Camden is often an appropriate place to put your horns up and rock out, but that will be especially true at Desertfest, the capital’s premier festival celebrating stoner rock and doom metal. This year, the line-up brings together some of the genres’ best acts, from Suicidal Tendencies and Cancer Bats to Speedhorn and Masters Of Reality, and will take over various rock venues in the area. Line-up includes: Suicidal Tendencies, Cancer Bats, Godflesh, Speedhorn, Masters Of Reality, Manitar
London has an incredible history of metal concerts and punk gigs, with iconic figures and bands like Johnny Rotten and Iron Maiden all calling the city home, and there’s still a strong lineage of bands keeping the music’s rebellious spirit alive in venues all over the capital. Raise your devil horns or pull on your bovva boots, and get out there to one of these great upcoming punk or metal concerts.
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