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1 week ago | 
rocksins.com | Jamie Giberti
We all know that Download Festival starts as soon as the gates open on a Wednesday lunchtime. With many fantastic events like The Takeover and some of our friends doing awesome DJ sets, District X and The Doghouse are definitely the place to be for the early arrivals.
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2 weeks ago | 
rocksins.com | Jamie Giberti
Ahhhh, Download middle Saturday. The time when everyone is nicely settled in. Middle Saturday at Download 2025 has a very eclectic feeling. In fact, we put it to Download’s Senior Promoter Kamran Haq that it just might be the most eclectic main stage line up a day at the festival has ever had! Following on from our Download Festival 2025 Preview, the Rock Sins team has another ten bands picked out for prospective Donington attendees to read about and enjoy.
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3 weeks ago | 
rocksins.com | Jamie Giberti
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. Booking headliners, mental health, battling the elements were all covered and much more. Lets get down to it and dive in to see what Kam had to say….
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2 months ago | 
rocksins.com | Tom Wilkinson |John Layland |Greg Latham |Jamie Giberti
Japanese metallers Babymetal have officially announced the release of their highly anticipatednew album, METAL FORTH, due for global release on June 13th via Capitol Records. Thealbum will feature contributions from a host of artists including Poppy, Spiritbox, Tom Morello,Bloodywood, Polyphia, and Slaughter to Prevail.
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2 months ago | 
rocksins.com | John Layland |Tom Wilkinson |Greg Latham |Jamie Giberti
Fresh from the success of their latest album. This week Tennessee deathcore giants Whitechapel have announced their latest European summer campaign, Hymns Over Europe!Kicking off in Gdansk on June 4th, Whitechapels tour will see them team up with Northlane to take a variety of venues and festival stages by storm. Including the UK’s own Download Festival. As well as two headline shows in Bristol and London on June 16th & 17th respectively.
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2 months ago | 
rocksins.com | John Layland |Greg Latham |Jamie Giberti |Tom Wilkinson
Papa Roach are having a very busy start to 2025, as they have announced a brand-newversion of their global hit lead track, “Even If It Kills Me (Reimagined),” via their own label,New Noize Records/ADA. The single sees the band completely turn the track on its head andfrontman Jacoby Shaddix says that “It shines in a new way that we’re extremely proud of.” Thereimagined track, produced alongside Joshua Landry, previously hit #1 on US Rock Radio —marking their 13th time at the top of the charts.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
rocksins.com | Jamie Giberti |John Layland |Tom Wilkinson |Greg Latham
The Vengabus is coming, and Donington will be jumping!Last years’ excellent District X line up at Download Festival 2024 featured everything from Slay Duggee to awesome DJ sets to an unforgettable Bowling For Soup acoustic set. The 2025 District X line up is off to one hell of a start.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
rocksins.com | Tom Wilkinson |John Layland |Simon Crampton |Jamie Giberti
‘DYE’ are not here to pull punches! The Bristol based, female fronted 5 piece are releasing the blistering new single ‘Herd’ on March 14th. The band have been making waves with their powerful, feminist expression of frustration toward traditional generational expectations. ‘Herd’ is a track full of brutal and raw potential, disgusting, groove filled guitars and the guttural vocals.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
rocksins.com | Tom Wilkinson |John Layland |Simon Crampton |Jamie Giberti
Sleep Token are back among us! The enigmatic and anonymous four piece have finallyrevealed their new single ‘Emergence’ after weeks of teasing. The track is to be followed bytheir fourth studio album entitled ‘Even in Arcadia’, scheduled for release on May 9th, via RCARecords. The announcement also includes a huge arena tour of the United States set forSeptember, concluding at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles, California.
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
rocksins.com | Jamie Giberti |Simon Crampton |Tom Wilkinson |John Layland
Shocking news out of the Mastodon camp this evening. The band posted on their social media accounts at about 6pm UK time that Guitarist / vocalist Brent Hinds was no longer part of Mastodon. The full statement can be read below:Friends and Fans, After 25 monumental years together, Mastodon and Brent Hinds have mutually decided to part ways. We’re deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we’ve shared and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors.
