Photo Credit: Matt Eachus/Download Festival
The Scene
It's loud. It’s crazy. Download isn't pretty and the metal fans that make the annual pilgrimage to the spiritual home of rock in Dongington Park wouldn't have it any other way. The largest rock and metal festival in the UK has featured genre legends like Faith No More, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slipknot, Motörhead, and System of a Down.
Headliners
Aerosmith
Airbourne
Biffy Clyro
Clutch
Coheed and Cambria
Five Finger Death Punch
Mastodon
Motionless in White
Prophets of Rage
Red Fang
Rob Zombie
Slayer
System of a Down
Trailers
Festival Poster 
2017 Lineup
- Aerosmith
- AFI
- Airbourne
- ALTER BRIDGE
- ASTROID BOYS
- BASEMENT
- Biffy Clyro
- Clutch
- Coheed and Cambria
- CROWN THE EMPIRE
- DEVILDRIVER
- EVERY TIME I DIE
- EXODUS
- Five Finger Death Punch
- FOUR YEAR STRONG
- FOZZY
- GOD DAMN
- GOOD CHARLOTTE
- GREYWIND
- ISSUES
- KNUCKLE PUCK
- LOST SOCIETY
- Mastodon
- Motionless in White
- OF MICE & MEN
- OPETH
- PIERCE THE VEIL
- Prophets of Rage
- Red Fang
- Rob Zombie
- SIMPLE PLAN
- Slayer
- SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
- SUM 41
- System of a Down
- THE DEAD DAISIES
- THE ONE HUNDRED
- THE STORY SO FAR
- WAKRAT
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