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2 weeks ago | 
rocksins.com | Simon Crampton
Scream For Me Donington!! Yes, it’s that time of year again where camping companies, off licences and Met Check all experience record numbers. Festival season is a go and the 2025 Edition of Download Festival is shaping up be a memorable one. We have put together your one stop shop for the artists playing the weekend across all the stages with the Rock Sins Download Festival 2025 Playlist. Crack is nice and loud and we’ll see you all in the field!
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3 weeks ago | 
rocksins.com | Simon Crampton
It seems crazy to me that a band like Orthodox has completely. They have been around for nearly 15 years and are 4 albums deep into their career, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard them. Talk about a shock to the system. A Door Left Open is one of the biggest revelations to come across my ears in quite some time. This is a nasty mindfuck of a record that wants you to feel every single part of it, while challenging you to turn it off.
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1 month ago | 
rocksins.com | Simon Crampton
Slung, the Brighton based four piece are one of the hottest new bands in the UK right now. They have just released their stunning debut album In Ways and are not on the road taking it to crowds up and down the UK. I was lucky enough to sit down with the band to discuss a wide range of topics, including the band’s inception and the album, the Brighton music scene, social media and working with panto dames…yes, you read that right.
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1 month ago | 
rocksins.com | Simon Crampton
Youth Code is one of most exciting duos in heavy industrial music not named Nine Inch Nails. When they took a break their future seemed uncertain. I can report wholeheartedly that upon their return their future, at least musicall remains as bleak as ever. While not as chaotic and frantic as their previous releases Yours, With Malice dials down the tempo and ups the creep factor. This is a snarling, insidious beast of an e.p that bares its fangs with intent to bite hard.
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1 month ago | 
rocksins.com | Simon Crampton
It’s a sunny afternoon in Southampton and we are lucky enough to have a chance to sit down with the members of Don’t Panic during their current UK tour with The Dollyrots. Over the course of our conversation with the band we discuss their second life as a band, their covers e.ps, merchandising, wrestling, wetherspoons and of course Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. So, let’s get the obvious question out of the way first. How has the tour been going for you guys? Ted: Awesome.
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1 month ago | 
rocksins.com | Simon Crampton
Face Yourself are one of my biggest discoveries of 2025. Even though the band has been going longer than that, they have only just landed on my radar. In a time where Deathcore or whatever label we are giving it this week is considered old hat, Face Yourself have found a way to bring something fresher to the table. Martyr is a shade under 15 minutes and absolutely wastes no time at all getting in and getting out. This is a ferocious e.p full of brain bludgeoningly heavy new gen Death Metal.
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2 months ago | 
rocksins.com | Simon Crampton
In Ways, the debut album from Brighton based quartet Slung is one of 2025’s biggest surprises. This is an album that covers a lot of ground both musically and thematically. The brilliant thing about this album and Slung as a collective is the deftiness in their songwriting managing to combine several unique elements to create a rich and diverse collection of songs that somehow manages to feel cohesive and wholly satisfying, taking the listener on a compelling journey through their world.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
rocksins.com | Tom Wilkinson |Greg Latham |Simon Crampton
It has been well over a decade since A Day To Remember burst onto the scene with The downfall of us all. Their brash, anthemic post hardcore meets pop punk clearly spoke to a generation of young people and promptly gained them a huge following. A swift rise and powerful singles, such asAll I Want, I’m made of wax, Larry, what are you made of? and their cover of Kelly Clarkson’s Since you’ve been gone have seen the band receive multiple nominations and awards.
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Mar 22, 2025 | 
rocksins.com | Greg Latham |Simon Crampton |John Layland
Spring has sprung, which means it won’t be long until the UK festival season kicks off! With a whole host of rock, metal and alternative music festivals taking place all over the country we’re spoilt for choice and so we’ve put together a list of just some of our favourites to help you plan a 2025 summer of live music to remember! April When: 4th-5th April Where: Portsmouth, Guildhall Rock Sins recommends: Elvana, Dream State, Lake Malice, Lastelle May When: 2nd-4th May Where: Charisworth...
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
rocksins.com | Tom Wilkinson |John Layland |Simon Crampton
For over two decades, Coheed and Cambria have walked the delicate line between theexpansive and the intimate, crafting records that push the boundaries of progressive rock, post-hardcore, and conceptual storytelling. With their new album The Father Of Make Believe,Claudio Sanchez and company pick up on the longest running concept story in all of music‘The Amory Wars’.
