We catch up with Ginger Wildheart backstage at Download Festival, the spiritual home of British hard rock and heavy metal, where The Wildhearts have once again found themselves returning to the place where so much of their history has unfolded.
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Eivør Pálsdóttir has a voice like an avalanche dressed in a spider web, and a gaze that doesn’t just meet yours but reaches out and grips you by both ears, with an anchor in your soul. We’re backstage at Download Festival, ahead of her much anticipated set to headline the Dogtooth stage. She’s just arrived - thirty minutes ago, to be precise - but already, the storm is stirring inside her.
We’re backstage at Download Festival, and under the warm glow of a glorious sun, spirits are high and riffs are even higher. For Eric Bass - Shinedown’s bassist, producer, and creative linchpin - festival sets are more than just a gig. They’re a proving ground.
Backstage at Download Festival, life has barely been better. The sun isn’t just shining, it's bathing us in its warm embrace, and we have just watched GORE. dominate the Dogtooth Stage like veterans of the industry. The American newcomers just came off the biggest show of their lives - their 22nd gig ever - and they already sound like a band plotting even bigger things.
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.