It’s been one week since we kicked off our 2025 festival season with Slam Dunk Festival and what a weekend it was! We’re not ashamed to say we’re already counting the days till next year’s festival and can’t wait to see who’ll be on the line-up… In the meantime if like us, you want to…
Among the fastest rising stars on the UK metal scene. Defects have been going from strength to strength since the release of their debut album, Modern Error last year. So we jumped at the chance to catch up with drummer Harry Jennings and guitarist Luke Genders at this years Slam Dunk Festival. Check out our…
Kicking off the day with some mid-2000s nostalgia, Hit The Lights bring their brand of pop-punk to an early crowd, but perhaps not with the impact they hoped for. Their tunes feel a little dated: unsurprising considering most of their set is taken from 2006’s ‘This Is A Stick Up…’, and despite the sugary, upbeat hooks, it…
Spring has sprung, which means it won’t be long until the UK festival season kicks off! With a whole host of rock, metal and alternative music festivals taking place all over the country we’re spoilt for choice and so we’ve put together a list of some of our favourites, to help you plan a 2025…
It’s Slam Dunk time again – heralding the start of the festival season with the promise of sunny skies (hopefully) and sets from some of the biggest rock, pop punk and emo bands in the scene (definitely). We headed to Hatfield to see what’s in store this year. At the Slam Dunk stage, Head Automatica are battling…
The Hunna brought an epic end to Slam Dunk South’s The Key Club (left stage) despite initial technical difficulties at the start of the set. Known for their high energy sets the band even surprised the crowd with a special appearance from Kelsy Karter, to perform their recently released single I Don’t Like You..OK, which…
Enter Shikari brought more than just immense energy to their Slam Dunk South headline set – there were imaginative visuals, pyro and even fireworks. Reminding us of the importance of community vocalist Rou Reynolds gave us more than just music to enjoy and throwback memories from the band’s earlier records. To say they put on…
22-year old Jaden Hossler aka Jxdn might be known as a TikTok sensation to most, but he more than proved he belongs on a stage at this year’s Slam Dunk Festival. As he took to the Key Club stage at Hatfield Park, both his hat and keyboard went flying across the stage within seconds as…
Following on from their return to the UK at Slam Dunk North and before they took to the stage at Slam Dunk South the following day, we caught up with Alexisonfire’s Jordan Hastings to find out what we can expect of their return… It’s been thirteen years since your last album. How does it feel…
The sunshine (eventually after a bit of rain), shone down on Slam Dunk Festival (South) festival-goers, both in the literal sense and in the form of Mod Sun’s (our very own sunshine) Slam Dunk debut. Playing on the Rock Sound stage Mod brought an energetic performance to the crowd, performing hits from his latest album,…
The stage times are here. As the dawn of Slam Dunk draws near we will see the festival move into its 16th year with the biggest line-up to date. Taking place on Friday 3rd June (North) and Saturday 4th June (South). The dates where moved from the usual May Bank Holiday weekend so as to…
As we head into the Christmas period, Slam Dunk Festival have opened a door on their proverbial advent calendar to give everyone a December helping of new bands for next years’ festivals. Kicking off this announcement is the Slam Dunk Festival debut in 2020 of none other than Refused. The Swedish punks are heroes to…
