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"This is a performance quite unlike anything this storied festival has ever seen." British-Iranian metallers Lowen produce one of the most powerful and unique sets of Download 2026

One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut

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"It was so crammed that when he died, he couldn’t hit the floor. He just slumped on me." From a traumatic epiphany on the London Tube to being metal's first British-Iranian figurehead, the incredible life story of Lowen's Nina Saeidi

Lowen are one of the most exciting bands in British metal - and their frontwoman Nina Saeidi one of the scene's most important emerging voices

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Ozzy’s retirement, belly dancers, and whales flying around an arena: the best metal concerts of 2025, as picked by Metal Hammer’s writers

The Hammer team name their greatest gigs of the year, from stadium extravaganzas to sweaty basement dust-ups

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“It all feels shamanic and otherworldly, and it only gets more so when a pair of horned belly dancers come out”: British-Iranian metal mystics Lowen prove themselves as the next big thing with spellbinding London show

Playing their biggest headline concert while backed up by dancers and a cellist, the rising prog metal band meld Persian folk and themes with full-throttle riffage

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British metal has ruled the world this summer – just this once, I’m actually proud of my country

From Black Sabbath’s blockbuster farewell to Sleep Token’s first time as a Download festival headliner, all eyes have been on the British metal scene in recent months. Rightfully so.

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‘Israel and Iran’s governments aren’t good. Neither is ours’: Lowen, the metal band confronting a troubled Middle East

Fronted by the daughter of Iranian refugees, the UK trio are sampling the sound of Israeli bombs and championing women’s rights as they confront a troubled region

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"System Of A Down made me feel like I belonged in the metal scene." Lowen's Nina Saeidi: 10 records that changed my life

Lowen vocalist Nina Saeidi picks the 10 records that changed her life

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"I've always existed between two cultures." Meet Lowen, 2024's breakout prog metal sensation inspired by System Of A Down and Akercocke

Lowen's Nina Saedi is reclaiming a cultural heritage she is exiled from through a stunning mix of doom and prog metal

Metal Hammer

Awesome new prog you really must hear from God Is An Astronaut, Tomo Katsurada and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Great new proggy sounds you really should check out from Lowen, Pipe-eye, Red Cain and more...

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The 11 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Swallow The Sun, Band-Maid and Orden Ogan are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Awesome new prog you really should hear from Trifecta, Eivør, Oh Hiroshima and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new proggy sounds you really should check out from Outrun The Sunlight, Lowen, The Twenty Committee and more..

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