Amy Walpole is not a witch. In archetypes like Eve, who is centralised in Amy’s religious upbringing and her views on the church's At the core of 2022’s Congregation was a narrative cut deep with Amy’s lived experience and trauma, made With her master's degree in Gothic Literature, Amy has found inspiration in haunted spaces. As WITCH FEVER take on the UK and Europe with Danish metallers Volbeat, Amy will be reading.

Leeds is already roaring before Amy Lee even steps into the light, a silhouette sharpened by two decades When You've Had Enough and Afterlife landed with precise aggression from both guitars and drums, while Amy Beautiful Lie and Wasted on You followed, each delivered with emotional clarity, showing Amy Lee’s incredible tracks was the way the band held the tension from start to finish, never letting the energy dip, with Amy Amy Lee’s vocal delivery was striking in its restraint.

“I went on a great run one morning, and then Amy showed me how to make this really good porridge, and of struggling and powering on comes through in the increasingly strengthening bass from Liv May and Amy

STARS kicked off the night with their killer indie pop promises and introduced Day to Day with Amy Millan with tracks like Antigravity, Now or Never Now and Breathing Underwater, the latter of which featured Amy Words and photos: James Smith

album a collaborative effort featuring Dani Filth (CRADLE OF FILTH), Finnish band APOCALYPTICA and Chad Smith Ultimately the grand finale Against the Odds featuring Chad Smith resurrects a track that was left unfinished Words: Amy Lynch Photos: Tim Tronckoe

Opening a sizeable pit before throwing down an unmistakable rocky riff to SAM SMITH's Unholy, the three-piece WITCH FEVER’s Amy Walpole explains to the crowd, cracking a smile.

strangers to the energetic south west music scene, with their unrelenting sound and commanding vocals from Amy Words and photos: Amy Lynch

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speed and aggression, these punk rockers are the crowning example of how fun this genre can be, lead by Amy her unapologetic persona, this band are a force to reckoned with; Their brash drums, heavy riffs and Amy

known for his work on the Saw franchise, and written by the masterminds Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith a theatre production in 2002 as The Necromerchant's Debt, this passion project between Zdunich and Smith Words: Amy Lynch

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This announcement did not stop momentum however as Georgia and Amy brought the audience’s back up to