Thursday 3rd September 2015 by Will Butler Contributor | Photos by Still

While She Sleeps: 'Heavy music is becoming more widely accepted'

Gigwise chats to While She Sleeps at Reading about Leeds. Enter Shikari and The Pit

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"When I was in school and were a Slipknot fan, you didn't listen to anything else", says While She Sleeps frontman Lawrence 'Loz' Taylor as we dig deep into the diversification of Reading and Leeds and how it's affected the metal world.

Watch our video interview with While She Sleeps below

We caught up with Loz and Aaron from the Sheffield metalcore band at Reading 2015 prior to the set to chat about the main differences between Reading and their home festival, Leeds, Enter Shikari and the awesome Pit stage.

"There's so much diversity in music now," Loz says: "Bands like Enter Shikari have mashed together two different genres and done really well through it." Despite their dedication to the metallic arts, the band members seem really excited about the range of music available at modern day festivals. "The walls have come down" they say regarding the antiquated fanbases of their youth.

Watch our interview with While She Sleeps below

Meanwhile, While She Sleeps will be supporting Bullet For My Valentine on the following UK and European dates. For tickets and information, visit here.

September
28th Belfast, Ulster Hall
29th Dublin, Olympia
October
1st Bournemouth, Academy
2nd Reading, Hexagon (
3rd Guilford, G Live
5th Aylesbury, Waterside Theatre
6th Stoke, Victoria Hall
7th Lincoln, Engine Shed
9th York, Barbican
10th Aberdeen, Music Hall
11th Dunfermline, The Alhambra Theatre
13th Middlesbrough, Empire (
14th Carlisle, Sands
16th Leicester, Academy
17th Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
18th Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall
20th Swansea, Brangwyn Hall
21st Southampton, Guildhall
22nd Ipswich, Regent Corn Exchange
24th France, Strasbourg, La Latierie
25th CH, Pratteln, Konzertfabrik 27
27th CH, Lausanne, Les Docks
28th IT, Treviso, New Age
30th AT, Linz, Posthof
31st DE, Nurnberg, Hirsch
November
1st DE, Hannover, Capitol
3rd DE Saarbrucke, Garage
4th DE, Karlsruhe, Substage
6th DE, Dresden, Strasse E
7th DE, Essen, Weststadhalle
8th DE, Bremen, Aladin
10th SE, Stockholm, Debaser Media
12th FL, Helsinki, Icehall
14th NO, Oslo, Rockefeller
15th DK, Copenhagen, Amager Bio
17th NL, Tivoli, Ronda
18th BE, Antwerp, Trix