It’s always great to see a bill like this—no obvious weak links, and variety still has enough shared creative juice to keep the pace rolling. It speaks to the rude health of metal as a whole, where deathcore mainstays Fit For An Autopsy and perennially slept-on thrashers Sylosis can join forces, rather than get lost in the minutiae of sub-genre pedantry. While this is an entire European run, the UK leg is the only one billed as a co-headliner, an interesting distinction that only plays into the rising-tide philosophy of this side of metal all the more.
Joining them are metalcore lifers Darkest Hour and the current faces of death-metal-flavoured hardcore Heriot, to reinforce just how markedly excellent this whole scene currently is. Again, there’s barely a single hole to pick here, as Maryleen heads to Manchester to capture one of the year’s most unsung metal masterclasses.
Heriot
Darkest Hour
Sylosis
Fit For An Autopsy
Photos by Maryleen (Instagram / Website)
