More acts revealed for Download
DOWNLOAD Festival has announced more bands to join headliners Iron Maiden, KISS and System Of A Down next year.
The world’s premier rock event takes place June 12-14, 2020, at Donington Park. Headed to Download are Denmark’s Volbeat with their hybrid of rock ‘n’ roll, riffs and rockabilly, making for an explosive and certainly unpredictable live show. Volbeat said: “We are very excited to return to Donington Park once again to rock with all of our friends in the UK alongside so many great bands. See you in June!”
Defining the Metalcore genre with anthems such as ‘My Curse’ and ‘The End of Heartache,’ Killswitch Engage have had three consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200, landed several Grammy nominations, and have had half a billion streams.
Jesse Leach from Killswitch Engage said: “We are honoured and excited to play the mighty Download festival once again!”
Leaders in Japanese kawaii metal, Babymetal will land at Donington following the success of their latest album Metal Galaxy. Formed in 2010, the band fuse metal with J-Pop and are a global name in heavy music, renowned for their flawless and unique performances.
The Pretty Reckless are a bruising blend of ferocious rock ’n’ roll and blues, with huge singles such as ‘You Make Me Wanna Die’ and ‘Heaven Knows’ in their discography, and their explosive shows have earned them legions of new fans all over the world. Airbourne’s first album Runnin’ Wild was one of the most talked-about and best-reviewed debuts in recent rock history, and their classic rock inspired hits are expected to create a thunder at Download.
Named one of the best-selling rock bands of the 21st Century Skillet will bring their stadium sized anthems backed by multi-platinum selling albums to Donington next year. Baroness have five innovative and highly creative albums under their collective belts.
Lit are considered one of the preeminent bands to have come out of the post-grunge era of the late 90s, defining an entire generation of power punk with hits like ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ and ‘Miserable.’
Wednesday 13 has been added to the line up following the release of eighth album Necrophaze. Also performing are British Lion, the side project of Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris.
Electric Wizard will perform with their uncompromising style of ‘70s inspired doom and detuned guitars. They’ll be joined by Periphery who are at the forefront of the djent movement with their blisteringly technical and heavy prog.
Obituary are a fundamental act in the development in death metal and have made one hell of a dent with ten colossal albums and ear shattering riffs under their name. Joining them, are death metallers Dying Fetus.
Toronto punks Pup have cemented themselves as one of the most energetic and exciting live bands in recent years. The self-dubbed ‘family band’ Tiny Moving Parts formed in high school and have worked tirelessly to create the band’s trademark blend of math rock, punk pop, and emo.
Most known for ‘Youth of the Nation,’ ‘Southtown,’ ‘Boom’, and the triple platinum record Satellite, San Diego’s P.O.D. join the line up with their infectious hybrid of punk, heavy metal, reggae, rap and Latin music.
Making their debut last year with bold album Ain’t Always Easy on Spinefarm Records, Stone Broken’s energetic live shows have fuelled their desire to take on the world and are ready to take on Download.
Returning to Download are the retro-inspired blues of quartet Blues Pills and their vintage style. Fronted by hard rock veteran Toby Jepson (G.U.N., Little Angels), Wayward Sons dropped their second album The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be last monthp.
Self-proclaimed Kings of Stonerpunk, Bokassa make their Download Festival debut from Norway following a summer opening for Metallica on their European Wordwired tour. With a sound as bold as their name, Wargasm are sure to make their Download debut one to remember.
Also added are Blackout Problems, Bleed From Within, Cellar Door Moon Crow, Chelsea Grin, Dead Label, Dead Posey, Lotus Eater, Marianas Trench, Powerwolf, Puppy, Theory, The Last Internationale, The Wildhearts, and Uncured.
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