In 1979 Gary Numan helped to revolutionise electronic music, as the driving force behind two groundbreaking albums Replicas by his then band Tubeway Army & his debut solo album The Pleasure Principle, which were released within 6 months of each other. Flash forward 45 years and we are gathered here at a sold out Roundhouse…
As we get closer and closer to the 2024 Download Festival, the more announcements keep coming out of Download HQ! The latest one concerns entertainment for those who have shelled out for the various forms of RIP camping. It has been a tradition for a number of years now that those in RIP get some…
One of the British metal scene’s brightest rising stars. Defects have been going from strength to strength over the past couple of years. With incredible performances at Download Festival, 2000 Trees and Bloodstock under their belts. As well as epic tours alongside the likes of In Flames, Orbit Culture and Of Mice & Men. All…
Our weekly playlist update is back for the first time in awhile! There’s been SO much good music released recently that we wanted to give our playlist a spring cleaning and provide our readers and listeners with a new batch of the latest tunes (and maybe one or two old favourites too). With their critically…
With the main line up for the 2024 Download Festival complete, the team at Download HQ (including our friends Jenny and Dannika, who you will be able to read an in-depth interview with very soon) have been hard at work putting together the District X line up. For those not familiar with District X, it…
Bristol emo/alt quartet downcast made quite a splash with their 2022 debut album i saw hell when i was with you. Showing early signs of promise to be one of the UK’s answers to bands like The Wonder Years and Spanish Love Songs, downcast are living up to their potential with their first new music…
After teasing us with a spectacular sold out show at London’s o2 Arena last summer, Tenacious D are back out on the road again this month, bringing their Spicy Meatball tour to a handful of venues around the UK! We caught up with the self proclaimed greatest band in the world in Birmingham. Where the…
After receiving huge critical acclaim for their album ‘Sanguivore’, goth rock group Creeper have just released ‘Sanguivore: Special Edition’. The band have launched this album alongside a new track named Love and Pain. Additionally, this comes accompanied by three other new tracks, expanding the universe of their vampiric rock opera. This latest track is a…
We’ve hit the 50 day mark until the 2024 Download Festival! And to celebrate that fact, day tickets for the annual pilgrimage to Donington’s hallowed turf are now on sale! Plus they’ve added another eight acts to the bill to further get you in the mood for the UK Summer’s biggest rock and metal festival….
It still feels weird seeing Holding Absence (7/10) playing rooms as big as this one, but at this point, it really shouldn’t – they’re at the top of their game, and judging by the roar as they come onstage, a good portion of the crowd are here just for them. The Welsh quartet take to the challenge…
Defects have announced three special headline shows for the release of their debut album, Modern Error. The Heavy Metal band will be playing at The Old Blue Last, London on 28 May, Asylum 2 in Birmingham on 30 May, and Satans Hollow in Manchester on 31 May. Guitarist Luke Genders said of the forthcoming shows:…
Following the release of Still Dreaming earlier this year, (their debut EP with vocalist Jessie Powell), Dream State headed out on tour across the UK. The headline tour comes after a pretty amazing year in 2023, which saw the band support Caskets, head out on a UK/European tour with As December Falls and play to…
