Reviews

Tonight BABYMETAL play their first headline show in Britain in 3 years. Even more exciting is that the rumour mills are going crazy, apparently there’s a new face in the band. With the band ending the night with a huge announcement, BABYMETAL at Brixton was a night set to go down in history.

Having now jumped onto the highly esteemed label Century Media and with Sean Beavan on production duties, 3TEETH lay out their boldest manifesto yet. Can this combination give their message a bigger platform?

Living up to the name 'Blitz Pt.1', Strange Bones brings both the thunder and the lightening with their new EP. An absolute assault on the senses.

This year has already seen indie-rock outfit Foals release their first record of the year Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1 and in support of this they have recently been out on an arena tour across the UK and Ireland. We headed to the Bournemouth date of the tour where support came from Yak to see their ferocious live show in all its glory and dance away our Wednesday night in style.

Redhook kick us off on the final day at Download and as it happens, it's their second show of the weekend, following the Aussies' Saturday lunchtime acoustic set for Carlsberg. Today, they ramp things right up on a nearly astronomical scale to a tent that's absolutely packed for 11 in the morning.

Despite the weather-related camping challenges at this year’s Download, a decent sized crowd have woken up early and amassed at the Avalanche Stage to watch Parting Gift open the stage on day two.

Swedish rock quintet Thenighttimeproject return with their second LP, 'Pale Season'. The title refers to the blank voids of memory thanks to monotony. Will this new record fit that description or will it excel its predecessor as a melancholy rock masterpiece?

Jade Jackson makes her anticipated return with her second album 'Wilderness'. Jackson has used past experiences of addiction and self doubt, to turn out her most introspective and personal music to date.

There are more encouraging build ups to a major UK summertime festival than an entire week of continuous, heavy rain, but for the regulars of Download Festival, it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Lovingly nicknamed Drownload, it’s often plagued by inclement weather, but while clothes, bodies and campsites may be sodden before a single band has even played a note, it takes more than adverse conditions to dampen the spirits of UK metal fans.

2019 sees Taking Back Sunday celebrating 20 years as a band by embarking on a world-wide anniversary tour. We headed to the Bristol show to see them perform debut album Tell All Your Friends along with a second set of their favourite tracks from across their career.