Welcome to part nine in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part nine, we’ll be previewing bands that play music off the trodden path.
Tags: Astroid Boys, Blood Command, Crowns, Dir En Grey, Download Festival, Enter Shikari, Gogol Bordello, Hacktivist, Karnivool, Modestep, Rammstein, Rob Lynch, Sonic Boom Six, The Algorithm, The Devin Townsend Project, The Gaslight Anthem, The Graveltones, Volbeat
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Welcome to part eight in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part eight, we’ll be previewing bands that would fit in well at Bloodstock Festival; those that play extreme metal like black, death or folk.
Tags: Amon Amarth, Arthemis, Black Moth, Chthonic, Download Festival, Ghost, Hammer Of The Gods, Katatonia, Nekrogoblikon, Satyricon, Subservience, Turisas
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Welcome to part seven in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part seven, we’ll be previewing bands in the hardcore genre – those more likely to be causing a ruckus than starting any sing-alongs.
Tags: Black Dogs, Brutality Will Prevail, Cancer Bats, Converge, Download Festival, Hang The Bastard, Krokodil, Kvelertak, Last Witness, Palm Reader, The Black Lanterns, Vision Of Disorder, Wounds
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Welcome to part six in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part six, we will be looking at bands that you might often find gracing the pages of Kerrang!, specifically those that play alternative rock and pop-punk.
Tags: 30 Seconds To Mars, Avosetta, Blitz Kids, Download Festival, Fearless Vampire Killers, FIDLAR, Hear Kitty Kitty, Hill Valley High, HIM, Hoax, I Divide, Jimmy Eat World, Lonely The Brave, Page 44, Patent Pending, Radkey, Rat Attack, Straight Lines, The Afterparty, The First, The Hives, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Verses, We Are The Ocean, Young Guns
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Welcome to part five in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part five, we will be looking at some of the longer running bands (with a few exceptions here and there) specifically within the heavy metal genre.
Tags: Download Festival, Dragonforce, Europe, I Am I, Iron Maiden, Little Caesar, Motörhead, Newsted, Night By Night, Pig Iron, Skin, Thunder, UFO, Uncle Acid And The Dead Beats, Uriah Heep
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Only forming towards the tail-end of 2012 and already securing a few thousand likes on Facebook, a slot at the North date of Slam Dunk Festival and a music video directing by Judd Wrighton (frontman of the now pretty much defunct The Ocean Between Us), it’s safe to say that Yorkshire based post-hardcore outfit The King Is Dead have had a great kickstart. Now, adding debut 5-track EP ‘Once Upon A Burning House’ to their list of achievements, we got the lowdown on each track from frontman Daneel Johnston upon its release:
Tags: The King Is Dead
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Welcome to part four in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part four, we will be delving into the genre that Download was invented for: hard rock.
Tags: 3 Doors Down, Acoustic TV, Airbourne, Alice In Chains, Buckcherry, Buffalo Summer, Crash Mansion, Download Festival, Fahran, Hardcore Superstar, Heaven's Basement, Moredecai, Papa Roach, Red White And Blues, Rival Sons, States Of Panic, Stone Sour, Terrorvision, The Howling, The Killing Floor, The Wild Lies, Toseland, Voodoo Six, Walking Papers, Zico Chain
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Welcome to part two in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part three, we shall be taking a look at bands from America, specifically those who dwell in the desert rock scene:
Tags: Black Stone Cherry, Down, Download Festival, Empress, graveyard, Hellyeah, Huntress, Masters Of Reality, Mastodon, Queens Of The Stone Age, Red Fang, the sword
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Welcome to part two in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part two, we shall be taking a look at bands in the metalcore genre and the new popularity in this particular genre, with both established and up-and-coming contenders:
Tags: A Day To Remember, Asking Alexandria, Bleed From Within, Bullet For My Valentine, Bury Tomorrow, Cytota, Download Festival, Escape The Fate, Glamour Of The Kill, Heart Of A Coward, In This Moment, Motionless In White, Parkway Drive, Rise To Remain, Sacred Mother Tongue, Silent Screams, The Ghost Inside
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Welcome to part one in a series of features previewing this year’s Download Festival. Each week, we shall be looking at a particular genre or scene that will be represented at the festival. You may have heard some of the more established bands, but these previews may introduce you to similar bands that are in the same vain.
In part one, we shall be taking a look at bands in the alternative metal genre and the recent resurgence in nu-metal:
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System Of A Down are one of the biggest and most influential rock/metal acts of the past 20 years. Their sound is instantly recognisable and stands on a separate plain amongst their peers. Highly political, the band are outspoken on many views surrounding subjects like the War on Terrorism and the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Despite these stand points, they are popular across the globe and have become the soundtrack for a generation.
Tags: System Of A Down
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With the end of one year comes the start of another. It’s undeniable that 2012 was a great year for rock and alternative music as a whole, but with a quick overlook of what is to come and what bands are on the verge of rising from the underground, it seems 2013 might even surpass the previous 12 months. We have listed all of the bands we think you should keep your eyes on throughout this year so you can get in there before they become ‘uncool’ or just so you’re ahead of the pack. See into the future:
Tags: A Day To Remember, Asking Alexandria, Bastille, Bastions, Bleed From Within, Bring Me The Horizon, Brotherhood Of The Lake, Chiodos, Conditions, Continents, Decade, Don Broco, Empires Fade, Exit_International, Fact, Gnarwolves, Greeley Estates, I Am King, Letlive, Liberty Lies, Mallory Knox, Marmozets, Martyr Defiled, More Than Life, Of Mice & Men, Palm Reader, Paramore, Pure Love, Queens Of The Stone Age, Sleeping With Sirens, The Catharsis, The Ocean Between Us, The Story So Far, Touché Amoré, Upon A Burning Body, Vales, VersaEmerge, Violet
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