Holding Absence

Reviews

The big review: 2000trees festival 2023

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for one of the best weekends of the festival calendar as an army of alternative’s brightest lights descend on Upcote Farm for 2000trees…

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Holding Absence have just released their “most beautiful song to date”

Watch the lyric video for Holding Absence’s stunning new single, Honey Moon.

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Slam Dunk Festival 2023: The Big Review

Running down the best of the best from Leeds and Hatfield as Slam Dunk 2023 kicks off the most jam-packed UK festival season ever…

Features

The bands and artists you can’t miss at Slam Dunk Festival 2023

Slam Dunk is here! With Enter Shikari, The Offspring, Creeper and loads more coming to Hatfield and Leeds, it’s going to be a lovely time. Need some hot tips for the weekend? Step right this way…

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Holding Absence announce massive Noble Art Of Self Destruction tour

Welsh rock heroes Holding Absence are hitting the UK and Europe in November for their biggest headline shows to date...

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Holding Absence announce third album, The Noble Art Of Self Destruction

Holding Absence have announced their third album The Noble Art Of Self Destruction, which they call “by far our most conceptually rich and expansive body of work to date”.

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Watch the video for Holding Absence’s new single A Crooked Melody

Holding Absence have unveiled their first new single of 2023, A Crooked Melody, which is “simply a song about denial”.

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Here’s Holding Absence’s setlist from the first night of their UK tour

Holding Absence deliver the goods on the opening night of their extensive UK tour…

The Cover Story

Holding Absence: “As a kid, music is what helped me, and I’d love to be that person for more people”

Holding Absence have been on an upward trajectory to rival Santa’s sleigh, and it shows no sign of stopping – even with a pesky pandemic getting in the way. As they prepare to (finally) take their latest album The Greatest Mistake Of My Life into the nooks and crannies of the UK, Lucas Woodland reflects on their incredible journey so far…

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Frank Carter, The Wonder Years, Hundred Reasons and more for 2000trees

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have been announced as 2000trees’ first headliners, while a load more awesome bands have also joined the line-up…

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Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more announced for 2000trees 2023

2000trees have shared the ‘returning heroes’ performing on the Wednesday of next year’s festival – including Bob Vylan and Holding Absence…

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Static Dress, Nova Twins and more unveil exclusive Halloween charity tees

Merch For Good and Trekstock have teamed up with Static Dress, Nova Twins, Holding Absence, Bones UK and Jamie Bower for a good – and spooky – cause…

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Holding Absence announce 2023 UK headline tour

Joined by Void Of Vision, Holding Absence will play in “grassroots venues far and wide across the UK” early next year for their Live & In Monochrome tour.

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Enter Shikari and The Offspring to headline Slam Dunk Festival 2023

Slam Dunk also reveal Kids In Glass Houses, Billy Talent, Trash Boat, Malevolence and more for next year’s festivals.

Features

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf: “You get these worlds colliding…”

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf have just dropped their excellent split EP, The Lost & The Longing. Lucas Woodland and Lochie Keogh join Kerrang! for an in-depth chat about their new release and the current state of the music scene…

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Holding Absence share new single Coffin: “This feels like a real special step forwards for our band”

Holding Absence have shared the next single from their upcoming split EP with Alpha Wolf – watch the video for Coffin now…

Back Next

The big review: 2000trees festival 2023

Holding Absence have just released their “most beautiful song to date”

Slam Dunk Festival 2023: The Big Review

The bands and artists you can’t miss at Slam Dunk Festival 2023

Holding Absence announce massive Noble Art Of Self Destruction tour

Holding Absence announce third album, The Noble Art Of Self Destruction

Watch the video for Holding Absence’s new single A Crooked Melody

Here’s Holding Absence’s setlist from the first night of their UK tour

Holding Absence: “As a kid, music is what helped me, and I’d love to be that person for more people”

Frank Carter, The Wonder Years, Hundred Reasons and more for 2000trees

Bob Vylan, Holding Absence and more announced for 2000trees 2023

Static Dress, Nova Twins and more unveil exclusive Halloween charity tees

Holding Absence announce 2023 UK headline tour

Enter Shikari and The Offspring to headline Slam Dunk Festival 2023

Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf: “You get these worlds colliding…”

Holding Absence share new single Coffin: “This feels like a real special step forwards for our band”

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