Under the heading ‘a celebration of noise’, the line-up for Core goes beyond the hyper-conservative genre boundaries that often characterise heavy music festivals, featuring everything from shimmering post-metal soundscapes to funky post-punk and emo-rap. There’s a strong local contingent too, with Scottish acts featuring all over the the bill. Here's five to see:

Deafheaven 

An obvious choice and yet an obvious choice. Friday headliners Deafheaven (pictured above), from San Francisco, have been expanding the boundaries of black metal since 2013 debut Sunbather, bringing the shimmer and dreaminess of shoegaze and the grand dynamic range of Mogwai to a genre too often mired in corpse-paint and adolescent bloodlust.

Cumgirl8

Hailing from Manhattan and crafting sparse, Gang Of Four-style punk-funk with a psychedelic twist, Cumgirl8 describe themselves as a 'sex-positive alien amoeba entity'. Their lyrical themes range from male gatekeeping in the music scene to the emotional angst of consumer culture. Let’s drink to that. 

Deijuvhs

Following the example of the US Soundcloud rap-scene (Lil Peep et al), this one-man act from East London (pronounced ‘day-u-VHS’) incorporates influences from nu-metal to indie rock into his envelope-pushing emo-rap sound.

Moni Jitchell

Stripped-back hardcore from Glasgow. Two-piece drum-and-guitar acts often tend towards garage-rock banality but Moni Jitchell’s sound is raw, urgent, earnest, and exciting. Recommended. 

Endless Swarm

A ‘power-violence’ band (yep, that’s a genre) from Edinburgh, Endless Swarm write ridiculously loud, fast, and short songs with barked lyrics delivered like an angry guard dog. Honourable mentions for Dunfermline’s Party Cannon and Orkney’s Fit To Work, purveyors of a similarly brilliant kind of racket.

Core Fest will take place at Maryhill Community Central Hall and The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, Friday 18–Sunday 20 August.