ArcTanGent is a festival built for its community. For 3 days or 4 (if you’re really up for it) you will be surrounded by likeminded music fans who enjoy a good mix of everything heavy, experimental and well written. It’s a music festival where the music shines louder than anything else possibly could. Platforming many artists who wouldn’t typically get a place at a festival in the UK, the biggest strength of the festival is curation. You can enter the festival knowing no one

Fresh off their appearance at Bloodstock Festival, CASTLE RAT swapped gigantic stages for the smaller, sold out 1865. From the moment the doors opened the anticipation seemed to be building with an almost full crowd from the get-go ready for a theatrical night of music ahead of them. Opening the show were Birmingham based Meatdripper. Bringing the perfect fusion of sludge and doom rock, this band seemed other-worldly and truly set the scene for the night ahead. Han Al-Shemerr

After a monumental main stage show at Bloodstock Festival, BATTLESNAKE journeyed back to London the next day for a show that pulled from all elements of rock in its lineup to make one epic show you don’t often get Downstairs At The Dome; here’s how that sweaty gig went down. Opening up the night saw Sydney natives LIQUID ZOO set the bar for the energy on the stage. Their high-voltage Garage Rock was really astonishing, though taking from many other genres, they had a really