It’s Friday night in Leeds, and you can feel the excitement of fans walking up to the Project House. Since bursting onto the scene from a sweaty, overpacked tent debut at Download Festival last summer to sold-out venues across the Atlantic, PRESIDENT is exploding onto the scene as one of metal’s most electrifying new bands. Few bands have sparked as much buzz in such a short time. There was a lot of curiosity in the queue, people talking, trying to figure out what the band w

Now back for its fourth year since returning to the scene, Takedown Festival 2026 kicked off at Portsmouth Guildhall over Easter Weekend, with a clear sense that this is a festival continuing to grow year on year. From the moment doors opened, there was a real buzz around the place, the kind you only get when people have been waiting for festival season to come back around. The Guildhall once again proved why it works so well for Takedown. The layout made moving between stag

When a completely unknown band appears on the lineup for one of the biggest rock festivals in the world, people notice. When that band has released no music, shows no faces, and speaks only in cryptic teasers? People start investigating. That’s exactly what happened when PRESIDENT burst onto the scene in February 2025 after appearing on the lineup for Download Festival. At the time, the name meant absolutely nothing to anyone. No singles, no music videos, no press—just a nam

Takedown Festival is the high-octane kick start to the festival season. Taking place at the Guildhall in Portsmouth across the 3rd and 4th April, the festival takes over the whole venue to give you three stages of non-stop music. Takedown is a festival that loves to showcase new talent alongside big-hitting names. With such a varied roster of artists, there is something for everyone, young and old, to enjoy alongside new names to discover and add to their playlists. It’s a f

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