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Uprising Festival will celebrate its tenth edition as Uprising X when it takes place at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton on 9 and 10 April 2027.
Founded in 2016 by Simon Yarwood and Matt Kirk, the festival has built a strong reputation for supporting both established and emerging Heavy and Metal acts while maintaining an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere.
With a strong focus on celebrating heavy and alternative music in all its forms, Uprising has earned a reputation for championing both established legends and the next generation of talent. “Let’s be straight, firstly, Uprising isn’t a place,” Simon Yarwood said. “We’ve had two homes already. It’s the people. Like moving home, you take your family with you, and your friends still come and see you, and you don’t know your forever home until you’re in it.
“Moving to KK’s feels right, it feels like home, and it feels like the family will love it, and the friends will visit as they have for the last 10 years, wherever we’ve lived.
“We can’t wait to start announcing the bands and open the doors for you in April at what is undoubtedly the best rock/Metal venue in the Midlands.”
KK’s Steel MillStarworks Warehouse, Frederick St, Wolverhampton WV2 4DU
Uprising Festival will celebrate its tenth edition as Uprising X when it takes place at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton on 9 and 10
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Uprising Festival will celebrate its tenth edition as Uprising X when it takes place at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton on 9 and 10 April 2027.
Founded in 2016 by Simon Yarwood and Matt Kirk, the festival has built a strong reputation for supporting both established and emerging Heavy and Metal acts while maintaining an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere.
With a strong focus on celebrating heavy and alternative music in all its forms, Uprising has earned a reputation for championing both established legends and the next generation of talent. “Let’s be straight, firstly, Uprising isn’t a place,” Simon Yarwood said. “We’ve had two homes already. It’s the people. Like moving home, you take your family with you, and your friends still come and see you, and you don’t know your forever home until you’re in it.”
Following the closure of Leicester’s O2 Academy, organisers searched for a new venue and selected KK’s Steel Mill as the next home for the event. The venue, associated with Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing, has become a respected destination for Heavy Metal events in the Midlands. “However Leicester, we aren’t done with you,” Yarwood said. “You haven’t seen the last of Uprising!”
Previous editions have featured artists including Paradise Lost, Napalm Death, Katatonia, Orange Goblin and Pitchshifter, while also helping showcase rising talent.
“We will continue to promote equitable lineups as a core ethos of our planning,” Matt Kirk, one of the festival owners, said, “as we believe it is our duty as organisers to ensure a fair and level playing field for all.”
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Live Review: Corrosion of Conformity – Rebellion, Manchester
11th June 2026 Support: Ritual King Words: Matthew Williams Photos: Rich Price
After their storming Saturday night headline set at 2025’s Damnation Festival, Corrosion of Conformity were back in Manchester, albeit this time at a much smaller venue. The gig at Rebellion sold out in next to no time, as the legendary band hit the UK for three dates in support of their “Good God/Baad Man” album, before a festival appearance at Download.
The support for these three dates was one of Manchester’s finest, Ritual King, and it was great to see them back on the stage after an enforced eleven-month absence due to health issues. With a big smile, guitarist/vocalist Jordan Leppitt gives us a “Good evening Manchester” as they launch into an array of gloriously trippy/bluesy notes that flow across the venue. They get progressively heavier with the bass sounding as good as every from Danny Goodwin, with the harmonised vocals between Leppitt and drummer Gareth Hodges, making it feel like a psychedelic trip.
Leppitt announces that they’ll be playing “a few songs from the first record” before starting “Headspace” which showcases their drum and bass section with a slow build developing into a great rhythm, as they get heavier with an explosion of sound. “It’s been an honour to play with Corrosion of Conformity, this is our last song, it’s called Valleys” announces the frontman, as the song grows from its pensive state into a crushing riff fest that showcases the trio’s interplay to wrap up their short set.
