Download Festival have proudly unveiled an absolute bonanza for their 20th Anniversary, pushing in to new territory with a four day event via some true powerhouse artists up and down the line-up.

First off, the almighty METALLICA will be headlining BOTH the Thursday and Saturday night, promising two unique sets without a single song shared between the two. Alongside them, SLIPKNOT will be returning to the hallowed turf to close out the festival on Sunday night, adding to an already legendary string of shows at the festival. Sandwiched between all of this, and headlining for the first time in their storied career, BRING ME THE HORIZON will look to stamp their authority on proceedings headlining the Friday night. We told you, bonanza right?

That's not all. Also announced are:

Alexisonfire
Architects
The Distillers
Disturbed
Evanescence
Ghost
I Prevail
Parkway Drive
Pendulum
Placebo
Simple Plan
Ville Valo
Within Temptation
As December Falls
Asking Alexandria
Aviva
Bambie Thug
Beauty School Dropout
Behemoth
Blackgold
The Blackout
Blind Channel
Bloodywood
Brutus
Crashface
Crawlers
Dead Sara
Elvana
Enola Gay
Fever 333
Fixation
Graphic Nature
GWAR
Hawxx
Ingested
Jazmin Bean
Kid Bookie
Kid Kapichi
Lake Malice
Lorna Shore
The Meffs
Mod Sun
Monuments
Motionless In White
Municipal Waste
nothing, nowhere
Nova Twins
Polaris
Pupil Slicer
Seether
Set It Off
Sim
Soen
Soul Glo
Stand Atlantic
Stray From The Path
Taylor Acorn
Terror
Three Days Grace
Touce Amore
Witch Fever


Aaaaand breathe.

That all sounds insanely good right? Well get yourself a ticket then! Click here for all ticket packages and more info around onsales - https://downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets/

Get yourself in the mood and check out METALLICA performing Whiplash earlier this year in Lisbon: