AMPLIFIED 2022 1 Festival 2 Cities 3 Days 0 Clashes
Saint Agnes + Vexed + Chuggaboom + Monasteries + Seething Akira + Asleep At The Helm + Defects + This Is Turin + Overthrone
Entry Requirements: 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)
Following the CoVid global pandemic that has affected so many lives and indeed the live music scene over the last couple of years Amplified returns with a new set up and an awesome line up featuring some of the best acts from around the UK.
Scheduled over 3 days and keeping to the events original ethos of supporting grassroots music as well as supporting independent live music venues AMPLIFIED 2022's third event event of the weekend will take place at the globally renowned Rebellion, Manchester featuring...
SAINT AGNES
Renowned for their visceral and 'reckless' live shows, abandoning all concern for their personal safety and clambering around whilst all in the name of having a great time these guys are a band always seeking to go above and beyond for their hugely loyal and rabid fanbase and we can't wait to welcome them here to headline Amplified 2022!
"Chilling and superior" Nick Cave
With pressings of their visceral Goth-western debut album 'Welcome To Silvertown' and the follow-up EP 'The Family Strange' both selling out they have since released 'Vampire' on their own DIY 'Death Or Glory Gang' label.
Consisting of four original songs and two covers – a scorching rendition of Nine Inch Nails' 'Wish' and a primal take on Grinderman’s 'No Pussy Blues' that was praised by Nick Cave himself – it presents the most confident and grotesque vision of Saint Agnes’ world to date. Not only are Vampire’s songs exhilarating and breathless, hostile and provocative, but the band have also included five ‘psalms’ that punctuate the music – interludes of creepy sound effects and snippets of dialogue and samples that round out the experience of what SAINT AGNES truly is.
"Saint Agnes have created a unique cinematic sound and a rock 'n' roll Gothic image to match" Daily Telegraph
Listen to 'Repent' here https://youtu.be/XlEZFM2YHq4
They've opened the Download Festival Main Stage and have have sold out their own headline shows across the UK and Europe whilst recently touring support slots with the likes of Skindred and Monster Magnet. And alongside their rebellious punk ferocity stadium-ready rock shows they've clocked up over 7 million streams on Spotify with their music being featured on Prime TV’s smash series Hanna, CBS’ Tommy and soon to be featured on the CW’s reboot of The Professionals.
Misfits, outcasts, outsiders…Whatever you want to call them, SAINT AGNES have always lived on the fringes of society and with Kitty, one of the most fearless, fearsome and exciting frontwomen around this band is about more than just making music. It’s a 'feeling'. It’s a way of life. It’s about finding a sense of purpose and meaning in an increasingly bleak world, about finding your place by being yourself, not by trying to fit in with everybody else.
“Revelling in the idea that freaky is better, they’re a face-painted, Uma-Thurman-in-Pulp-Fiction-stanning blur of noisy nu-metally bounce” Kerrang!
Special Guests VEXED are here as one of the UK's most exciting new talents!
This crushing Hertfordshire foursome combine aggressive groove mixed with ominous threads of progressive atmosphere on their long-awaited debut album, 'Culling Culture'. Facing very personal experiences, the album is a tribute to hate, betrayal and anger, whilst also reflecting post-modern society with strikingly honest song writing and heavy groove. Anger can either destroy you or provide real strength, and VEXED prove the latter as they will surely command your attention as they take to the stage here at Amplified on Sunday 31st July!
Listen to 'Elite' (feat Thy Art Is Murder's CJ McMahon) here: https://youtu.be/IX4RbfdxIMs and get their fearsomely heavy debut 'Culling Culture' OUT NOW on Napalm Records!
"This is a very special debut. So keep your eyes and ears on Vexed because, if everything aligns just right, they could be set to explode". Kerrang! Magazine
CHUGGABOOM are quite simply 'The Greatest Metalcore Band on Earth'. And certainly not shy of controversy, ChuggaBoom have managed to remain a mystery behind the masks since their conception whilst occasionally firing off at big corporations. They released a parody covers album called “Now That’s What I Call Deathcore” theming the artwork on the infamous brands series of compilation albums. Sony fired a cease & desist at the band and removed the album off all platforms. The band cited the Parody Law of ‘Fair Use,’ tweaked the cover and title and reuploaded the album. True to form, they followed up with the diss track ‘Phony’ aimed directly at Sony. With the support of their dedicated Chuggalo community they’ve clocked 5m+ Spotify streams and 1.25m views on their YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/No5f4ig5FXQ
MONASTERIES a 5 Piece Tech Deathcore band hailing from here in Manchester are ferocious, aggressive, and have a high energy stage presence to match. https://youtu.be/70dJK6cvc6A
A 6 piece Electronic Nu-core band, residing in the seafront city of Portsmouth SEETHING AKIRA have just recorded their third album and will be joining us just after their performance on The Takeover Stage at Download Festival. https://youtu.be/nGH8CwmzID4
ASLEEP AT THE HELM are a Metalcore quintet hailing from here in Manchester. https://youtu.be/w-7lj6ZOf-A
Featuring Tony Maue from The Raven Age DEFECTS are here breathing fresh life into modern Heavy Metal, their songs feature viciously executed riffs with relentless earth shaking grooves, all intertwined with visceral, melodic choruses that are drenched in soul and heartache. https://youtu.be/Kk2LBcPRHfk
Blackened death metal is brought to you from the guys that are THIS IS TURIN from Cheshire. https://youtu.be/Bsy8HIwCkVA
OVERTHRONE head here from Birmingham with their brutal metalcore. https://youtu.be/yZUH0qaKgU8
Tickets available NOW!
