Knebworth House in Hertfordshire is a gothic mansion of the Lytton family once lived in by Edward Bulwar Lytton who wrote "the pen is mightier than the sword". The house along with it's gardens is open to the general public for most of the year and frequently holds events such as wood carving exhibitions, car shows and fairs. Courtesy of www.knebworthhouse.comThis all may seem very usual of some larger stately homes now but may surprise you is that once a year is that it lets down it's guard and plays host to the Sonisphere Festival. ****WHAT IS THE SONISPHERE FESTIVAL?**** The Sonisphere festival is a heavy metal/rock music festival ...  Read the complete review

Download Festival which has been staged annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire since 2003 and has predominantly been the only rock and metal festival in England. Since Sonisphere Festivals sprang up on the scene in 2009, they have created a huge rivalry with Download and have also sprang up all over Europe, with 2011 events taking place in countries such as France, Poland, Bulgaria and Spain. This review is from my experience at Sonisphere 2010 here in the UK. Since 2009 Sonisphere has been held anually on the grounds of Knebworth house, Hertfordshire. It has immediately proved popular with the rock and metal community in the UK, and within it's first ...  Read the complete review

The Sonisphere Festival debuted in August of 2009, and really put itself on the map with a weekend of amazing music. I live in Chelmsford normally, and we have the V Festival, but I find it far too middle-ground and middle-class for my tastes, so I travelled to Knebworth for Sonisphere, a Heavy Metal/Rock festival. It was my first festival experience, and one that I will probably never forget. I will surely be trying to go to 2010's festival, too! Here are the bands I saw: Saturday: Linkin Park - a very good set mostly but Chester ended up playing some of his side project which seemed a bit cheeky! Heaven & Hell - was great seeing 3/4 of Black ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard that there were plans to set up a new Metal-based music festival to rival Download I thought to myself that it couldn't be done. However, a few months later when Sonisphere Festival announced their first headliners were to be Metallica and Linkin Park, I was forced to eat my words and bought tickets immediately. A few months down the line after this I was slightly annoyed to discover that the Sonisphere team were now offering ticket bundles, effectively offering free Guitar Hero Metallica games with purchase of tickets. I felt a little betrayed at not receiving this offer despite being one of the first few hundred ticket buyers. ...  Read the complete review