![]() The line-up continues with theatrical post-hardcore band Static Dress, South coast punk rockers SNAYX, Australian alt four-piece RedHook, and Kerrang! Radio The Deal competition winners Rituals, who will open The Avalanche Stage with their blisteringly heavy Newcastle metal. Tool and A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan will be bringing Puscifer to Download for the very first time, Canadian hardcore punk band Cancer Bats will also be delivering the noise this year and Hundred Reasons are back with their first new music in 15 years and will be playing Download for the first time since their 2006 debut.įurther additions include the recently reunited Welsh outfit Casey, as well as New York pop punk heroes State Champs, daredevil rock and roll darlings Cherry Bombs, and Welsh TikTok heroes Punk Rock Factory, who are rightfully graduating to a Main Arena performance after their memorable set in The Village last year. The very last tickets are available here. The special anniversary edition, taking place for the first time over four days on 8-11 June 2023 at Donington Park, will now feature Cancer Bats, Casey, Hundred Reasons, Puscifer, State Champs and more, alongside headliners Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica, who will perform two headline sets with no repeat songs. All stage splits for the four days have also been revealed. ![]() Touché Amoré clearly loved being here, and man don’t we love having them.The line-up for Download Festival’s 20th anniversary has expanded with a further 12 names added to the weekend’s programme. ![]() One of their earliest songs “Honest Sleep” capped off the night perfectly, with Bohm allowing the audience to shout the final verse unaccompanied to create one of the most powerful moments of the night. Every now and then, archival samples were played over ambient instrumental interludes between songs, creating an almost ghostly atmosphere. However, fans of their back-catalogue were not disappointed, with highlights from all four albums given their moment, from “The Great Repetition” and “Method Act” to “Just Exist” and “Harbor”. Whoever was on the soundboard also deserves a massive shout-out these types of shows aren’t easy to capture, but the mix was absolutely perfect the cheers that greeted Bohm’s thanking to said mixer were testament to this.Īs expected, the band mostly played from Stage Four. Meanwhile, Bohm’s impassioned screams were powerful to witness, with a stage presence to match. Frequent tempo shifts and a consistently manic pace helped demonstrate each member’s mastery of their instrument. Elliot Babin is an absolute force of nature on the drums, delivering fill after killer fill while keeping the band together as they chugged and soloed away. This was greeted by huge cheers and probably more than a few tears.Įverything about Touché Amoré’s set was on-point. About halfway through the set, Bohm delivered a short “personal note” on the importance of playing in Perth, with their last show on our shores being the first after the death of his mother (the topic of their exceptional latest record Stage Four, one of our albums of the year in 2016). Vocalist Jeremy Bohm frequently handed the microphone to fans to scream lyrics into, while occasionally embracing or grasping the hands of ecstatic viewers which was exactly as cathartic as you’d imagine. Just as you’d expect, Touché’s set was an energised and formidable display of expert musicianship, with a palpable bond between the audience and performers. ![]() Filled with slick guitar riffs and a tight rhythm section, the group played largely from their latest album (2015’s excellent Peripheral Vision), plus treating the audience to new single “Super Natural”, earning a warm reception from an appreciative audience.Įntering on stage to the sounds of Daniel Johnston of all people (I think), Touché Amoré were immediately firing on all cylinders, with “Flowers and You”, “~” and “New Halloween” immaculately setting the stage for what was to come. Following were Turnover, whose melodic soundscapes were the perfect balm for the heavier acts they were sandwiched between. Bringing the Violent Soho and Love Junkies-esque vibes to the opening roster (the latter of whom was championed by one member via t-shirt), the band performed well as a unit and delivered an energised set that captivated me enough to check out their catalogue (note: it’s good). ![]() Glass Wave ensured the night got off to a good start. The night promised a diverse line-up, with 90s grunge courtesy of local lads Glass Wave, indie rock from Turnover, and post-hardcore courtesy of the inimitable headliners Touché Amoré. It was a packed crowd that filed into Amplifier Capitol on the night of the 12th of July, grateful to escape the bucketing rain outside. ![]()
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