There’s a decent amount of time between bands as the sound team and roadies do they final checks, but about five minutes earlier than scheduled, the intro blares out and touring drummer Nick Shabatura takes his place, as bassist Bobby Landgraff kicks things off. As he gets the crowd going, Pepper Keenan and Woody Weatherman appear to huge applause and Corrosion of Conformity burst into “Asleep on the Killing Floor”. It’s a powerful beginning as Landgraff swops vocals with Keenan and Weatherman has us drooling over the solo.
“Now that’s a true fucking story” shouts Keenan, as they waste no time and go straight into “My Grain” followed by wonderful “Who’s Got the Fire”. Their tempo changes are sublime and it’s so damn good seeing them up close in a sold-out venue like Rebellion, and after forty plus years of being a band, they are consummate professionals. “You like heavy shit? You like weird shit?” asks Keenan, “You like heavy weird shit?” as they generate real power during “Shake Like You” especially when they sing as one.
With a constantly smiling bassist wandering across the stage, they have an array of songs that hit the spot each time. “Lose Yourself” and “You or Me” follow, but the heads start to really move during the epic “Diablo Blvd” but they surpass that with the heaviness of “Paranoid Opioid” as the raucous nature of the song explodes across the room. “Stick that in your peace pipe” shouts Keenan at the end, before “Seven Days” and then we arrive at the brooding, slow, heartfelt song that is “13 Angels”.
There’s an echo on the vocals, as Keenan shows off his silky guitar skills but the song is a classic and played ahead of a new song, “Baad Man” where the crowd join in with the “ooo’s”. They go back into their extensive catalogue with 1996’s “Born Again for the Last Time” to demonstrate their exemplary blend of tempos and follow this with the fifth song of the night from their latest album, the heavy, no frills, heads down, rocking tune that is “Gimme Some Moore”.
“This song comes around every four years, as a way of dealing with our problems, and I know we’ve got our problems in the same way that you’ve got your problems” and heads get blown off with the vitriolic “Vote With a Bullet”. The whole crowd sing as one, and you realise that everyone here is united at this moment in time, enjoying a band who never fail to deliver. I put my pad and pen down for a while to just enjoy the spectacle that is Corrosion of Conformity and with a tap of the cymbal with the neck of his guitar, Keenan and the rest disappear, albeit briefly.
“It’s so damn hot in here, but we appreciate you having us back” says Weatherman as they re-emerge. “Manchester definitely has more swagger than the rest of England” says Keenan, as they begin my favourite COC song, the majestic “Albatross”. It is ridiculously sublime and a true classic in every sense of the word, and once more I’m stood watching in awe of their talent. “Love and respect to you for keeping music alive” mouths Keenan, as they end with another stunning song, “Clean My Wounds”. There’s a clap along, “Thin Lizzy style man” as the riffs tease but it feels like a huge jam session that we are all invited to, with the masses jumping around as we all clap off a band that show no signs of slowing down. What a night!!!
Alternative metal band Stitched Up Heart have premiered the official music video for their track “MEDUSA”, coinciding with the release of their newly issued album of the same name.
The song serves as the title track of the record and features a guest appearance from Lyric Noel. The album itself also includes contributions from a range of gue… Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
Strange things are afoot with art imitating art tonight at The Roundhouse as Keanu Reeves, the actor in the band Wyld Stallyns, from the movie Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, appeared in his real band, Dogstar. Queues stretch far down to Camden Market for this performance. It is an impressive turnout when the rock and Metal community have upped sticks en masse to take over Castle Donington, at Download Festival, where Dogstar are also due to play.
A well-behaved, orderly but clearly excited crowd roars as the band comes on stage, silhouettes in black with an inevitable extra uplift of a cheer as the tall Keanu takes the stage. It is a stripped-back set, no backdrop to speak of, with a basic lighting arrangement and just the three-piece all in black, made up of Bret Domrose (lead guitar/vocals), Keanu Reeves (bassist) and Robert Mailhouse on drums.
Drawing on material from their 2023 album Somewhere Between the Power Lines And Palm Trees and substantially from their new album All In Now, which was released this second week of June 2026, the set built in intensity from melodic rock to something that by the end was crossing the line into melodic grunge rock.
