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DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL IS BACK WITH PACKED LINE UP FOR 2022


Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event, is coming back with a bang in 2022. The first major festival of the summer will be headlined by the mighty KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro, with other huge acts on the bill including A Day To Remember, Deftones, KORN, The Distillers, Funeral For A Friend and many more. As the first full-capacity Download Festival since 2019 and following last year’s phenomenal Download Pilot, which paved the way for the return of live events, it’s pulling out all the stops for 2022 with a gargantuan line-up of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, pop punk, hardcore, metal and much more. 

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BLOODSTOCK announces final batch of Sophie Lancaster Stage bands


Over halfway there! With just 168 days to go before the marauding metal hordes charge through the gates of Catton Park, BLOODSTOCK has its last batch of Sophie Lancaster Stage bands to announce. It’s also ‘Last Call’ time for the Deposit Scheme, where you can pay over 6 smaller instalments (full details below). Artists for the Jagermeister and New Blood stages and other fest entertainment details are yet to come, but in the meantime, wrap your eyes and ears around the following…

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FORTUNE CHILD Releases Third Single off of Debut Album, “Tie the Line”


Jacksonville, FL based Rock band FORTUNE CHILD has released their third single, “Tie the Line,” off of their upcoming, debut LP, Close to the Sun, which is produced by the legendary Kevin Elson (JourneyMr. BigEurope, and Lynyrd Skynyrd). Released on 2/18, an exclusive Dolby ATMOS, spatial audio version of the song is also available on Apple MusicAmazon, and Tidal.

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LIMBS RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE ‘SPIRIT BREAKER’


US post-hardcore rising stars LIMBS have released their crushing new single + video ‘Spirit Breaker’ today. Undoubtedly one of their most personally raw and lyrically compelling pieces of work to date, ‘Spirit Breaker’ finds vocalist Austin McAuley grappling with compounding experiences of loss in his life, the track climaxing with the gut-wrenching lyric “…it’s just the cycle of loss stuck on repeat again.”

On this sentiment, McAuley shares: “These words are a look inward to the personal loss I can’t seem to escape. From grandparents, my father, friends and even pets, it’s a looming feeling that I can’t shake off. I’m always worried about what’s going to come next and it fuels my anxiety to an uncontrollable degree. After losing so much in such a short time, I have times mentally, where I become numb to the thought of losing someone or something else.”

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SCHEMATA THEORY call for climate justice with new single, ‘Our Only Home’


UK post-hardcore quintet Schemata Theory amplify the global call for climate justice with ‘Our Only Home’, the fourth single from their upcoming album ‘Unity in Time’, which is released this Friday 25th February.

The relentless track combines dark tones with soaring moments to epitomise what is at stake with humanity’s exploitation of the natural world. 

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HAMMERFALL Releases New Track “Brotherhood” + Official Video


Today, Swedish Heavy Metal frontrunners HAMMERFALL have released their latest single, “Brotherhood” – the third single from their forthcoming, much anticipated studio album, Hammer Of Dawn.  “Brotherhood” is a musical salute to their most loyal fans, The Templars Of Steel, who have stuck by the band through thick and thin. It’s also a heartfelt internal nod to each other, recognizing the very close bond the band members have with each other, especially between guitarist Oscar Dronjak and singer Joacim Cans, whose brotherhood began way back in 1996.

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