Download Festival 2024 – Sunday

LIVE: Download Festival 2024 – Sunday

As the final day of Download dawns, we remind ourselves that it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and we’re on the home stretch. With an abundance of tremendous music ahead of us and brightening skies above our heads, let’s celebrate the finest of the worlds rock and metal scene

Cabal – ‘Drag Me Down’

When you think of deathcore, you probably don’t think of Denmark – not even for a second. One listen to Copenhagen’s Cabal will change that. Their devilish take on the genre is teeming with darkness and unnerve, laced with a dash of black metal spice to make things sound

Bloodstock 2019 – Saturday

LIVE: Bloodstock Open Air 2019 – Saturday

Saturday, in festival land, is ‘the big one’. The day that sees weekend crowds nicely warmed up, but not quite so hungover they can no longer function (hi, Sunday), and day ticket crowds appear in droves; not unconnected, it’s also usually where you’ll find some of the most broadly

Thy Art Is Murder – ‘Human Target’

Modern metal has so many different faces. Some bands choose to wear their hearts on their sleeves and use the power of the music to force their struggles outward. Others use that same power to illuminate their storytelling, painting a detailed picture onto a dark canvas. One thing that

Harbinger – ‘Compelled To Suffer’

The definition of a harbinger is anything that foreshadows a future event. An omen or a sign of things to come, such as frost signalling winter or the presence of a robin showing the approach of spring. Harbinger is also the name

LIVE: Parkway Drive / Killswitch Engage / Thy Art Is Murder @ O2 Apollo, Manchester

It’s been more than twelve years since Parkway Drive first made their way to Manchester from their native Australia. Back then, they were playing venues like the much-beloved and long-defunct Jillys in support of the likes of Comeback Kid, but tonight sees them returning to one of the city’s

Parkway Drive, Bury Tomorrow, Thy Art Is Murder @ o2 Apollo, Manchester

The Bronx, Thrice, Rolo Tomassi and more added to Download Fest 2018

Download Festival have announced a huge amount of bands for their 2018 edition. Black Stone Cherry, Shinedown, Thunder, Volbeat, You Me at Six, The Bronx, Marmozets, Milk Teeth, Rolo Tomassi, Boston Manor, Jonathan Davis, The Temperance Movement, Thrice, Baroness, L7, TesseracT, Hatebreed, Cancer Bats, Dragonforce, The Struts, Monster Truck, Less