Skindred – ‘Smile’

Skindred have spent twenty five years kicking down boundaries, and they won’t be stopping any time soon. Benji Webbe’s dreadlocked flair and distinctive Caribbean vocal style has always set Skindred apart from their weaker and more orthodox contemporaries, and the barriers between metal, dub, jungle and punk mean nothing

LIVE: 2000trees Festival 2023 – Thursday

Anyone lucky enough to have experienced a 2000trees festival will understand why it’s held in such high regard and firmly cemented as one of the finest ‘medium-sized’ festivals in the country. What better way to celebrate its 15th anniversary than by exhibiting the most stacked lineup to

2000trees Festival 2023 – Thursday

LIVE: Download Festival 2023 – Thursday

British etiquette dictates that when it’s miserable outside we complain that we miss the heat, and the second the warm weather arrives we complain that it’s too hot. That’s just the way it goes. With that said: how about that heatwave? Softly nestled between two torrents of rain sat

Download Festival 2022 – Friday

LIVE: Download Festival 2022 – Friday

It’s been three long years since we’ve been able to grace Download Festival at its full capacity, and we are delighted to finally have it back in 2022. All four stages, countless amazing bands, beautiful sunshine and tens of thousands of eager, smiley, energetic and ever-so-slightly drunk rock

Skindred, Raging Speedhorn, Death Blooms @ O2 Academy, Leeds

LIVE: Skindred @ The Roundhouse, London

As the lights dropped and the oh so familiar riff of AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ began, the energy palpably shifted. With each guttural shout of “thunder” from the crowd, the sense of anticipation and excitement grew. Finally strolling onto stage to a typically atypical remix of the ‘Imperial March’

LIVE: Slam Dunk Festival 2021

For the longest time, it felt like the chances of us standing on the beautiful green grass of Temple Newsam and Hatfield House were slim to none – in 2021, at least. And yet, against all odds and through one of the most challenging possible years to pull off

Bloodstock 2021 – Friday