Butserfest, the UK’s biggest “straight edge” festival (alcohol free and drug free) have got plenty of news to share with everyone about this years’ edition of the festival. Firstly, a couple of line up changes. With the news that Fearless Vampire Killers are soon to disband, they have unfortunately dropped off the Butserfest line up….
Words by Sam Dignon, James Halstead, Fran Dignon. Photos by Rachael Griffiths. It was the second bank holiday weekend in May and for UK festivals that can mean only one thing – it’s Slam Dunk time! Team Rock Sins was out in force to descend upon The University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield for the final…
A sold out KOKO buzzes with anticipation at the thought of the show tonight, as rows and rows of people queue patiently to experience the solo stylings of Black Veil Brides’ frontman, Andy Biersack’s, new solo project, Andy Black. Creeper [8] hit the stage to much applause from a crowd already screaming out for the…
Three venues (including one new bigger one), eight stages and almost seventy bands. Put them all together and you have the recipe for success at the Slam Dunk Festival triple header for 2016! From our headliners Panic! At The Disco to Creeper, and from Young Guns to Heart Of A Coward, there are acts on…
Andy Biersack, frontman of Black Veil Brides, recently released his debut solo album under his new guise of Andy Black. Of course, when releasing a new album a tour must follow, and we sent Rachael Griffiths to KOKO in order to photograph the last date of the Homecoming Tour, and provide this gallery of exclusive images…
Continuing on with Rock Sins look back at the last twelve months, today it’s the turn of one of our long term contributors, Sam Dignon, to offer opinions on the best music from 2015 along with one or two things that maybe, in Sam’s opinion, weren’t quite so good! Over to you Sam! 1) Album…
Last weekend Rock Sins was lucky enough to have a team on the ground at the UK return of the Vans Warped Tour at Alexandra Palace. We saw many fantastic acts throughout the day, and all of that is captured in our full review which is available to read here, but we’ve also got an…
After being absent last year, The Vans Warped Tour returned to the UK this year with a line up that certainly proved divisive. There’s no denying that despite Asking Alexandria and Black Veil Brides both being hugely popular, just as many people hate the bands. Still with a queue of young fans stretching around Alexandra…
Rock Sins was very lucky to be granted full access to shoot this years’ Hevy Fest at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent last week. Featuring a wide array of bands from both sides of the Atlantic, including headliners Coheed & Cambria, Fightstar and Stick To Your Guns, as well as the likes of…
It may only be March, but the birds are singing, the sun is shining and it is officially the start of festival season. This weekend sees us heading to Southampton for Takedown Festival 2015. One of the best of the younger festivals, Takedown Festival was launched in 2012 and is now in its fourth year. It…
