*Festival announcement klaxon* Download Festival has added another 20 awesome bands to its lineup! Taking place at the home of rock and metal at Donington Park, Leicestershire between June 9-11, the already incredible lineup has been fully bolstered with this announcement!
Newly aded to the lineup are: Devin Townsend Project, Code Orange, SikTh, Max & Igor Cavalera are reuniting 20 years after their Roots album to perform the record in its entirety. Krokodil, Orange Goblin, Machine Gun Kelly, Sick Puppies, Nothing More, The RavenAge, Yonaka, Blackwater Conspiracy, Perturbator, Exodus, Wednesday13, with the last three being announced as Dogtooth stage headliners. Otherkin, Drones, The Fallen State, Love Zombies, Blackwaters, Tax The Heat and Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown.
The full lineup is *very deep breath*;
A DAY TO REMEMBER | AARON BUCHANAN & THE CULT CLASSICS | AEROSMITH | AFI | AIRBOURNE | ALESTORM | ALTER BRIDGE | ANATHEMA | AS IT IS | ASTROID BOYS | BARONESS | BASEMENT | BIFFY CLYRO | Blackwater ConspiracY | BLACKWATERS | BLOOD YOUTH | BRUTAI | CASEY | CLUTCH | CODE ORANGE | COHEED AND CAMBRIA | CREEPER | CROWN THE EMPIRE | DEAD LABEL | DEAD! | DEVILDRIVER | DEVILSKIN | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | DRONES | EVERY TIME I DIE | EXODUS | FALLEN STATE | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | FIZZY BLOOD | FOUR YEAR STRONG | FOZZY | GOD DAMN | GOOD CHARLOTTE | GREYWIND | GROVE STREET FAMILIES | HACKTIVIST | HOLDING ABSENCE | I THE MIGHTY | IDLES | IN FLAMES | ISSUES | JUNIOR | KNUCKLE PUCK | KROKODIL | KVELERTAK | LIKE A STORM | LOST SOCIETY | LOVE ZOMBIES | MACHINE GUN KELLY | MASTODON | MAX & IGGOR | MINISTRY | MOOSE BLOOD | M O S E S | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | NOTHING MORE | NORMANDIE | NORTHLANE | OF MICE & MEN | ORANGE GOBLIN | OTHERKIN | OPETH | PERTUBATOR | PIERCE THE VEIL | PROPHETS OF RAGE | RED FANG | RED SUN RISING | ROB ZOMBIE | SABATON | SHE MUST BURN | SICK PUPPIES | SIKTH | SIMPLE PLAN | SLAYER | SLEEPING WITH SIRENS | STATE CHAMPS | STEEL PANTHER | STONE BROKEN | SUICIDAL TENDENCIES | SUICIDE SILENCE | SUM 41 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | TAX THE HEAT | THE CADILLAC THREE | THE CHARM THE FURY | THE CONTORTIONIST | THE DEAD DAISIES | THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA | THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN | THE DEVON TOWNSEND PROJECT | THE KING BLUES | THE LAFONTAINES | THE LOUNGE KITTENS | THE ONE HUNDRED | THE RAVEN AGE | THE STORY SO FAR | TOUCHÉ AMORÉ | TRASH BOAT | VENOM PRISON | WALLFLOWER | WEDNESDAY 13 | YONAKA
Newly added for 2017 is the Avalanche Stage which will be hosted by Kerrang! Fresh Blood and sees Sleeping With Sirens, Simple Plan and The Dilinger Escape Plan. Kerrang!’s Alex Baker says; “Right now, there is an undeniable, electric excitement about new music in the air and as soon as we saw the new Avalanche Stage we just had to be involved. It was clear from the get-go that one of The Avalanche Stage’s aims was to ensure that there was a dedicated space for these new bands within the festival. Download has always been amazing at supporting new talent and I’ve always admired them for that – so it was a no brainer to get as involved as much as humanely possible!”