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 18 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?

Edited 11 hours ago by Audiorocker

[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. 

[Spiral_Low]

4 hours 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?

Green Lung 

Bloodywood

Zeal & Ardor

Employed To Serve

Svalbard 

Split Chain

Jinjer

 

[RedJosh]

1 minute ago, Spiral_Low said:

Green Lung 

Bloodywood

Zeal & Ardor

Employed To Serve

Svalbard 

Split Chain

Jinjer

 

All great shouts

[Andre91]

4 hours 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?

Malevolence (metallic hardcore) 

Guilt Trip (metallic hardcore) 

 

Blood Incantation (proggy death metal) 

Unto Others (gothy rock - think Type O Negative meets HIM) 

 

Kublai Khan TX (big, dumb metallic hardcore) 

 

Swamp Coffin (sludge/doom) 

 

wristmeetrazor (early 00s Trustkill-style metal core) 

 

Upon Stone (melodic death metal) 

 

Heriot (industrial extreme metal) 

 

Militarie Gun (poppy alternative rock / hardcore)

 

 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Andre91

[Siddey1994]

Going to throw in Ice Nine Kills as up and comers as I’ve not seen them mentioned. Obviously been around for a while, but their trajectory has taken a massive upward turn in recent years.

[Spiral_Low]

33 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Malevolence (metallic hardcore) 

Guilt Trip (metallic hardcore) 

 

Blood Incantation (proggy death metal) 

Unto Others (gothy rock - think Type O Negative meets HIM) 

 

Kublai Khan TX (big, dumb metallic hardcore) 

 

Swamp Coffin (sludge/doom) 

 

wristmeetrazor (early 00s Trustkill-style metal core) 

 

Upon Stone (melodic death metal) 

 

Heriot (industrial extreme metal) 

 

Militarie Gun (poppy alternative rock / hardcore)

 

 

 

 

Blood Incantation album of the year so far for me!

[Andre91]

28 minutes ago, Spiral_Low said:

Blood Incantation album of the year so far for me!

Me too! Absolutely phenomenal masterpiece. I don’t think it’s going to be knocked down by anything else. 

[andyrhodes24]

3 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Me too! Absolutely phenomenal masterpiece. I don’t think it’s going to be knocked down by anything else. 

Where does Nex Gen rank for you? Been waiting for the usual album of the year post on the R&L board 😅

[Andre91]

16 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Where does Nex Gen rank for you? Been waiting for the usual album of the year post on the R&L board 😅

It’s just about in my Top 20 atm (wedged between Sabrina Carpenter and The Black Dahlia Murder). I listened to it for the first time in a while the other day and enjoyed it less than I did when it first came out. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Andre91

[andyrhodes24]

Just now, Andre91 said:

It’s just about in my Top 20 atm. I listened to it for the first time in a while the other day and enjoyed it less than I did when it first came out. 

I’m sure there’d be stuff up there with it for me if I’d listened around more but it’s tough to beat for me. Youtopia, N/A and Dig It were a proper breath of fresh air.

[Andre91]

4 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

I’m sure there’d be stuff up there with it for me if I’d listened around more but it’s tough to beat for me. Youtopia, N/A and Dig It were a proper breath of fresh air.

That’s fair! Tbh I don’t think this year has been a particularly vintage year for new releases (the weakest since 2019 imo), at least I didn’t think it was until a few weeks ago when a bunch of genuinely excellent albums were released in a short space of time. 8 of my Top 20 have been released in the last 6 weeks or so.