Black Sabbath – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 21:00 – 22:45 Black Sabbath. Donington Park. Read those words again. Yes, you read that right, the band that created metal and the spiritual home of it, together once...
Read MoreSoundgarden – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 19:00 – 20:15 Having not played in the UK for about 15 years there is a certain amount of buzz for Soundgarden’s appearance at Download 2012 and my own excitement was...
Read MoreMegadeth – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 17:30 – 18:30 I love Megadeth, I cannot express that enough. I view the music of Megadeth the same way I look at the relationship I have with my best friend, both are reliable,...
Read MoreShinedown – Zippo Encore Stage (Second Stage) – Sunday 17:00 – 17:40 Having had a whole weekend of crap weather, it’s a pleasant feeling on the Sunday at the 10th Download Festival to be at the second stage and having the sun...
Read MoreLamb Of God – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 16:15 – 17:00 Sunday afternoon is usually reserved for rest, today however there is a place on the Jim Marshall Stage reserved for the heaviest band to occupy that spot this...
Read MoreAnthrax – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 13:50 – 14:30 It’s difficult to span your 31 year career and promote a new album when you only have 40 minutes, but Anthrax bring the noise (yeah, I went there) on the Jim...
Read MoreDevilDriver– Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 11:50 – 12:20 Sunday morning in the sunshine is probably the perfect time to go and get your face smashed in by DevilDriver, which is exactly what I decided to do. Make no...
Read MoreTyla – Jägermeister Stage – Saturday 18:15 – 18:45 Did the last 20 years or so happen? Looking at the Dogs D’Amour frontman Tyla beaming out from the Jägermeister Stage, and the masses grinning back at him, hanging on his...
Read MoreBreed 77 – Jägermeister Stage – Friday 16:45 – 17:05 Europe not showing up for their slot on the Zippo Encore Stage did us a a favour. It made sure we were there; in the quagmire that was the Jägermeister Stage, for TINAS’...
Read MoreMetallica – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Saturday 20:45 – 22:45 A huge roar erupts from the crowd as the video screens kick into life and the first few notes of Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Ecstasy of Gold’ ring out,...
Read MoreKillswitch Engage – Zippo Encore Stage – Saturday 19:55 – 20:40 Killswitch Engage are a band that has made a huge name for themselves in the last 10 years, they have lead the charge over at Roadrunner Records for a new breed of...
Read MoreSteel Panther – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Saturday 15:35 – 16:25 Quick quiz. Who likes fun? Who likes boobs? If you replied positively to both of those things then I have a solution for you. Steel Panther, the worlds...
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Dimmu Borgir - Eonian 
Revenger – The New Mythology Vol. 1 
Pennywise - Never Gonna Die 
Insolvency - Antagonism of the Soul 
Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name 
Aesthesys - Achromata 
Eis - Stillstand und Heimkehr