Waterlines + Lowlife + more tba - Birmingham

Down For Life Music Presents
WATERLINES + Lowlife
Birmingham, The Flapper
18+

Self-proclaimed "Dirtbags from The North," WATERLINES are hellbent on taking the UK metalcore scene by storm. Formed in late 2022, the band write music built for one purpose: to be played live to a room that's about to erupt. Their sound fuses nu-metal with EDM and synthwave-laced metalcore, backed by performances that are as dynamic on stage as the tracks are on record.

The band has wasted no time making that mark. A run of UK headline and main support shows, festival slots, and single releases have built a reputation fast, headlined by their latest offering "Sinister," a synthwave-laden metalcore slap to the face. Elsewhere in the catalogue: "BRACE.", a hefty song about a plane ride with an unhappy ending; their cover of Ultrabeat's dancefloor classics "Pretty Green Eyes // Elysium," a verified audience pleaser; and "Set The Pace," the track that sparked the Daisy Chain Gang movement (hundreds of fans linking arms and jumping left, left, left, right, right, right in unison is a genuine sight to behold). Add BBC Radio 1 airplay, a 100% moshpit success rate to date, and pre-rebrand appearances at Takeover at Download Festival, Tech Fest, and Radar Fest, and it's clear this band doesn't do things by half.

Bloodstock has been a turning point twice over. In August 2023, WATERLINES headlined the Jägermeister Stage to riotous acclaim. They were invited back in Summer 2025, delivering an incendiary set on the Sophie Lancaster Stage that had stage crew, punters, and journalists alike calling it a standout of the whole weekend. 2025 and 2026 have kept the momentum going, with shows at Radar Fest, Takedown, Mangata, Hammerdown, Mayday Mayhem, Slaughterhouse, and Sanctum Metal Fest, plus relentless UK touring in between.

Kicking off a relentless 15-month schedule of new music, "Giant Killers", released 17 September, is the first in a steady run of singles building throughout the rest of 2026 well into 2027. Each release adds another layer to a sound already known for hitting hard live, and the band are treating this stretch as the true arrival of the Waterlines era. They aren't asking for a seat at the table. They're kicking it over.

"Waterlines have rapidly become one of the most talked-about new names in British heavy music, not for any flashy gimmicks, but for their relentless energy and ability to turn any venue, tent, or corner of a festival into a whirlwind of bodies and sound, and fans are starting to take notice.” – Primordial Radio

'It's like a mosher's party, it's wicked!' - Alyx Holcombe, BBC Introducing Rock, 'Anti Human' Track of the Week (Aug 2023)