CARNAGE will be on the cards when two piece punk band, Slaves, who have already carved themselves a fearsome reputation, hit Reading and Leeds Festival this summer.
The duo who hail from Tunbridge Wells in Kent have already been talk of the town since signing with Virgin EMI last year and kicking off the year on the NME Awards Tour.
The pair who were nominated for the BBC Music Sound of 2015 and for Best New Band at February's NME Awards have gone from strength to strength after making their first appearance on the BBC Introducing Stage, the Lock Up/Pit and will be making their entrance on the NME/BBC Radio 1 stage this year.
Drawing their influences from punk legends, UK Subs, Crass and Refuse, their set promises to be electric - and total mosh pit carnage - with their boisterous, rowdy tunes that are guaranteed to get the crowd buzzing and take no prisoners. 
And guitarist Laurie Vincent thinks that what gives the festival its unique appeal is its wild streak, something the boys will have no problem fitting in to. 
He said: "The thing about Reading that makes it so enjoyable is that you feel so on the edge, it feels apocalyptic in certain senses.
"When you are on the main stage at other festivals you don't see signs saying don't throw anything, don't burn tents, don't light fires because people don't do that but at Reading they do. It's just like anything goes, it's just carnage.
"I think it's because the people there seem to be getting younger and younger and a lot of them have just come out of GCSEs, A Levels etc and I think education is so intense in this country they just go absolutely mental at the first opportunity they have.
"It makes a big difference in the crowd because at Reading everyone is in the same boat, everyone knows how to mosh. I still think of Reading and Leeds as the ultimate original rock festivals even though they have diversified a lot over the years and some of my most memorable moments in music are from seeing acts on the NME stage at Reading such as Jamie T, Die Antwoord and Bombay Bicycle Club, who are just phenomenal. 
"It just feels crazy to be on the same stage as them. For me and Isaac, Reading was always the closest and biggest festival to us when we were growing up so for us it was always going to be the big one and feels like the homecoming in a way."
Catch Laurie and Slaves' singer and stand-up drummer Isaac Holman on the NME/BBC Radio 1 on Saturday, August 29.