WHILE SHE SLEEPS CURRENTS / THROWN / RESOLVE
THE LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD
The Steel City’s prodigal sons revel in the heart of their community
Loz Taylor has no need for rose-tinted glasses
SABRINA RAMDOYAL
IF WHILE SHE Sleeps are about anything beyond slamming live shows and blazing anthems, it’s fostering a sense of community. Fittingly, they’ve assembled an impressive line-up for this tour that reads like a United Nations of (mostly) metalcore. French outfit RESOLVE kick things off with a set that shakes off the early-doors cobwebs, coating slab-like riffs with a slick, synth-flecked sheen. Sweden’s THROWN are less carefully measured from the outset, with a barely contained hardcore edge and peals of squalling guitar. There’s a twist of nu metal groove in there as well, and the Stockholm-based band make a lot of new friends tonight.