LIVE: Download Festival 2025 – Friday

Twenty two summers in, and Download shows no sign of ever slowing down. With a lineup to thrill everyone from hardcore slammers through to pop punk kids, the biggest weekend of the year channels the spirit of independence from the get go. By the time Friday closes, we’ll have

Download Festival 2025 – Friday

Sleep Token, Northlane @ Eventim Apollo, London

LIVE: Sleep Token, Northlane @ Eventim Apollo, London

Tonight almost didn’t happen…  For anyone unaware, mysterious genre-bending band Sleep Token had been building towards their Brixton Academy moment for a quite some time – something countless bands and artists strive to reach – after announcing a headline UK run towards the end of 2022. After

Northlane – ‘Obsidian’

Northlane’s last album ‘Alien’ saved them. The band were ready to throw in the towel, seeing their ticket and album sales declining, feeling as though something was missing, and that album could’ve been their swan song. Thanks to the brutal industrial approach to their signature groove-laden sound and

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Punktastic Presents: Playlist – August ’19

You may have noticed over the last six months that we’ve been releasing monthly playlists, full of killer recommendations from Team Punktastic. Like you, we’re lovers of music and sharing our love is a big part of that. It’s all well and good telling you to listen to them.

Northlane – ‘Alien’

After a heavy band releases a string of successful albums, most people would expect that band to start treading a slightly more accessible path. Not necessarily changing the style of their music, but writing songs that would allow their music to be played in new places, streamed

Twin Atlantic, Zebrahead, Set Your Goals and more added to Slam Dunk Fest 2018

Slam Dunk Festival have announced the third wave of bands for its 2018 edition. Twin Atlantic, The Skints, Zebrahead, Set Your Goals, Northlane, Comeback Kid, Counterparts, Capdown, Save Ferris, Broadside and Can’t Swim will join the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday and more at the festival which

Northlane cover Fatboy Slim’s ‘Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat’

Northlane have covered Fat Boy Slim’s ‘Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat’. It is featured on the electronic artist’s upcoming new remix EP, ‘Fatboy Slim vs Australia’, which will be released on the 19th January via Skint/BMG. Last year Northlane released their fourth album ‘Mesmer’ on UNFD.