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From Tuesday 20 August 2019

LIVE: Bloodstock Open Air 2019 – Sunday

It’s Sunday. It’s a metal festival. It’s very muddy. You’d better believe tiredness is in the air by this point, but thankfully, there’s one more day of music to keep us going at Bloodstock 2019. Sunday is the day we typically see more of the legendary names appearing on

Monday 19 August 2019

LIVE: 2000Trees Festival 2019 – Saturday

2000trees is advertised as being a ‘medium’ sized festival, but while medium can suggest mediocrity be misconstrued as ‘average’, nothing about the scorching weekend feels mediocre. With alternative fans from all of the country coming together to celebrate our special scene, 2000trees pens itself as one of the best

Sunday 18 August 2019

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

Saturday 17 August 2019

LIVE: Bloodstock Open Air 2019 – Friday

Taking over a few fields in the Midlands every year, Bloodstock is assuredly the metalhead’s metal festival. Bringing the heaviest of heavy music, including many bands you’d be very unlikely to find at any other UK weekend festivals, it’s a family-run and incredibly well organised affair, with it’s ‘medium

Wednesday 14 August 2019

LIVE: Dwarves @ Rebellion, Manchester

It’s almost half an hour after Dwarves have wrapped up another high octane, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it set and enigmatic frontman Blag Dahlia is wandering the streets of Manchester without a care in the world. “I like to walk,” he responds. He is still a good distance away from

Thursday 08 August 2019

LIVE: 2000trees Festival 2019 – Friday

2000trees is advertised as being a ‘medium’ sized festival, but while medium can suggest mediocrity be misconstrued as ‘average’, nothing about the scorching weekend feels mediocre. With alternative fans from all of the country coming together to celebrate our special scene, 2000trees pens itself as one of the best

Friday 02 August 2019

LIVE: 2000Trees Festival 2019 – Thursday

2000trees is advertised as being a ‘medium’ sized festival, but while medium can suggest mediocrity or be misconstrued as ‘average’, nothing about the scorching weekend feels mediocre. With alternative fans from all of the country coming together to celebrate our special scene, 2000trees pens itself as one of the

Thursday 18 July 2019

LIVE: Download Festival 2019 – Sunday

There may be plenty of alternative music festivals all across the globe these days, but Download Festival will forever hold a special place in the hearts of metalheads everywhere – and its reputation as one of the biggest and best events for rock and metal has been well earned

Wednesday 17 July 2019

LIVE: Drug Church / Night Letters @ Boston Music Room, London

Drug Church front man Patrick Kindlon smiles approvingly after the final note of ‘Banco Popular’ – the first song of the set – before taking a jab at himself for not being as energetic between songs as other front men might be, and wishing he was on Tom Cruise’s

LIVE: Download Festival 2019 – Saturday

There may be plenty of alternative music festivals all across the globe these days, but Download Festival will forever hold a special place in the hearts of metalheads everywhere – and its reputation as one of the biggest and best events for rock and metal has been well earned