Limp Bizkit Crown a Wild Download Festival Friday 2026
Kicking off Friday on the Dogtooth stage, Headwreck were the perfect declaration of intent for what Download is increasingly becoming. The Brisbane quartet blend...
Live review: Uprising 9 at O2 Academy Leicester
Uprising 9 returned to O2 Academy Leicester for its tenth anniversary edition with a line-up that had me wishing for three pairs of ears...
Ballroom Blitz And Rampage At Winterstorm Festival – An Evening With Sweet
Arriving at the annual WinterStorm festival in Troon, Scotland, in late November is always a proper treat, and I can think of no better...
UK Slam Fest: A Decade of Brutality Comes to a Crushing End
Manchester's legendary death metal and slam festival celebrated its 10th and final edition with two days of exclusive performances, ridiculous riffs, and slammy chaos.
After...
Metal Community Comes Together: Regain Fest Raises Funds for Remember My Baby
It's a special show today, with a broad range of musical styles showcased over the evening and all in aid of a worthy charity....
New Day Festival Review: Prog, Blues and Rock Perfection in Kent
The New Day Festival returns to the stunning gardens of Mount Ephraim in Kent for another three days of exceptional music spanning prog, rock,...
Our Bloodstock. Our scene. Our heavy metal.
If you were to ask any random metalhead, “What is the holy land for metalheads in the UK?”, the majority would say Bloodstock Open...
A Weekend of Slam Debauchery at Offal Fest
It’s time for the 3rd annual Offal Fest, a slam and death metal festival smack dab in the middle of “Slamchester”, where fan-run shows...
Maid of Stone Festival 2025 – Blues-Soaked Rock to Glam Anthems
If Maid of Stone 2025 offered any profound truth, it was surely this: the universe possesses a mischievous sense of humour. For weeks, the...
Download Festival Review: Sleep Token, Korn, Green Day
Were Sleep Token worthy? Korn waited 30 years & Green Day brought the rain!
Download Festival, an absolute giant in the alternative music scene, landed...
