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From Tuesday 16 July 2019

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LIVE: Download Festival 2019 – Friday

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

Monday 15 July 2019

Witterquick release new single ‘Run’

Exeter-based alt rockers Witterquick – who made their first mark on the scene back in 2016 supporting Nothing But Thieves, releasing EPs ‘Beneath The Spinning Lights’ and ‘Fire And Ice’ in 2016 and 2017 respectively – have now self-released new single ‘Run’, their first new track after a six

LIVE: Gojira / Rolo Tomassi / Dead Label @ O2 Apollo, Manchester

One of the biggest venues in town before you hit arena level, Manchester’s o2 Apollo is the perfect setting for a good, old-fashioned theatrical show – it is, after all, a former theatre, and its sloping floor offers perfect vantage points to all. It might be a million miles

Reading + Leeds BBC Music Introducing Stage Confirmed

One of the best platforms for emerging artists on the festival circuit, the line-up for this year’s BBC Music Introducing Stage has now been confirmed, with a whole host of the best in emerging UK artists joining a stacked festival line-up including You Me At Six, Frank Carter &

While She Sleeps announce 2020 tour with Every Time I Die

After both playing triumphant sets at this year’s 2000trees over the last weekend, Sheffield metalcore greats While She Sleeps will be bringing the legendary Every Time I Die to Europe on their biggest tour yet next January. Additional support on the tour will come from Boston’s Vein, with the nine-date

Gojira, Rolo Tomassi, Dead Label @ O2 Apollo, Manchester

Friday 12 July 2019

Torchbearer – ‘Against The Tide’

Hardcore punk newcomers Torchbearer are ready to set the world alight with their brand new EP ‘Against The Tide’. Formed of ex-members of Blowgoat and Collapse (who previously toured stadiums with Anthrax), they may be at the beginning of their journey, but they have enough passion

Lights – ‘Skin & Earth Acoustic’

Acoustic albums are an opportunity to extend a body of work in ways that not only offers a reimagining of the artist’s music but also a chance to get a closer glimpse of the stripped back emotion that goes into their dedicated songwriting process.  Scarlett-haired songstress

Thursday 11 July 2019

Bleached – ‘Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?’

Under the hot sticky skies of 1980s Los Angeles, as described in Brett Easton Ellis’ novel Less Than Zero, it paints a picture of the hedonistic lifestyles of young, rich college students. It is an environment of endless excesses but is ultimately a hugely vacuous and pointless