Amongst the smell of warm cider, dry grass and feverish anticipation, Eicca Toppinen - towering cellist, founding architect of Finnish symphonic juggernauts Apocalyptica - meets us for a chat ahead of the band's performance at Download Festival.
It might have been the third day at Download but despite all the miles, all the hills, all the foot stompin’ and all the sunburn on my neck, Alien Ant Farm relit the fuse inside me as they tore up the stage like it was 1999. After their set BringTheNoiseUK waded through the chaos to catch up with the band's Dryden Mitchell and Terry Corso.
Unprocessed aren’t just riding a wave. They’re creating one and now they’re lighting it up one stage at a time. We caught up with them at Download Festival to find out more...
We caught up with vocalist Anthony Diliberto from Resolve while they were are on tour with Make Them Suffer. We discussed the current tour, their music, and all things sci-fi.
Before they played at The Road To The Great Escape at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut we caught up with Iona Lynch and Gavin Dawkins, from up-and-coming indie-rock band Cliffords.
We caught up with drummer Ben Maida from Thornhill during the band’s current North American headline tour. During our interview, we discussed how the tour has been going, their newly released album 'Bodies' and their musical evolution.
The truth is, Download is changing. Slowly. Carefully. But undeniably. It’s not just about what’s selling tickets now - it’s about building the scene, the industry, and the culture for the years to come. Because if we don’t, the future will be nothing but tribute acts and cover bands on the big stage. And that, friends, would be a tragedy.
We caught up with Lake Malice's Alice Guala and Blake Cornwall, after their blistering half-hour set at Glasgow’s SWG3 Galvanizers in support of RØRY. The Brighton-based band are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut album and are showing great promise, with invites to some major festivals in the UK and Europe in 2025 including 2000trees and Ressurection Fest.
Throughout his decorated career, David Lynch has provided a unique timbre within the all-encompassing field of cinematic sound. But in order to tap into his idiosyncratic brilliance, one must pay attention to the music.
As the year draws to a close we look back on a brilliant 12 months of music, as members of the Bring The Noise UK team share their favourite releases of 2024.