the waiting, the queuing at the gates of Donington, the tent assembling, the BBQ’s and the drinking, Friday arrived and it was…
Although Rock Sins will have a full day-by-day and blow-by-blow account of all the action from the 2015 Download Festival, here’s half a dozen things we learned and observed over the course of the weekend that we thought we’d share with our readers prior to the main review! 1) Muse Can Headline Wherever They Want,…
The gates of Donington are just three hours away from opening for the 2015 Download Festival, so it’s high time we gave our readers the final part of our preview of this years’ activities. Focusing on what is often known as Classic Rock Sunday (which definitely rings true this year, at least for the main…
Ah, Download middle Saturday. Often the best day of the festival for many, this year sees a wealth of great bands of all different types and sub-genres with even greater variety than usual. Once again Rock Sins has picked our ten must see bands for the day (although if you physically had the time there’s…
We can’t quite believe it but somehow we’re only seven days away from the gates opening at Donington once again. The 2015 Download Festival is upon us and so it’s time to start looking at the bands that we think will give you what for many people is their best weekend of the year. So…
After a multi year hiatus, Norwegian Christian metal group Extol decided that last year the time was right for the band to reform and produce new music again. Rocksins were lucky enough to catch up with Extol founding member and vocalist Peter Espevoll for a conversation about life with Extol as a functioning musical entity…
I was fortunate to catch up Neurosis main-man Scott Kelly on Sunday 24th July 2011 at the High Voltage Festival (click here for a review of their fantastic performance at the festival). A quick interview ensued… MH : Matt Hill again here for Rock Sins, with Scott Kelly of Neurosis; unbelievably… Q1 MH : So,…
With Sonisphere 2010 at Knebworth now hours rather than days away, we at Rock Sins thought we’d take a little look at the UKs main challenger to Download and give you a bit of a preview of the line-up highlights in Sonisphere’s second year in the UK. Friday will bring lots of fun, games and…
So after a long road of voting, and knock outs we have been left with two finalists battling it out to be crowned as the person with the best tattoos in metal. Phil Anselmo vs Jenn Arroyo! Readers Poll: With a landslide 109 votes, against 61 votes, Jenn Arroyo has clearly been your favourite since…
An interview with Morgan Hakansson of Marduk at the Camden Underworld, Jan 28th 2010. Matt ~ When you started Marduk, did you have any long term goals or any aspirations other than to make ‘blasphemous black music’? Morgan ~ Hell no, of course you had the ambitions to go ahead and just let the energy…
