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We're not entirely sure where the past year has gone, but somehow Slam Dunk Festival has crept right up on us this year! Celebrating their tenth anniversary means one hell of a party and this year they've pulled out the mother of all line-ups. To try and help you choose between your band clashes, we've picked ten acts you 100% have to see over the weekend.

For three days the city of Brighton gets taken over by the best in up and coming music - we take a look at our favourite acts playing the weekend!

Eccentric four-piece FALLS - who brand themselves as 'f*ck rock' and 'sass pop' - release their brand new EP One Hundred Percent Strong on Friday via Venn Records. We caught up with the band before they head out on a co-headline run with I Cried Wolf this weekend to hear some of their crazy stories from the road...

This week sees Canadian trio The Dirty Nil return to UK soil after their riotous debut show at London's Black Heart earlier this year. We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Luke to find out some of the band's stories from the road, their touring necessities and more.

As they enter the 17th year of their career, Killswitch Engage are one of the few bands you can trust to be nothing but themselves. In light of their seventh full-length Incarnate, we caught up with bassist Mike D’Antonio to chat about the band's career so far.

Brighton four piece Black Peaks have just released their debut album Statues. With huge support from Radio 1, the quartet are set to become one of the biggest British bands around. We caught up with frontman Will Gardner to talk about their debut album, Download Festival and more.

When we took a trip to the final date of the Scuzz Throwdown tour in London, we caught up with Wil Ray (Max Raptor), Damo Hughes (Allusondrugs) and Lewis Williams (Press To MECO) for an end of tour chat. We talked super bands, raccoons in the audience and making noodles with a bin… it was a weird one to say the least!

Melodic metal outfit Values released their Broken Nation EP through Ghost Music in February, and with support already from the likes of Kerrang Radio, Metal Hammer and Scuzz TV the quintet are heading in the direction of success. We caught up with the band to discuss the EP, what you can expect from their live show and more.

Alt-rockers Adelphia hit the road later this week in support of Hill Valley High to promote their latest single Chapters. We caught up with the band as they share their stories from the road...

Grab your paddle, it’s time to venture deep up the Solent and get acquainted with 10 of Southampton’s most ear-catching acts: