Waterlines Unveil New Single Set The Pace - New EP WDGAF Vol 1 Is Out Now!
April 2025 UK Tour w/ Rituals On Sale
Waterlines have begun 2025 with a bang! the Northern UK self professed metalcore dirtbags have unleashed their debut EP, the aptly titled WDGAF Vol 1 upon the world, and also have a brand new single and video to go along with it.
The brand new single is Set The Pace. Originally kept as something of a live show secret, there was just enough time for Waterlines to squeeze Set The Pace onto WDGAF Vol 1 - and what a good decision that proved to be! A prime example of the upbeat yet punishing metalcore Waterlines are quickly becoming known for, it's a fine single to accompany the release of the EP.
Check out the video for Set The Pace below:
Set The Pace, along with the full WDGAF Vol 1 EP, is available to stream now.
WDGAF Vol 1 is the sum of two years hard graft and showcases all aspects of the riff fuelled party machine that is Waterlines. From debut single The Halo Around The Horns through the pulverising BRACE. to upcoming single Set The Pace, Waterlines don't do the same thing twice, but make everything fit together in a seamless, absorbing EP.
Full of the in your face, brutal riffs, pulverising brakedowns and bags of personality that their live shows are already legendary for, WDGAF Vol 1 will have you reaching for the repeat button over and over.
Praise for WDGAF Vol 1:
"This quartet are bursting with talent and a shed load of personality to boot.
Vocalist Ben has some set of pipes on him. He can pretty much do it all."
- Devolution Magazine
"Every song has that magical touch that lends itself to movement. They’re catchy and well-paced with clean vocals in the chorus for those who like to sing along; you can bounce, you can headbang, you can punch the air, you can circle pit… but you just can’t listen to a single song on here and want to stay still."
- Moshville Times
"WDGAF Vol.1 is a very impressive opening salvo from a band that is fully on the up. It gives the listener enough to sink their teeth into, giving you a full range of what Waterlines are capable of, but also leaves them with enough room to expand upon and grow going forward."
- Rock Sins
The full track list and artwork for WDGAF Vol 1 can be found below:
Waterlines - WDGAF Vol 1
1) Prey
2) Set The Pace
3) BRACE.
4) Konig
5) Anti Human
6) The Halo Around The Horns
7) BRACE. Live In Bolton
With a jam packed calendar full of festival slots in 2025 including the Sophie Lancaster Stage at the sold out Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Radar, Hammerdown and many more, Waterlines are coming to a festival near you.
Before festival season gets underway, Waterlines are heading out on a co-headline tour with Rituals in April, with a northern leg and a southern leg across two long weekends.
Waterlines + Rituals + Within Reach - April 2025
10th - Weston-Super-Mare - The Electric Banana
11th - London - 229
12th - Southampton - Suburbia
Waterlines + Rituals + Veiled - April 2025
17th - Nottingham - Billy Bootleggers
18th - Leeds - Hyde Park Book Club
19th - Manchester - Lions Den
For ticket information for all shows, please visit the Down For Life Music website.
About Waterlines
Having burst into life in November 2022, Waterlines hit the ground running at full steam and haven't stopped since. Their incendiary live shows have already reached must see status, they've made fans around the UK and beyond, and have been impressing the rock and metal music press since their debut single The Halo Around The Horns.
From being included in Metal Hammers' tracks of the year with Prey to doing such a good job at Bloodstock Open Air 2023 headlining the Jagermeister Stage that they've been invited back and upgraded to the Sophie Stage in 2025, there's never a dull moment with Waterlines. They've shared stages with the likes of Polar, Seething Akira, Confessions Of A Traitor, Black Coast, Eschalon and many more awesome bands; they are the band nobody wants to follow on from live.
Before Christmas last year they covered dance legends Ultrabeat's classic songs Pretty Green Eyes & Elysium and put them together as a dance metal mashup which has already become a firm live favourite. 2024 saw them honing their live show even further and releasing the brutal single BRACE. 2025 will be the year Waterlines explode, so, are you ready?
WATERLINES are:
Ben - Vocals
Mike - Guitar
Tom - Guitar
Si - Drums
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