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"This is a performance quite unlike anything this storied festival has ever seen." British-Iranian metallers Lowen produce one of the most powerful and unique sets of Download 2026

One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut

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We've waited over two decades for a Trivium Download set that could match their legendary 2005 show. We might have just got it

Trivium shrug off some windy restrictions to put on a show worthy of the famous 2005 set that made their name

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Guns N' Roses' bloated Download headline set is a slog, but when they lock in, they still remind everyone why they're one of the greats

Shave an hour off this set and we could have had something special

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"This is the experience Babymetal have wanted to give fans for a decade." Download's most cursed band finally bring the show we've all been waiting for

Sunshine, riffs and bops: Babymetal finally shake off their Download curse in style

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Beartooth's Caleb Shomo was brought up in devout Christian faith that viewed being gay as "a sickness you can cure with prayer"

Openly gay Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo on his upbringing that made coming out so difficult

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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi named MBE in King's Birthday Honours

Tony Iommi says MBE is an "unbelievable honour" – Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood also honoured

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"It seems pretty evident that he's going to be a major player very soon. We might have a star on our hands." Merging grime, metal and buckets of charisma, Native James showed Download he just might be the future of alternative music

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"With such sheer star quality, it feels like they're lining themselves up for headliner status." Flames, confetti, screams and Lady Gaga: Halestorm's Download set is a rock 'n' roll masterclass

Could Halestorm headline Download one day? This set certainly suggests they could pull it off

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"Motorhead played as raucously and as fast as they could. They were head and shoulders above everybody.” Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway on Lemmy, free speech and lessons learned on the frontline of grindcore

Barney reflects on his life in music and fighting the good fight for almost four decades. Don’t call Napalm Death political, though.

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"This band's potential for absurdity, partying and fame appears uncapped." Electric Callboy show Download why they're the modern metal scene's ultimate party band

Electric Callboy draw a huge crowd and make the most of it with a bangers-filled, dancefloor-baiting set

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23 years after they pulled out of the first ever Download, Limp Bizkit finally headline the UK's biggest rock festival - and they absolutely smash it

Metal's biggest party band bring the ruckus to Donington on Friday night

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"If you want to believe we're a boyband, there's nothing I can say or do to make you change your mind." In early 2001, Linkin Park went stratospheric. Here's a snapshot of a band during blastoff

Many questioned Linkin Park's authenticity. But one million albums later, that noise started to fade

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

unpeople, Bring Me The Horizon and Ho99o9 are just some of the bands who are vying for your vote in this week's new song round-up

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"This album reflects everything we've experienced, the lessons we've learned, and the challenges we've overcome." The Warning announce new album Everything’s Falling, release Ritual single

The Villarreal sisters have confirmed that their fifth album, Everything's Falling, will arrive in August

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"My mom skipped my show to go see Korn." Olivia Rodrigo tells Jimmy Kimmel that her mother had her priorities in order when attending last year's Lollapalooza in Chicago

Olivia Rodrigo was on Donald Trump's least-favourite US talk show to promote her new album

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Techno vikings, Ozzy tributes and post-apocalyptic landscapes: Mystic Festival's final year at Gdansk Shipyard is another triumph

Poland's biggest metal festival hosted everyone from Megadeth and Black Label Society to Ice Nine Kills, Blood Incantation, Cavalera and more

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"I traumatised the Celebrity Traitors." Banshee wails, fashion shows and disabled rights: Mallavora are fighting for a healthier music world

Mallavora vocalist Jessica Douek might've lent her impressive talents to Celebrity Traitors, but she's using her platform to highlight the difficulties she faces as a person with a disability

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"Some of us were getting sober and cleaning up, others were not. It's a recipe for disaster": The chaotic story of Jane's Addiction's Ritual De Lo Habitual, the debauched masterpiece that changed music

Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction's game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade

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“My stroke was caused by stress." Tarja Turunen on Nightwish, buried hatchets and fighting back to good health

In 2023, the original queen of symphonic metal shared some reflections on her past

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From Metallica surprise shows to Slipknot triumphs, these are the 13 greatest Download festival sets ever

For over two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

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10 brilliant bands that broke up far too soon

Commemorating the metal and hardcore heroes who disbanded with so much more to give

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"Getting off the bus, you could be attacked by a gang of skinheads, bikers or straights. It was hairy." Riots, teargas and slamdancing – The 80s scene that helped inspire Metallica, Slayer, Napalm Death and beyond

Thrash, black metal, grindcore - none of it would exist without UK82

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“I go onstage ready to fight”: What Dragonforce’s Alissa White-Gluz has learned during her time on metal’s frontlines

The Dragonforce, Blue Medusa and ex-Arch Enemy singer reveals her greatest life lessons

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The memory remains! Rare UK TV footage of Metallica playing Reload hit officially unearthed after almost 30 years

Just in time for the metal behemoths’ reissue of their 1997 album at the end of the month

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“The kid lost his mind: ‘You’re the guy from Guitar Hero! Do you play real guitar too?’”: How a 2000s videogame phenomenon made Slash famous all over again

Guitar Hero was a worldwide smash hit – and it introduced Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash to a whole new audience

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