DOWNLOAD 2012 \\ Download Announce 14 New Bands!

No, we’re not fucking around. Download have unleashed another whopper of a band announcement, with 14 new names joining the bill for Donington. Get your Download tickets inside!

Download have unleashed another monstrous announcement, with no less than 14 bands being added to what is seriously shaping up as the best Download bill of them all.

The one and only Megadeth will be making their return to Donington a year after playing with the rest of The Big 4 at Sonisphere. Also appearing are Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, ex-GN’R guitarist and living legend Slash (with Myles Kennedy, natch) and US bruisers Five Finger Death Punch.

Want more? Also playing are stoner rock gods Kyuss Lives!, glam metal lol-sters Steel Panther, metalcore faves As I Lay Dying, hardcore veterans Rise Against, industrial metal icons Fear Factory, punked up Canadian rockers Billy Talent, iconic party starters Terrorvision, rising prog metal superstars Periphery, wildhearts frontman Ginger and super-cheesy glamsters Reckless Love!

Fucking hell, that’s alright, innit?!

They join headliners The Prodigy, Black Sabbath and Metallica, as well as earlier additions Machine Head, Lamb of God, Anthrax, The Devin Townsend Project, Soundgarden, DevilDriver, Ugly Kid Joe, Little Angels, August Burns Red, Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro, You Me At Six and Tenacious D.

Weekend tickets for Download 2012 are on sale right now from www.downloadfestival.co.uk subject to availability. You’d be a mug not to get in on this.