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Creeper brought a magnificently gothic performance to the Dogtooth Stage at The Download Festival 2023 ahead of their long awaited UK tour! Looking like they’d just stepped straight out of a Hollywood vampire movie, goth punk rock mavericks Creeper thrilled the crowd with an explosive set of bombastic goth rock tunes! With Will Gould on […]
Skindred Launch Their Phenomenal New Album ‘Smile’ With An Intimate Gig at Pryzm in Kingston! So, it was a rainy Summers night in Kingston and the fans had turned out in their droves to Skindred’s intimate album launch show! Taking place at Pryzm, a local institution normally more of a nightclub, It was the hottest […]
Bristol Rockers Sons of Liberty bring Rock’n’Roll Mastery to the Jeff Beck Stage at the Maid of Stone Festival! Delivering a contagious blend of southern blues and rock reminiscent of Southern Blues Rockers Black Stone Cherry! After the previous days torrential downpour, the sun was out for the Sons, and they were making the most […]
Florence Black bring headbanging aplenty and fierce guitars to the Maid of Stone festival! The Welsh three piece, with Tristan Thomas on Vocals and Guitar, Jordan Evans on Bass and backing vocals, and Perry Davies pounding the skins played an outrageously good ten song set including the ‘Budgie’ cover ‘Breadfan’, giving it their own spin […]
Aussie Rockers Airbourne Bring Thunder and Hellfire to the Maid of Stone Festival!! As singer and lead guitarist Joel O’Keeffe stormed across the stage like a wild cross between Brian Johnson and Tigger on acid as Airbourne kicked off their set with ‘Ready to Rock’, it was ballsy rock’n’roll at it’s very best! The driving […]
London based HAWXX bring chaos and punk infused alt-metal to Download 2023! But HAWXX are so much more than talented alt-metal musicians, they are a feminist force of nature with powerful lyrics about violence against women, mental health struggles and the oppression of women by the beauty industry! The raw and uncensored voice of a […]
When the electrifying Skindred took to the stage at the Maid of Stone Festival prior to the release of their new album ‘Smile’ with their own brand of ‘ragga metal’ the atmosphere in the audience was crazy in the best possible way!! Skindreds absolute joy is infectious, this is a band who really know how […]
Deep Purple Legend Glenn Hughes Braves the Storm to Bring Deep Purple to The Maid of Stone Festival! Deep Purple legend Glenn Hughes showed the crowd that the years may have passed but he’s still the ultimate professional! Despite horizonal rain that left the front of the stage covered in water and early lighting issues, […]
When The Heavy Metal Circus Came To Town!! Avatar Bring Theatre and Thunder to Download 2023!! Swedish heavy metal legends Avatar brought their own brand of metal magic to Download 2023, with headbanging and theatrics galore! Photos by Louise Phillips
Evanescence Put On a Spellbinding Performance at Download 2023!! American Rockers Evanescence left the audience captivated as they took to the Opus stage at Download 2023, kicking off a phenomenal set with their hit song Broken Pieces Shine performed to a packed audience! Photos by Louise Phillips
Dutch Symphonic Metal Titans Epica Make a Triumphant Return to Download 2023! Putting on a breathtaking performance to a packed audience on day 2 of the Download Festival, Epica took to the Opus stage with a blistering rendition of their hit Abyss of Time – Countdown to Singularity! Photos by Louise Phillips
Review: Dawn Osborne Photos: Aggie Anthimidou Photography Iron Maiden visit the Future Past and know how to ring the changes to keep things interesting After focusing on a lot of eighties material in their Legacy of The Beast tour and Download appearance, delayed due to the Pandemic, I was not surprised when Iron Maiden […]
