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From Thursday 18 September 2025

LIVE: Burn it Down Festival 2025, Torquay

Down on the English Riviera, festival season is about to come to an abrupt end under a curtain of constant, swirling rain. However, inside Burn it Down’s intimate collection of harbourside venues, the only moisture to be found is blood, sweat and beers. Back for its seventh instalment, the festival

Tuesday 16 September 2025

LIVE: Scene Queen @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

It’s practically an online cliché to mock “safe spaces” by now, but when you’re in one, especially at a metal show, it feels like a hug. Scene Queen has attracted a crowd who are overwhelmingly female, mostly channeling neon pink, and all of whom are absolutely comfortable being themselves.

Wednesday 10 September 2025

LIVE: Reading Festival 2025 – Sunday

The breakfast queues are grim. People stand around like extras from a zombie flick, clinging to their coffees as if they’re the only thing keeping them upright. But there’s a strange camaraderie to it too; we all know we look rough, we’re all exhausted, and we’re all pretending this

Tuesday 09 September 2025

LIVE: Reading Festival 2025 – Saturday

Saturday morning arrives with all the grace of a brick through a window. The campsite looks like a bomb’s gone off – there are at least three gazebos in trees that definitely weren’t there yesterday, someone’s managed to lose both shoes AND their dignity, and everyone’s moving like they’re

Monday 08 September 2025

LIVE: Reading Festival 2025 – Friday

Friday at Reading feels like potential energy about to explode. The sun beats down on freshly pitched tents, and there’s that familiar mixture of excitement and mild panic as people realise they’ve forgotten tent pegs again. The BBC iPlayer stage is already buzzing by mid-afternoon, and you can sense

Saturday 23 August 2025

LIVE: Bloodstock Open Air 2025 – Sunday

Sunday at Bloodstock feels like the last big push, the point where tired bodies somehow find new reserves of energy. The arena is buzzing from the off, breakfast beers in hand and pits already forming, and there’s a sense that everyone wants to squeeze out every last

Friday 22 August 2025

LIVE: Bloodstock Open Air 2025 – Saturday

Saturday at Bloodstock hums with mid-festival energy; campsites buzzing, bars busy, and fans shaking off hangovers or diving straight back into the pit. With Machine Head topping the bill, there’s a restless anticipation in the air from the very first riff. Words: Kathryn Edwards  //  Photos: Jez Pennington Cage Fight Kicking

Thursday 21 August 2025

LIVE: Bloodstock Open Air 2025 – Friday 

The morning breaks with gold‑dust sunshine and the restless buzz of a metal congregation rousing itself. As the gates part, Catton Park became a ritual gathering. After Thursday’s warm-up, BOA 2025 had officially started. Words: Kathryn Edwards   Photos: Jez Pennington Konvent Over on the Ronnie James Dio Stage, Konvent prove

Wednesday 13 August 2025

LIVE: Judas Priest / Alice Cooper @ The O2 Arena

Two of heavy metal’s most seasoned icons performing at London’s biggest venue makes tonight one of the more anticipated gigs of the year for fans of the genre’s heyday, but the magnitude of the show has gained new meaning three days since the announcement of Ozzy Osbourne’s passing. Unsurprisingly,

Thursday 31 July 2025

LIVE: 2000Trees Friday

By eight am, it’s too hot to stay in a tent. The stages are packed before lunchtime and we are raring to go for another day at Trees. Dashing between patches of shade, we’re hyped and hydrated for our Friday. Words: Kate Allvey and Rob Dand  //  Photos: Penny Bennett