Clutch are back with their thirteenth album, ‘Sunrise of Slaughter Beach’. It’s been an unusually long wait between releases; almost four years. Has the long, tour-less break due to the pandemic caused Clutch to lose their fire? [...]
The last day of a festival is always the hardest, with energy levels ebbing and mosh pit bruises racking up. It’s up to Alestorm to bring up the mood, which they do admirably. Still, it’s a shame the pirate party metal band known for their [...]
Day two kicked off with another morning of sunshine and hot temperatures. After the experiences of 2016 and 2019 (Also known as Drownload and Brownload), the weather is very welcome and it’s impossible not to be in a good mood with such a great [...]
It’s been three long years since Download Festival opened its gates to full capacity. Last year’s pilot festival was an incredible and surreal experience but was limited to 10,000 attendees. This year the UK’s largest rock and metal [...]
Tech metal masters Allegaeon have been working hard on their sixth studio album, ‘Damnum’, due to release on February 25th, 2022. While Allegaeon is well known for incredible riffs, solos, and mind-bending complex leads, its vocalist Riley [...]
‘Persona Non Grata’ is the 11th album from Exodus, and it’s been an unusually long break from their last release. Fortunately, the seven-year absence hasn’t blunted the band’s talent in the slightest. Before we get into what [...]
With the festival’s last day rolling around, it’s unsurprising that energy levels seem to be dipping a little. There are almost as many people sitting in camp chairs and nursing a coffee or the infamous hair of the dog brew as there are inside [...]
As Saturday dawns on day two of the Download Festival Pilot, the ever-present rain seems to have finally eased up. Despite that, it’s going to be a struggle for many of the ten thousand fans to make it down to the arena after a long night of [...]
