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Download is the bad boy rock 'n roll festival of the UK, but this year there has been an injection of blues rock bands to funk it up. We caught up with the biggest band on the blues rock scene at the moment - LA cool cats Rival Sons - post-performance with drummer Mike Miley to chat about festivals, future plans and stealing the Prom Queen.

Swedish rock outfit Normandie will hit UK shores on Monday for the very first time, as they set to embark on a headline tour which sees them perform in seven cities. To mark the occasion we caught up with the band to hear some of their stories from the road...

This week sees metallers Stoneghost hit the road with Raging Speedhorn, so we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to catch up with drummer Cris Finnis to hear the band's top tips and stories from the road.

We're in the press room at Download and with Orange County metalcore originals Atreyu and they have brought the sunshine. After smashing their afternoon set on the main stage, we get to hang out with frontman Alex Varkatzas and find out how Download has been for them...

After a chat about Scotland, Irn-Bru and other random things we got down to the serious stuff with up and comers Vukovi, following their debut appearance at Download Festival.

Camden Rocks this year was brimming with up and coming bands, including punk rock five-piece Drones. After a recent shift in band members, we were keen to find out how things were going, so we caught up with drummer Mitchell Thomas and new members Lois McDougall and Tim Kramer to see what they had to say.

Today marks the release of Area 11's new album Modern Synthesis and the band hit the road later this month to celebrate. In the run up the quartet have shared their stories from the road and trust us, there are some good ones in there!

We recently caught up with atmospheric hardcore outfit Thrones to chat about their latest single Winter, their influences and what else is on the cards for the promising quintet.

So Rock Werchter looks killer, and while we're crying into our bank balance wishing we could afford to head there this weekend there are some lucky souls who get to enjoy four whole days of incredible music. Whether you're off there or like us you would cut off a limb to attend, check out our top picks!

Ahead of the release of their debut album Better Weather we sat down with Jayden Seeley and Luke Rockets from Aussie pop-punk outfit With Confidence to talk albums, pubs, and the future. Having mentioned the hangovers that Slam Dunk North had provided them beforehand, we knew this was going to be a fun chat!