48 hours is a long time in the music industry. Since we published our preview of the first part of Download Festival 2024, we’ve had over half a dozen bands – Pest Control, Scowl, Speed, Zulu, Overpower and Negative Frame, and then slightly later Ithaca – decide to drop off various parts of the Download…
Self Hell, While She Sleeps sixth studio album, comes at a time where the band have never been bigger. Their magnificent Alexandra Palace headline show last Autumn shows that they are now at the point where they’ve got the catalogue and the authority to put on brilliant arena shows. This Summer has them appearing on…
With the band already poised to once again take the world by storm with their forthcoming sixth album, Self Hell. While She Sleeps continue to heighten expectations around their latest release this week. Following up their first two singles, Self Hell and Down with new song, To The Flowers. An altogether more heartfelt and melodic…
New While She Sleeps music! Following the release of the polarising single Self Hell, and the announcement of their upcoming new album (also called Self Hell), the Sheffield metalcore favourites have dropped the second single from their impending new album. For their new single Down, While She Sleeps have recruited their good friend Alex Taylor…
Download 2024 is go! Following in the footsteps of other European festivals like Rock AM Ring and Nova Rock over the last week or so, the Download Festival team have unleashed the bulk of the 2024 Line up in one huge announcement. For the first time since 2012, the Download Festival has two new headliners…
After having to cancel their last show of 2021 and reschedule it to early February ’22, While She Sleeps played an epic hometown show at Sheffield’s O2 Academy with support from Malevolence, Wargasm and Havelocke. Photographer Emma Stone captured the carnage, check out the gallery below… While She Sleeps Wargasm Havelocke
After a not-so-unexpected postponement, While She Sleeps finally got on the road for an extremely intimate tour to celebrate the release of their fifth album, Sleeps Society. We were there for the first show of their three night stint at The Key Club in Leeds. The other hottest band in UK metal kicked the night…
A couple of days before the Download Pilot, I wrote a feature about the importance of the Download Festival family to so many of us. The response to the piece was far beyond anything I ever hoped for or expected; It was great to talk to loads of people who read it about their Download…
There were tears, cheers and plenty of beers flowing at what will be known as Download Festival’s historic pilot event, which took place 18th-20th June, with a reduced capacity of 10,000 fans and just two stages. When the Download Pilot was announced we couldn’t quite believe it; live music was making a return with a…
“For bands in general nowadays there’s so many cogs that have to turn to keep the machine going. It’s not like it used to be back in the day where “Rock’n’Roll’ was enough!” quips the While She Sleeps frontman, Loz Taylor. The Sheffield quintet have never been the sort to take their feet off the…
WHILE SHE SLEEPS have undeniably been one of the bigger success stories of the last decade within UK metal. They’ve faced their share of adversity and persevered through it all thanks to their fiercely independent drive and DIY ethic. This attitude has been the constant driving force for While She Sleeps alongside their deep connection…
Sheffield’s metalcore natives While She Sleeps have this evening unleashed a brand new single! Premiering on the Radio 1 Rock Show with Dan P Carter, You Are All You Need is now available for your listening pleasure on Spotify and other DSP’s. You can play it on Spotify on our embedded player right now: You…
