Calva Louise – ‘Edge Of The Abyss’

Calva Louise are everything. That’s not intended to be a Swiftie “OMG they’re everything to me” statement: the three of them encompass so much in both their sound and their ambition. The multi instrumental Venezuelan-Kiwi trio, who met in London, are continuing their mission to make unrelenting genre-fusing metal

Download Festival 2025 – Sunday

LIVE: Download Festival 2025 – Sunday

Victory fills the air as day three of Download dawns: we made it! We lived, laughed and slammed our way through the greatest weekend of the year, and the best part? There’s still another day to go.  Words: Kate Allvey  //  Photos: Penny Bennett // Korn Photo: Andrew Whitton

Gaupa – ‘FYR’

Time. You’re thinking about time. Thinking about it running down, thinking about out it running out. Memento Mori; Remember you will die. It starts so simply. Feedback squeals through the speakers, then the ticking sound of drumsticks. It’s a constant, a stressful reminder, time is slipping

LIVE: Download Festival 2025 – Saturday

Overnight rain hasn’t dampened our spirits or soothed our sunburn as we rise for day two of Download. We’ve got a packed schedule ahead of us, with sound clashes across the stages ensuring that whatever flavour of heavy you’re into, your favourite sound will be heard at maximum volume.

Download Festival 2025 – Saturday

A Day To Remember, Boston Manor @ O2 Academy Brixton

LIVE: A Day To Remember @ O2 Academy Brixton, London

There’s a moment just before A Day To Remember come on where the venue feels like it might actually lift off the ground. The place is packed to the point of absurdity. Proper sardine territory. The collective buzz and anticipation in the sweatbox that is a sold-out

LIVE: 2000Trees Saturday

We’re older and wiser as Saturday dawns across the Cotswolds; our suncream is applied, the clashfinders have been checked, and we’re ready to kick the final epic day of Trees into gear! Words: Kate Allvey and Rob Dand  //  Photos: Penny Bennett and Paul Lyme Gen and the Degenerates “Cool is

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