By eight am, it’s too hot to stay in a tent. The stages are packed before lunchtime and we are raring to go for another day ...

The resolutely independent As December Falls have returned, and they’re throwing caution to the wind. ‘Everything’s On Fire But I’m Fine’ turns vulnerability into pop-punk steel; this is a record ...

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Similarly, ‘METALI!!’, with Tom Morello jumping in, is a huge, fun track rich in eastern spice, but the rest of the collaborations on ‘Metal Forth’ are just as unexpected. Bloodywood, evidently paying ...

Festivals seem to be the duo’s natural environment as Lake Malice have been spreading their hyper-pop-meets-metal-blend across the fields of the UK and Europe all summer. “Yeah. I’m kind of sick of ...

Punktastic's current Editor-In-Chief. Photographer, nerd, I watch far too many horror movies and get way too attached to fictional characters ...

It’s this passion which has attracted so many to Hot Milk, leading to the slogan ‘Hot Milk Is An Emotion’ to become adopted by their ever-growing numbers of fans. “It’s just the reaction that people ...

Boston Manor’s message is refreshing. They wear their hearts on their rolled up sleeves, and with a clear grounding and community around them, taking over the Apex feels like it was meant to be.

In the sunny hills of the Cotswolds is a little slice of punk rock heaven, all the things we hope for from the festival ...

The Dirty Nil’s last album – the delightful, light-hearted and colourful ‘Free Rein To Passions’ – is the audio equivalent of a pick-me-up. Striking a divine balance between fun and fragile, the ...

In four hours time, Mike Davenport will play his first show in the UK for a decade. That might rattle some, and there will be more than a few nervous faces onstage in the Monster Energy tent over the ...

Marseille’s LANDMVRKS have worked hard to cement their place within the metalcore scene, since their explosion in 2014. Since day one, they’ve been pushing boundaries, marrying raw energy, delightful ...