With 2000Trees creeping up on us faster and faster, we thought we might have been done with any new additions for 2025 from our friends at 2000trees. Well, we can think again. Just when we thought the line up was locked in and we had no more acts to look forward to, the organisers have…
There is no feeling in the world better than experiencing live music. A communal event that brings people together for a few hours to get lost in something and share a manner of emotions together as one. There is something to be said then for seeing a band very early in their touring career and…
With Download Festival set to kick off a weekend of world class live music in just a few weeks. Ticket holders have been speculating over the line-up and trying to guess who clashes with who for some time. Thankfully, all conjecture can now finally be put to rest. As yesterday, Download Festival published stage times…
The Mysterious Four piece return with powerful and haunting new album… In past decades, the typical career rhythm for bands and artists followed a predictable cycle:release an album, go on tour, disappear from the spotlight, then return with a new album, touragain, and repeat. It was a monotonous loop driven by industry expectations, with little…
Since they let freedom ring with a shotgun blast well over two decades ago. Oakland natives, Machine Head have had a tumultuous journey. From the dizzying highs of their debut, through the troubled adolescence of The Burning Red and Supercharger. To their majestic resurgence with Through The Ashes Of Empires and genre defining work on…
Having just celebrated Record Store Day 2025 (see our recommended best release pick up’s for that on this post), the Download Festival team have another glut of announcements for everyone! This includes the full District X programme – but more on that later! The one that ties in most closely to RSD 2025 is the…
One of our greatest home grown talents Those Damn Crows have gone from strength to strength, continuously surpassing whatever album or tour they did last and God Shaped Hole is no exception. Opening with a false sense of security of some nice melodic intro melody Dancing With the Enemy doesn’t take long to punch you…
The Vengabus is coming, and Donington will be jumping! Last years’ excellent District X line up at Download Festival 2024 featured everything from Slay Duggee to awesome DJ sets to an unforgettable Bowling For Soup acoustic set. The 2025 District X line up is off to one hell of a start. Dutch Eurodance royalty Vengaboys…
For 30 plus years Cradle of Filth has been one of the most enduring & consistent bands in heavy music. With a crypt full of classic albums under their belts, they are a national treasure. Never ones to rest on their laurels though, they go out of their way to ensure they never repeat themselves….
Shocking news out of the Mastodon camp this evening. The band posted on their social media accounts at about 6pm UK time that Guitarist / vocalist Brent Hinds was no longer part of Mastodon. The full statement can be read below: Friends and Fans, After 25 monumental years together, Mastodon and Brent Hinds have mutually…
In the run up to the release of Tsunami Sea, both Mike Stringer & Courtney LaPlante have confirmed this is not only a sister album to Eternal Blue, but also a concept album in itself. Coming off of the back of one of the most hotly tipped debuts in some time was also going to…
It has been a relentless two years for Architects. They have seen a near constant touring cyclefeaturing massive shows with Metallica, and top billing at festival stages across Europe,including a headlining set at Bloodstock festival. And if that wasn’t enough, in December 2023they dropped Seeing Red, the first single on the much anticipated The Sky, The Earth & All Between. Over a…
