Under the needle

After many long months spent tirelessly slaving away creating some of the finest cocktails known to humanity, our resident mixologist and roving reporter Malayka Al-abdullah takes a well-earned break from her bar-side duties to soak up the electrifying riffs, booze and top-notch banter of the UK’s premier heavy metal weekend. But from bucket-based, wasp-infested cocktails to lukewarm lager and eye-watering volumes of gut-rot vodka, it fast becomes apparent that her work is an

Stoked about Bloodstock but keen to dodge the Disney metal, dad rock and ball-clenching power ballads? Well fear not, my corpse paint-smeared, claw-throwing compadre! Because over here at Dark Matter HQ we’ve been tirelessly scouring the web to bring you our ultimate rundown of the finest underground highlights soon to grace the hallowed grounds of Catton Park this August. From savage death metal that’s heavier than a triple hammer blow to the face to crushingly desolate, doo