Do you want to go darker? Download every now and again excels in finding the cream of the crop of emerging Extreme Metal acts and shoves them onto the bill primarily to scare the living shit out of the pop punk kids. This year, it is British dark overlords in waiting, Conjurer who peddle a rich and nihilistic blend of Black, Doom and Post Metals.
Read Moreast time Amon Amarth played Download, they were magnificent and stole the whole weekend from under iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Rammstein collective noises. They wandered on to the Main Stage at midday to a crowd suffering from hypothermia and trench foot and gave us a headline show.
Read MoreWe love a trier at ROCKFLESH; not for us those who have achieved instantaneous success. We favour those who diligently and slowly and perseveringly climb up the greasy pole that we call Metal. Heart of Coward are one of those.
Read MoreAlien Weaponry are our next must see recommendation for Download. They may be insanely young but they are probably the hottest band you will find on site. And Christ they are young! If you are harassed by some teen to buy them a pint as their ID has been rejected, its probably a member of Alien Weaponry. But God, is there a buzz about them?
Read MoreOK! Here it goes: well you will have had to be living under a rock not to know that today marks 30 days to Download 2019. We, at ROCKFLESH towers are excited as it is our annual pilgrimage to the Holy land of Donington Park to sample the best in Metal, Rock, Punk and wrestling (to be honest we will probably leave the wrestling to others.
Read MoreDamnation is like a choose your own adventure experience for Metalheads. Four stages spread across the bewildering labyrinth that is Leeds University Students Union (the Citadel of Chaos ain’t got nothing on here) provides access to some of the finest morsels of black, doom, death and post metal available. With twenty-seven acts spread over twelve hours simply remember which band you wanted to see next (never mind which stage they are on) is a chore all in itself, hence the reason you see plenty of confused looking people wandering around with spreadsheets and maps wondering why the keep ending up back at the pasty shop.
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