Lucky number seven so they say. Now in its seventh year as Britain’s premiere summer home for all things mathcore, progressive, explorative, post-anything, whatever off kilter subsection of music you desire, ArcTanGent has not only lived up to the audience’s lofty expectations, but it’s fair to say shattered them into slack-jawed disbelief. Having hosted a…
Hot off the press from 2000 Trees Festival, we’ve got wind of a fantastic tour coming your way early next year. UK metalcore favourites While She Sleeps will team up with hardcore icons Every Time I Die for two huge shows. They’ll also have the wildly exciting Vein along for the ride as openers. These…
Being taken from the Slavic Old Church word for God, you may go into the new Batushka – The Metal Blade one – album with expectations of something continuing in their ritualistic approach to black metal. You would be correct. With their sophomore release, Batushka continue in the manner that made them such an exciting…
Rammstein had promised they would be back in the UK in 2020. Already with a date confirmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a second show has just been announced. Following on from last weekends’ seismic show in Milton Keynes (read our review of the staggering show here), Rammstein will head to Coventry to play the Ricoh…
Heads are sore, feet are weary but that matters not because there is one full day of Download 2019 left to go. The Donington masses collectively dust themselves down as they head towards Tool, Enter Shikari, Slayer’s last ever UK show and much more, so let’s get straight to it. I Prevail (7), through no…
35,000 people headed down to Finsbury Park for the third instalment of Community Festival, with headliners The Kooks and other indie rock acts including The Hunna and Blossoms. With the sun shining, a wonderful time was had by all. Out photographer Jemma Dodd was on hand to capture the action – so check out the gallery below:…
The hottest ticket of the Summer, literally and figuratively. Almost nine months after the almighty ticket scramble online, Rammstein arrived back in the UK for the first time since Download 2016 for their only UK show of 2019. The unlikely venue of Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, home to the MK Dons, proved to be…
The term ‘covers album’ is undoubtedly a dirty one. Rock covers albums fall into two categories; vanity projects that are utter dross, or Garage Inc. Essentially it’s fair to say that covers albums are a pointless endeavour that only seek to serve an artist’s ego as they relive the music that they love to the…
Ahead of their set at this years Slam Dunk festival we caught up with Pagan guitarist Xavier Santilli. With their debut album Black Wash really establishing Pagan as one of the most exciting new bands around it was great to hear from the band how the time since its release has been, how they came up with their sound…
After releasing a critically acclaimed and modestly successful EP in the shape of Goodbye Dinosaur…, Phoxjaw are riding the crest of a wave. With their follow up release, A Playground For Sad Adults, the band are going for broke pushing to get to the next level of reverence in underground circles and beyond. A sprawling…
