Takedown Festival, the Hampshire based all day Rock & Alt Festival is finally back, after an eight year hiatus. Moving from its original home in Southampton Uni to Portsmouth Guildhall, the Festival made a welcome comeback this Easter weekend. Takedown has always had a special place in the hearts of music fans for being an…
For the first time in 8 years, Takedown Festival returns this weekend! Moving from it’s previous home of Southampton University to Portsmouth Guildhall, it promises to kick start your Easter weekend with much a serious dose of heaviness. Split over 5 stages, there will be something for everyone, no matter what flavour of Rock &…
The line up for Download Festival 2023 just got a hell of a lot bigger! Some huge names have been added to the already impressive set of bands playing Donington this Summer. With so many great bands joining the fun, it’s difficult to know where to start. So we’ll start with some favourites of ours…
Butserfest, the UK’s biggest “straight edge” festival (alcohol free and drug free) have got plenty of news to share with everyone about this years’ edition of the festival. Firstly, a couple of line up changes. With the news that Fearless Vampire Killers are soon to disband, they have unfortunately dropped off the Butserfest line up….
At the start of this month, Fearless Vampire Killers shocked their considerable fanbase by announcing the end of the band. Vocalist and guitarist Kier Kemp had decided to leave the band, and the rest of the band decided they could not go on (at least not in their current form) without him, and so “FVK”…
Last week, we sent our photographer Rachael Griffiths along to catch Escape The Fate at London’s brilliant Electric Ballroom venue. With a strong supporting cast of Like A Storm, New Years Day and Fearless Vampire Killers, there was a loaded bill and our Rachael was there to capture it all. Check out her gallery below:…
Escape The Fate have been on something of a resurgence recently. Their UK tour was loaded up with some big name supports in the form of New Years Day and Fearless Vampire Killers, so we sent Will Stevenson along to check out the action in Manchester. New Year’s Day (6) return to a venue they…
Earlier this year, our Lisa caught up with Fearless Vampire Killers main man Kier Kemp. Read on for an interview covering everything from Takedown Festival to Tom Cruise! It’s Lisa from Rock Sins and I’m with Kier from Fearless Vampire Killers. How are you Kier? I’m okay thank you, how are you? I’m very well,…
Yorkshire rockers Glamour Of The Kill have joined the glut of mid-level British rock bands who’ve decided to throw in the towel in the last eighteen months. Earlier today the following statement was posted on the GOTK Facebook page (statement follows in full): After 10+ years of writing, recording and performing the time has come…
It may only be March, but the birds are singing, the sun is shining and it is officially the start of festival season. This weekend sees us heading to Southampton for Takedown Festival 2015. One of the best of the younger festivals, Takedown Festival was launched in 2012 and is now in its fourth year. It…