Download Festival 2024 – Saturday

LIVE: Download Festival 2024 – Saturday

Day Two of Download is the one you’ve probably heard most about by now from your mates; the endless downpours, fans face-planting into the mud outside the Avalanche Stage, and enough technical disruptions to make you grind your teeth in despair. But with a day jam-packed with acts as

While She Sleeps – ‘SELF HELL’

While She Sleeps have come racing out of the stalls with ‘SELF HELL’, their sixth studio album to date. An amalgamation of various music genres, from their delicious brand of metal to hardcore to even a more synth rock side, this promises to be a strong offering from these

While She Sleeps, Bury Tomorrow and Polaris @ Alexandra Palace

LIVE: While She Sleeps / Bury Tomorrow / Polaris @ Alexandra Palace

The sound of thunder and breaking glass shatters our anticipation at Alexandra Palace. The prestigious and legendary venue is sold out for tonight’s show, and its interior filled with the glamour of a festival evening. An image rises onstage of a burning tenement, the embers crackling across the screen.

Parkway Drive, While She Sleeps, Lorna Shore @ Alexandra Palace

LIVE: Parkway Drive / While She Sleeps / Lorna Shore @ Alexandra Palace, London

Backed by the quintessential sprawling font of many a death metal band logo, deathcore pioneers Lorna Shore kick off proceedings in north London’s Alexandra Palace in ferocious style. With an ominous red mist and frantically flashing lights, the New Jersey outfit bring out some of the heaviest noise ever

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While She Sleeps @ The Underworld, Camden

LIVE: While She Sleeps / Loathe @ Underworld, London

Picture the scene; it’s Friday night, you’re in London, you’re on your way to a completely sold out Underworld and you’re about to see one of this country’s finest metalcore bands, While She Sleeps. Six months ago you’d have pinched yourself and woken up from your dream, resuming