Line Up
Renowned for their visceral and 'reckless' live shows, abandoning all concern for their personal safety and clambering around whilst all in the name of having a great time SAINT AGNES are a band always seeking to go above and beyond for their hugely loyal and rabid fanbase.
With pressings of their visceral Goth-western debut album 'Welcome To Silvertown' and the follow-up EP 'The Family Strange' both selling out they have since released 'Vampire' on their own DIY 'Death Or Glory Gang' label. Consisting of four original songs and two covers – a scorching rendition of Nine Inch Nails' 'Wish' and a primal take on Grinderman’s 'No Pussy Blues' that was praised by Nick Cave himself – it presents the most confident and grotesque vision of Saint Agnes’ world to date. Not only are Vampire’s songs exhilarating and breathless, hostile and provocative, but the band have also included five ‘psalms’ that punctuate the music – interludes of creepy sound effects and snippets of dialogue and samples that round out the experience of what SAINT AGNES truly is.
They've opened the Download Festival Main Stage and have have sold out their own headline shows across the UK and Europe whilst recently touring support slots with the likes of Skindred and Monster Magnet. And alongside their rebellious punk ferocity stadium-ready rock shows they've clocked up over 7 million streams on Spotify with their music being featured on Prime TV’s smash series Hanna, CBS’ Tommy and soon to be featured on the CW’s reboot of The Professionals.
Misfits, outcasts, outsiders…Whatever you want to call them, SAINT AGNES have always lived on the fringes of society and with Kitty, one of the most fearless, fearsome and exciting frontwomen around this band is about more than just making music. It’s a 'feeling'. It’s a way of life. It’s about finding a sense of purpose and meaning in an increasingly bleak world, about finding your place by being yourself, not by trying to fit in with everybody else.
VEXED are quite simply one of the UK's most exciting new talents!
This crushing Hertfordshire foursome combine aggressive groove mixed with ominous threads of progressive atmosphere on their long-awaited debut album, 'Culling Culture'.
Facing very personal experiences, the album is a tribute to hate, betrayal and anger, whilst also reflecting post-modern society with strikingly honest song writing and heavy groove. Anger can either destroy you or provide real strength, and VEXED prove the latter as they will surely command your attention as they take to the stage here at Amplified on Sunday 31st July!
Listen to 'Elite' (feat Thy Art Is Murder's CJ McMahon) here: https://youtu.be/IX4RbfdxIMs and get their fearsomely heavy debut 'Culling Culture' OUT NOW on Napalm Records!
"This is a very special debut. So keep your eyes and ears on Vexed because, if everything aligns just right, they could be set to explode". Kerrang! Magazine
Monasteries, hailing from Manchester are aggressive experimental Deathcore and have the high energy stage presence to match!
Seething Akira are a 5 piece Electronic rock band from Portsmouth in the South coast of the UK. Combining rock riffs, rap and harmonic vocals Seething Akira are truly unique and standout with their electric live shows.
Supported: Skindred, Hacktivist, Don Broco, The Qemists, Senser, Feed me The Rhino, The Algorithm, Subsource, Sonic Boom Six, Pop Will Eat Itself, Max Raptor.
Created early 2013 by Charlie Bowes (production/vocals), it didn’t take long for vocalist Kit Conrad, Stu Radcliffe (Drums) and Richard Ellis Speaight (Bass) to jump aboard. With a history of UK and EU tours, Seething Akira has gone from strength to strength gaining interest from Jim Davies (Prodigy/Pitchshifter). With Jim’s involvement Seething Akira’s debut album is due June 2018, with a UK tour mid July 2018.
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Tour Experience: UK Tour with Black Futures (ex-Subsource) Winter 2014. UK & EU tour with Mordred (US) Winter 2015
Festivals played/booked: 6K Festival (Belgium) 2014 & 2016 Breakout Festival (Brighton) 2015 - selected by Sikth TakeDown Festival (Southampton) 2015 IceBreaker Festival (Portsmouth) 2014, 2015 - Headliner ProperStock (Milton Keynes) 2013, 2014 - stage Headliners Butserfest (Portsmouth) 2016 UK Tech-Metal Fest (Newark) 2013,2014,2016 MamouthFest 2015 (Brighton) stage Headliners BreakingBands Festival (Birmingham) 2017 IceBreaker Festival 2017
EP due October 2016 – Produced by Rhys Fulber (Fear Factory/Front Line Assembly)
Featuring Tony Maue from The Raven Age DEFECTS are here breathing fresh life into modern Heavy Metal, their songs feature viciously executed riffs with relentless earth shaking grooves, all intertwined with visceral, melodic choruses that are drenched in soul and heartache.
This is Turin are a technical metal band from Cheshire in the North West of England who fuse elements of extreme metal with a hardcore delivery to create a powerful and diverse sound. The band and are credited with delivering intense, emotive and passionate live performances.
The band received the award of ‘Kerrang! MCN Live’ and have subsequently gone on to play shows with established and respected bands from various alternative genres, ranging from hard rock and hardcore all the way through to black and death metal.
Live these guys are an unpredictable beast, with a sound so bludgeoning it makes your bones rattle within their sockets and with their most recent single 'Absolution' of face-meting brutal death metal, you'll be snapping your necks to this!
Birmingham Metalcore outfit, Overthrone is living proof that ambition and drive are very much alive in modern day music. Drawing influence from bands like Fit for a King, Wage War and Gideon, their soaring highs, haunting lows and powerful breakdowns provide a platform to deliver their message and it's clear that they are not afraid to tackle some of the tougher subjects in life with their lyrics. Their debut album 'Evolve or Decay' is sure to leave its mark in the metal community when it hits the shelves in the Autumn of 2018, just as their live performance leaves it's mark in the minds of anyone who has the opportunity to catch them at a show.