Dogstar – The Roundhouse, Camden – 13 June 2026. Photo: Manuela Langotsch/MetalTalk
There were some bodacious, beautiful and interesting lead guitar moments and a brief Keanu Reeves bass solo on the final song, which lasted nowhere near long enough.
However, the crowd spoke volumes, never once really moving, forget mosh pits, dancing in the aisles or even the familiar nodding dog to a strong beat. While the crowd was certainly obeying the Bill and Ted’s mantra, be excellent to each other, the atmosphere was more bogus than most triumphant in terms of energy.
Sure, they were appreciating the music, and there were orchestrated clap-alongs and the ubiquitous modern ballad with the camera phone torches out, but almost no spontaneous riotous fun, the hallmark of almost any live rock and Metal performance.
Dogstar – The Roundhouse, Camden – 13 June 2026. Photo: Manuela Langotsch/MetalTalk
One clue to the conundrum of the almost full house but the lack of momentum was when Domrose yelled to the crowd who had listened to the new album, which generated a fairly lacklustre response to which he suggested the crowd should “go out and get it”.
It is a fair guess that a lot of the crowd were there because of their love for Keanu Reeves, and maybe less due to passion for the band. If this were true, the band had no intention of giving them Keanu Reeves, the movie star, so they did not get what they may have wanted.
Judging by some cries of “I love you, Keanu,” and “take me on a date,” some were keen on more than just some crowd banter. Taking up the style of a classic grunge rock slacker bassist, think Nirvana, with a low-slung Fender bass and not moving more than a few paces back and forth on the same side of the stage, Keanu’s stage performance was traditional but downplayed to the max.
Dogstar – The Roundhouse, Camden – 13 June 2026. Photo: Manuela Langotsch/MetalTalk
This felt like a missed opportunity. Reeves croaked “Thank you” into the microphone, which was the only words he spoke all night, not even one “Party on Dudes”.
Yes, they had achieved being a band, not a one-man ego machine and who Reeves is did fade a little into the background. But to audience members brought up on Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure, this was a far cry from the act that promised to “put an end to war and poverty”, “align the planets and bring them into universal harmony”, “allow meaningful contact with all forms of life” and be “excellent for dancing”.
Possibly the bar was set a little high. Whilst they may not have aligned the planets tonight, for the fans, it was still a most excellent adventure.
Dogstar – The Roundhouse, Camden – 13 June 2026. Photo: Manuela Langotsch/MetalTalk
Fletchr Fletchr
Fletchr Fletchr, supporting Dogstar, are a British act playing catchy and at times genuinely powerful and moving rock. Hailing from Hertfordshire, Fletchr Fletchr acknowledged it was “their dream to play at the Roundhouse.”
This was an acknowledgement Dogstar also gave later, giving respect to the venue that gave early platforms to Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, and so many others.
Fletchr Fletchr – The Roundhouse, Camden – 13 June 2026. Photo: Manuela Langotsch/MetalTalk
Smart-casually dressed they played to a full audience. Maybe benefiting from the fact that no support act had been advertised, for me, this was the better band of the night.
Playing a short, less-than-half-hour set, drawn from a set of singles including the very newly released Fucking With My Head and songs from their 2025 EP We All Feel The Same, the crowd rapidly warmed to them and the visceral punch of a song about the grief of a band member losing their father, tangibly hit the audience.
Fletchr Fletchr – The Roundhouse, Camden – 13 June 2026. Photo: Manuela Langotsch/MetalTalk
A rock band, maybe alt rock, clearly, there were other influences, including jazz, at one point, a saxophone was played. Fletchr Fletchr are a group who will go on to make bigger waves.
Multi-platinum post-hardcore outfit Sleeping With Sirens have officially released their eighth studio album, “An Ending In Itself”. Alongside the album's arrival, the band have also premiered a new music video for “House Of Matches”.
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