The final day of Outbreak 2026 brings with it the usual trudge of tired festival-goers, ready for one final day of moshing. It’s still warm, but the cooler breeze and semblance of cloud cover means that the sunburnt are at least unlikely to be any more so by the day’s close. Sunday brings more hardcore, not least thanks to the wealth of bands here today from Baltimore, one of the genre’s undeniable spiritual homes. But there’s also the usual mixture of genres that makes Outbreak 2026 so eclectic. Shoegaze, indie and emo all feature, making it another day of variety at one of the UK’s premium homes of all things heavy.
Words: Ben Williams
Nothing
Operating at the more direct end of shoegaze, Philadelphia’s Nothing revolves largely around Domenic Palermo. His on-stage persona is retiring. Head down, he studies his guitar almost as much as his effect’s pedals, something he has in common with his bandmates who are similarly indifference to ostentatious showmanship...
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