With just ten days remaining until the UK’s metal population descend upon Catton Park for Bloodstock’s twelfth incarnation, now seems the appropriate time to make your picks of the main stage crop this year. With the Ronnie James Dio stage bearing witness to three days of commanding chaos, here are Rock Sins’ top choices for…
It’s time for some more bands for Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2017! And once again, the BOA team have lined up some crackers for all of us for next year. Firstly, making their Bloodstock Festival debut in 2017 are Skindred. Veterans of so many brilliant performances at Download and elsewhere, Benji and friends will get…
For a long time here at Rock Sins we’ve debated setting up a video of the week feature. Now, in February 2016, we’ve finally got off our arses and done it. So, who will be the first winner? We’ve got a real varied selection for our first video of the week contest. Japanese metal crossover…
We thought we’d be due another Download Festival 2016 line up announcement before Christmas, and Andy Copping and his team have obliged with a monster of an announcement! Via their often used good friend, Daniel P Carter on the BBC Radio One Rock Show, ten new acts have been added to the festivities at Donington…
One of the UK’s best ever live metal bands are back! Ragga metal main men Skindred have returned with a blistering new song! Under Attack is the first piece of new music to surface from the Welsh group as they gear up for the release of their brand new album Volume, which is set to…
Hit The Deck is Bristol and Nottingham’s annual, raucous start to the festival season. With a bill that gets bigger every year, this event has been one of the UK’s premier indoor festivals since its inception. Things are changed around a little at the Nottingham leg this year; the wristbands are made from paper not…
Here at Rock Sins we believe in real music. We are also huge fans of Steel Panther. So you cannot imagine our joy when this video appeared on the bands Facebook yesterday. Simply entitled “Kanye” we would love it if this song could be considered for next year’s #Grammys… if not, you can always check out…
Hit The Deck Festival is making it’s return in 2015 and they’re bringing one hell of an initial line-up. The annual April double header for Nottingham and Bristol is packing some of the UK (and beyond)’s finest as we get the ball rolling for the 2015 edition of Hit The Deck. Leading the way are…
Words by Sam Dignon & Jamie Giberti. After months of build up, anticipation, debates, celebration and complaints over the line up (as happen every year), Download Festival 2014 was finally upon us. Rock Sins descended en-masse to the hallowed turf of Donington with our best staff turn out yet to enjoy and report back on…
Skindred have a long standing reputation of being fantastic live and decidedly lacklustre on record. Having been a band now for sixteen years, they’ve been threatening to break through into the mainstream for some time. Is Kill The Power finally their crowning moment? Unfortunately, it seems not. Despite their best intentions and energetic frontman Benji…
2013 was a good year as far as the performance of rock and metal bands in the UK album charts were concerned, with the likes of Paramore, Black Sabbath and Avenged Sevenfold scoring number one albums, topped off by others such as Bring Me The Horizon and Alter Bridge bothering the top 10 in impressive…
Skindred have built up a reputation as one of the best live bands in the country, and tonight is the final date of their headline tour for their latest album Kill The Power. First up were LA band Viza (8) who brought along a very unique brand of gypsy punk. Whilst surprising a lot of…
