Download 2025

[Andre91]

22 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Seen loads on socials at Green Day being questioned. I don't think ST would be as they are more a Download band, I'm not sure if I'd quite say Green Day were.

Everyone on socials questions everything about Download ever year. Sleep Token will get shat on so hard because they’re such a young band who loads of people wouldn’t have even heard of. Green Day will pull the biggest crowd of the weekend. 

[Bluewolf]

17 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Everyone on socials questions everything about Download ever year. Sleep Token will get shat on so hard because they’re such a young band who loads of people wouldn’t have even heard of. Green Day will pull the biggest crowd of the weekend. 

Yep I'm one of those who had never heard of Sleep Token before the rumours of them Headlining so I listened to them on YouTube and for me personally it was a tough listen...But apparently they shift a lot of tickets and I may be wrong here but I'm sure I read Live Nation have invested a lot in to promoting them hence the potential Headliner slot at Download.

[RedJosh]

1 hour ago, northernangel said:

Seen loads on socials at Green Day being questioned. I don't think ST would be as they are more a Download band, I'm not sure if I'd quite say Green Day were.

The majority of them don't believe that Sleepy T are headlining. Wait until the 12th November. Once they realise they are watch the meltdown.

[northernangel]

51 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Everyone on socials questions everything about Download ever year. Sleep Token will get shat on so hard because they’re such a young band who loads of people wouldn’t have even heard of. Green Day will pull the biggest crowd of the weekend. 

To be fair Green Day shouldn't even be in competition with crowd for the other two.

[Siddey1994]

I keep telling people who get in a huff about sleep token headlining: whoever’s wrong owes the other a beer. Not even gonna bring my bank card next year, I’ll be drinking more than my body weight at this point 😅

Edited 10 hours ago by Siddey1994

[Audiorocker]

Not being a seasoned metalhead, which bands are on top of their game right now (away from the massive acts) and would be recommended to see?

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[RedJosh]

1 hour ago, Audiorocker said:

Not being a seasoned metalhead, which bands are on top of their game right now (away from the massive acts) and would be recommended to see?

Do you mean acts on the up, acts that are releasing good material still (but have been around a while) or both? Also, on massive are you just classing that as people like Metallica, Maiden, Slipknot, Bring Me, Muse, MCR?

[Audiorocker]

4 minutes ago, RedJosh said:

Do you mean acts on the up, acts that are releasing good material still (but have been around a while) or both? Also, on massive are you just classing that as people like Metallica, Maiden, Slipknot, Bring Me, Muse, MCR?

Yes precisely. Acts on the up in particular are what I'm interested in.

[Gejonimo]

Metal/heavier bands on the up that I personally enjoy:

 

Heriot, Wargasm, Blackgold, Hot Milk, ERRA, Bad Omens, Speed, Graphic Nature, Sleep Token, Knocked Loose, Spiritbox, Wage War, Better Lovers, Gel 

 

The hardcore and punk scenes are really taking off in recent years

[RedJosh]

14 minutes ago, Audiorocker said:

Yes precisely. Acts on the up in particular are what I'm interested in.

You obviously have your big three on the up, who I'm assuming you know about - Sleep Token, Bad Omens and Spiritbox.

 

After that it really depends what you like and what you are looking for.

 

If you want heavy stuff  - Heriot, Lorna Shore, Frozen Soul, 200 Stab Wounds, Paleface Swiss, Zeal & Ardor

 

If you want hardcore - Knocked Loose, Turnsrile, Speed, Gel, Scowl, High Vis, Drug Church, Better Lovers

 

If you want metalcore (lots of this can be pretty generic) - Dying Wish, Make Them Suffer, Invent Animate, Thornhill, Dayseeker, Tallah

 

[Audiorocker]

Cheers RedJosh and Gegonimo! Plenty of musical food for thought 👍👍

Spiritbox, Bad Omens, HotMilk, Thornhill and knocked loose will do nicely.

[foolee]

Unpeople, Split Chain, Hot Milk, Speed, Better Lovers, High Vis & Amyl & The Sniffers are all great up and coming bands in the rock/punk/alt scene.