AFTERSHOCK FESTIVAL

JOE DALY

DISCOVERY PARK, SACRAMENTO, Slipknot, Slayer, Priest and Maiden oversee four days of era-spanning innovation WALKING INTO AFTERSHOCK Festival is a full-on sensory assault. The smell of sunblock and weed fills the air, and, with temperatures breaking 30°C, the October sun feels like it’s hanging directly overhead. This year’s line-up is a thunderous collision of generations, a living showcase of metal’s relentless evolution, with bands spanning every era of the genre’s blood-soaked, riff-fuelled history. BETTER LOVERS – the hardcore supergroup featuring ex-members of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die – hit the small DWPresents stage with the urgency of a wildfire. Their set is a sharp, skull-splitting attack, with highlights like A White Horse Covered In Blood setting a bruising tone for the weekend. MINISTRY break out the big…

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Metal Hammer UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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