![]() Empire State Bastard Empire State Bastards – Download Festival 2023. What a way to keep Download on that high. Out of their box, they step with some serious graft. ![]() ![]() Halo was recorded with Bullet For My Valentine. We also got a bit of their Metal side as they played one of their new tracks, Halo, which was all tom drums and vocal screeches. What was a field of rockers turns into a field of full-on ravers.Ī prime-time dream for all, those ’80s and ’90s babies got their dose of teenage nostalgia. Not holding anything back, they gave us classic Pendulum favourites one after another. A sea of endless jumps and hands to the sky blanketed over Download. It’s always an absolute pleasure watching a drum and bass band play live as it really takes away those pre-notion electronic assumptions before dipping us into the realm of using instruments to make the sounds previously thought to be made by no instruments at all. The second almost surprise of the night was Pendulum. With great instrumental time signature change interludes and a nice addition of the wind chimes, Brutus were definitely an addition not to be taken lightly. The group lorded the Dogtooth stage with continuous sing-alongs with the audience, who seemed to know almost every word. It was a real, “She can play drums like that and sing like that?!” moment. Photo: John Hayhurst/MetalTalkĭrummer and lead vocalist Stefanie Mannaerts was just mesmerising. But it was Within Temptation who made us feel good to be alive. One came from Brutus, the three-piece band making some serious noise on the scene. A few highlights and one big surprise hit as the 6 pm marker crept closer. As the night closes in, you can really feel the masses pouring in for the music.
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