INTERVIEWS

Norwich to Wacken, Wacken to Bloodstock. One hell of a bike ride. However, for the past few years, Laurence 'O.B' O'Brien has been making the pilgrimage, a positively unique way of getting to experience two of metal's greatest open air festivals, all for the name of charity too.

There's a new band in town...if that town is a county and that county is Merseyside. Since forming last year, Liverpool based DROPSTITCH have been hard at work bringing their post-hardcore sound to audiences.

"Art belongs together, why have them separate? Music, theatre, spoken word, film… they all help us feel what we can’t feel on our own. I think performances become more powerful when worlds bleed into each other a bit."

"It's been really full-on - but I love that. I'm a very obsessive person and I love the prep-period for a release, putting things together and fiddling with things. It's also been such a wild response so far - the support that people are already showing this band is properly mind-blowing and we're so so grateful for it."

"There's a lot of darkness and negativity in the world right now, a lot of hatred and division. We stand for love and respect for all good people, whoever you are, wherever you're from. All are welcome to be a part of The One."