*FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT KLAXON*
Download Festival has announced a whopping 65 acts in the latest line-up announcement! Also the festival have revealed that Kerrang! Radio Fresh Blood will again be hosting the Avalanche Stage following the immense success back in 2017!
Alex Baker, who presents Kerrang! Radio’s Fresh Blood show, says; “I am absolutely stoked to be hosting The Avalanche Stage again this year at Download. Last year the talent on display on the stage, from brand new bands through to legends of the scene that started out life on Fresh Blood, was off the chart….and yet again this year it’s going to THE place to be…Puppy, Milk Teeth, Employed To Serve and CANCER BATS (to name but a few!). I mean COME ON! BE FAIR ON THE OTHER STAGES!!”
Joining the festival in the latest announcement are; Shinedown, You Me At Six, lack Stone Cherry, Hatebreed, Cradle Of Filth, The Bronx, Less Than Jake, Cancer Bats, Volbet, Jonathan Davis, Dragonforce, Inglorious, Monster Truck, The Temperance Movement, Thunder, The Struts, Whiskey Myers, L7, Greta Van Fleet, Boston Manor, Marmozets, Thrice, Thy Art Is Murder, TesseracT, Baroness, Higher Power, Rolo Tomassi, Bury Tomorrow, Kreator, Dead Cross, Stick To Your Gus, The Main, blessthefall, Stray From The Path, Employed To Serve, The Bottom Line, Emmure, Plini, Myrkur, Knocked Loose, All Them Witches, Malevolence, Wayward Sons, Puppy, Zeal & Ardor, Miss May I, SHVPES, No Hot Ashes, Gold Key, The Hyena Kill, Sun Arcana, Tigress, Death Blooms, The Faim, Turbonegro, Corrosion Of Conformity, Savage Messiah, Myke Gray, Von Hertzen Brothers, Woes, Powerflo, Sleep Token and Koyo.
That’s a hell of a lot of really good acts including Jonathan Davis‘ first solo Download appearance! Check out the full line-up so far below;
Avenged Sevenfold / Guns N’ Roses / Ozzy Osbourne
Alexisonfire / All Them Witches / Asking Alexandria / BABYMETAL / Baroness / Black Stone Cherry / Black Veil Brides / blessthefall / Body Count Ft. Ice T / Boston Manor / Bullet For My Valentine / Bury Tomorrow / Cancer Bats / Corrosion Of Conformity / Cradle Of Filth / Dead Cross / Death Blooms / DragonForce / Dream State / Emmure / Employed To Serve / Gold Key / Greta Van Fleet / Hatebreed / Higher Power / In This Moment / Inglorious / Jamie Lenman / Jonathan Davis / Knocked Loose / Koyo / Kreator / L7 / Less Than Jake / Malevolence / Marilyn Manson / Marmozets / Mayday Parade / Meshuggah / Milk Teeth / Miss May I / Monster Truck / Myke Gray / Myrkur / Neck Deep / No Hot Ashes / Parkway Drive / Plini / Powerflo / Puppy / Rise Against / Rolo Tomassi / Savage Messiah / Shinedown / SHVPES / Sleep Token / Stick To Your Guns / Stray From The Path / Sun Arcana / TesseracT / The Bottom Line / The Bronx / The Faim / The Hives / The Hyena Kill / The Maine / The Pink Slips / The Struts / The Temperance Movement / Thrice / Thunder / Thy Art Is Murder / Tigress / Turbonegro / Volbeat / Von Hertzen Brothers / Wayward Sons / Whiskey Myers / Woes / WSTR / You Me At Six / Zeal & Ardor