14-Year-Old Metalcore Sensation STORM Booked to UK’s The Download Festival

The Download Festival in England has a long-standing reputation for featuring legendary bands over the years, including acts like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Rammstein, and Black Sabbath to name a few. With over 110,000 attendees annually, the festival stands as the largest rock and metal festival in the United Kingdom.

November 7th, 9 PM, UK Time the first artist announcements for 2024 came, and shows an impressive lineup featuring names such as Queens of the Stone Age, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold. Among the massive names there’s a remarkable addition – 14-year-old Norwegian Leo Davadi Sundli, known by his stage name, STORM who shares his excitement:

“The fact that I’m actually going to perform at Download Festival is incredibly surreal for me. I’ve always dreamed of just being at this festival to see my favorite bands, and now I’m going to perform there myself. It’s mind-blowing, and I’m incredibly excited. We’re going to work so hard in the coming months to make this performance the best we’ve ever done! This is so big that I’ve barely had time to imagine it could happen!”

This won’t be STORM’s first time on a big stage, as he already made appearances at the German metal festival, Summer Breeze Open Air, in 2022 and Norway’s largest festival, Tons of Rock, in 2023. If that wasn’t enough, he recently completed a tour across Norway with Gåte after two concerts at the Norwegian show case festival By:larm. It was precisely at By:larm that Promoter Kamran Haq from the Download Festival discovered STORM:

“I was blown away seeing STORM at By:larm; I knew right away that we needed to book him to play Download Festival. We can’t wait to have him in the UK next year.”

STORM has undeniably had an impressive and remarkable start to his career and with that he has gained over 16,000 followers on TikTok already. With legendary festivals and new music on the horizon, it’s safe to say this is just the beginning for this young rising star.

Follow STORM on TikTok: @join.the.storm