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Download Festival 2025 announces Green Day, KoRn, and Sleep Token as headliners

Download Festival 2025 announces Green Day, KoRn, and Sleep Token as headliners

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 13, 2024 | Festivals

The 2025 edition of U.K.’s Download Festival is set for June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, marking its 22nd edition with a refreshed lineup branded as DLXXII. For the first time, the festival will feature first-time headliners Green Day, KoRn, and...
Download Festival 2024 to include headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy & Avenged Sevenfold

Download Festival 2024 to include headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy & Avenged Sevenfold

by Zenae Zukowski | Nov 8, 2023 | News

  U.K.’s Download festival will return for its 21st edition (DLXXI) with headliners Queens of the Stone Age, Fall Out Boy, and Avenged Sevenfold. Over 70 acts, including Royal Blood, Corey Taylor, Machine Head, Pantera, Babymetal, Fear Factory, Atreyu,...
Watch first official Download Pilot UK highlight video

Watch first official Download Pilot UK highlight video

by Mark Zapata | Jun 23, 2021 | News, Video

  Download Pilot, you may recall, was the first camping only festival to be held at the incredible Donington Park located near Castle Donington in England. Download Festival, usually held here, was a casualty of covid in 2020. But Download Pilot was a 10,000...
Watch first official Download Pilot UK highlight video

Download Pilot Festival seeks to pave the way back for large scale festivals

by Mark Zapata | Jun 21, 2021 | News

  Donington Park is the site for a historical event. As part of the U.K. government’s scientific Events Research Program, Download Pilot will serve as a Petri dish of festivals. The 10,000-capacity camping-only festival took place on June 18-20 and was to...
Watch first official Download Pilot UK highlight video

Download Festival to return in June with limited capacity

by Zenae Zukowski | May 27, 2021 | News

  Download Festival will return to the UK this summer as a pilot event with limited capacity. The event will be part of the second phase of the government’s Event Research Programme, with a 10,000 capacity. The festival will be held in Donington Park on June...
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Space of Variations’ Dmytro Kozhukhar breaks down new album ‘Poisoned Art’ with track-by-track guide
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Inside Death Knocks: Hoaxed discuss recording challenges
Inside Death Knocks: Hoaxed discuss recording challenges

Portland, Oregon dark rockers Hoaxed have unveiled their sophomore full-length album, Death Knocks, out now via Relapse Records (order here). Marking a new chapter for the band, featuring Kat Keo, Kim Coffel, and new bassist/vocalist April Dimmick, the record arrives...

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Ponte del Diavolo’s Kratom shares track-by-track guide for new album De Venom Natura
Ponte del Diavolo’s Kratom shares track-by-track guide for new album De Venom Natura

Italian blackened post-punk outfit Ponte Del Diavolo continue to evolve their dark, ritualistic sound with the arrival of their sophomore album, De Venom Natura. Emerging from Turin’s underground, the band has crafted a unique identity defined by their dual-bass...

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New & Noteworthy: Liturgy of Releases – 2/6/2026

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New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The first New Music Friday of February sees LPs from the likes of Puscifer, KMFDM, Mayhem and Tailgunner amongst the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s new albums include music from the likes of Blackwater Holylight, Buzzcocks, Kula Shaker and MØL amongst the many outstanding...

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New & Noteworthy: the final releases – 1/23/2026

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