After a spectacular 2023 that saw every tour they embarked upon sell out within minutes, their latest album skyrocket into the charts and that ended with spellbinding headline performance at London’s Wembley Arena. Sleep Tokens ascension looks set to continue in 2024. With the band having just announced a mammoth UK arena tour for November…
Now in it’s third year, the 2023 edition of Radar Festival held at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse saw a line-up that treated us to the likes of Periphery, Sleep Token, Dream State, Loathe, Lake Malice and many more! We sent photographer Abbi Draper to capture the action – check out some of the highlights in…
Secretive, enigmatic and taking both the metal world and the mainstream by storm, Sleep Token have steadily been building anticipation for their latest studio album, Take Me Back To Eden for months now. With singles like Chokehold and The Summoning already having clocked up well over 85 million streams on Spotify prior to the album’s…
With the previous singles from the forthcoming Sleep Token album, Take Me Back To Eden having already clocked up over 85 million streams in just a few months, the hype surrounding the notoriously secretive group’s third studio release is at an all time high. Not content with taking over Spotify, bagging YouTube’s “Trending Artist On…
Takedown Festival, the Hampshire based all day Rock & Alt Festival is finally back, after an eight year hiatus. Moving from its original home in Southampton Uni to Portsmouth Guildhall, the Festival made a welcome comeback this Easter weekend. Takedown has always had a special place in the hearts of music fans for being an…
For the first time in 8 years, Takedown Festival returns this weekend! Moving from it’s previous home of Southampton University to Portsmouth Guildhall, it promises to kick start your Easter weekend with much a serious dose of heaviness. Split over 5 stages, there will be something for everyone, no matter what flavour of Rock &…
The announcement we’ve all been waiting for, we now know our finalists for the Heavy Music Awards 2023. Voting is now open for this years awards, so now the tough decisions start in who to vote for. Leading the pack for 2023, our favourite Scottish duo Vukovi have an impressive five nominations. Following shortly behind,…
With the rollout of new singles that started on the fifth day of the year, SLEEP TOKEN have been the most talked about band thus far in 2023. Returning home after a run of shows in Australia supporting ARCHITECTS, the remaining tickets for their UK “rituals” were snapped up with the release of new music from one of…
It’s that time of year again. Yep, it’s festival season, Metcheck is bracing itself for a record number of website hits and everyone starts buying shares in Jagermeister and wet weather gear. Due to the ongoing Global Pandemic, it’s been 3 years since the faithful have descended upon the hallowed turf of Donington Park for…
The Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff was one big positivity filled room on Thursday night. One date ahead of their return to Alexandra Palace, ARCHITECTS arrived in the Welsh capital on their postponed For Those That Wish To Exist tour. With a stacked 3-band bill and all of their new material that the majority of the…
This week on the Rock Sins Playlist we have tracks from Knocked Loose, Terror and Static Dress who have just kicked off their UK tour this week as well as Boston Manor who are also due to hit the road soon! We have some eagerly awaited new material from the ever-brilliant Ithaca & Pupil Slicer…
Next up in the Rock Sins End Of Year Awards is our new reviews editor Tasha Brown! Having joined the team earlier this year, Tasha has quickly risen up the ranks here at Rock Sins HQ, so we are very eager to check out her choices. Over to you Tasha! Album Of The Year: This…
