Everything you need to know about Maynard James Keenan. Paramore: A look back over the band's incredible career. Listen to Everything That Rocks on Kerrang! Planet Radio kerrang entertainment music. Iron Maiden: Download Festival If you're going to return rock and metal to its rightful home of Donington Park, then it only seems right and proper to get the UK's biggest heavy metal act to kick things off. Audioslave: Download Festival Proving that supergroups still remained a popular draw, this fusion of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and the instrumental wing of Rage Against The Machine transcended their original bands to forge an identity wholly their own.
Linkin Park: Download Festival Promoting their second album, 'Meteora', Linkin Park brought their fusion of heavy metal and rap when they headlined the main stage on the opening night of Download Metallica: Download Festival Having made "secret" mid-afternoon appearance on the second stage with no soundcheck the previous year, the behemoth that is Metallica took its rightful place at the head of the table. Feeder: Download Festival So overjoyed was he at Feeder's reception from the crowd, the band's singer-guitarist Grant Nicholls smashed his Fender Jazzmaster.
Black Sabbath: Download Festival The origin of the species, Black Sabbath pretty much invented heavy metal with their eponymous debut album before refining it throughout the 70s. System Of A Down: Download Festival As one of the most important metal bands of the 90s and beyond, System Of A Down are genuine gamechangers and worthy headliners of this celebrated event.
Tool: Download Festival Promoting their fourth album, '10, Days', Tool displayed an effortless ability to take the main stage and own it. Metallica: Download Festival Returning to Download for their second headline slot and third appearance overall, Metallica celebrated the 20th anniversary of 'Master Of Puppets' by the playing the album in full.
Kiss: Download Festival Playing an epic song set, Kiss brought their spectacular live show to this side of the Atlantic. The Offspring: Download Festival The only punk band to have headlined the Download festival, The Offspring brought the pogo the headbangers. Faith No More: Download Festival Returning for their first live shows in 11 years, Faith No More served to confirm just how much they'd been missed.
Slipknot: Download Festival Slipknot's first headline appearance at Download would also be their last UK performance with bassist Paul Gray before his death in Aerosmith: Download Festival Headlining a day of torrential rain, classic rock overlords Aerosmith brought a touch of glamour to the otherwise sodden environs of Download. The Prodigy: Download Festival Fusing heavy metal with techno, The Prodigy lit up the Download festival after a wet start forced the cancellation of some acts.
Metallica: Download Festival For their third Download headliner, the metal titans that are Metallica elected to play the whole of their eponymous album — in reverse order. Linkin Park: Download Festival Following in the footsteps of bands such as Metallica revisiting their landmark records, Linkin Park played their debut album, 'Hybrid Theory', in full.
Aerosmith: Download Festival Back for their second Download festival headliner, Aerosmith brought this year's event to a spectacular close. Slipknot: Download Festival You can't keep a good band down as Slipknot return for their third Download festival headline slot.
Kiss: Download Festival Was the police's facial recognition software needed for Kiss? Rammstein: Download Festival It may have been one of the wettest Download festivals ever — perhaps it should have been re-named 'Downpour'? Black Sabbath: Download Festival Embarking on their 'The End' farewell tour, Black Sabbath called in for one last time at the home of heavy metal. Aerosmith: Download Festival Aerosmith have got to be doing something right if they've been asked back for their third Download headline appearance.
Ozzy Osbourne: Download Festival Amazingly, it's Ozzy Osbourne's first solo headline slot at Download that sees him delivering the hits and a few dips into the Black Sabbath back catalogue.
Saturday kicks off with some masked Mexican wrestlers hanging out in the press area. These boys could be as big as their hair.
The sun may be shining but Lamb Of God bring darkness to the main stage. Willie Adler and signature ESP: evil riffs aplenty. Singer Randy Blythe caught in a mosh. Prior to their main stage set, Deftones address the media. Mustaine celebrates the 20th anniversary of Rust In Peace by treating fans to a selection of classic cuts from the album. David Ellefson looks happy to be back in the saddle after returning to the lineup earlier in Singer Chino Moreno in fine form and looking lean as Deftones rock through a powerful set of new and old.
It's time for the headliners, who appear 20 minutes later than advertised but blast through opener Testify with fire and precision. Tim Commerford showing off his badass tattoos. We thought Brad Wilk was using four drumsticks for a moment there too.
Tom Morello and his old faithful 'Arm The Homeless' guitar. Morello is in amazing form, wowing the crowd with his characteristic blend of scratch DJ-aping sonics, blazing lead and pulverising riffs. Zack de la Rocha urges the crowd to "take care of each other" as People Of The Sun is halted due to the risk of crushing at the front of the crowd.
The band end a triumphant set with a predictably incendiary version of Killing In The Name. Sunday brings Slash, Aerosmith and rain. Wasn't impressed, though friends of mine got closer and did quite like them. Everything Burns acoustic [6] - Pretty good little 'filler' band that we checked out whilst deciding what to do next.
Not exactly the best band around, but they seemed fun and put a lot of effort into their performance. The Dead Lay Waiting [7] - we only went to see them because Gordy said to the guitarist that he'd think about it after the latter gave him a flier to see them.
Initially, we weren't massively impressed. However, they grew on us quickly and the second half of their set was really good. Gordy even threw himself into the pit for them. Would definitely give them another go. Rock Sugar [10] - spent the hour leading up to these grabbing drinks and meeting mates so we could all get a good spot for them.
Amazing live act with a talented and engaging front man. For those who don't know them, they do rock 'mashups'. Megadeth [9] - after taking a break for more alcoholic fuel, we watched Megadeth.
Gordy and I thought they played a fantastic, frenetic run through of some of their classics, with a large slot going to tracks from Rust in Peace.
A great old school band in the classic rock mould, with a pinch of hair metal thrown in in places. They played a great little set including Black Tiger and Mean Streak, and two new songs. Their rendition of Forever to close the set was nothing short of breath taking. They announced, to my unbridled joy, that they are touring the UK at the end of the year, promising to play a 2. And boy did they deliver. They played a nice range of quick, slow, soft and heavier songs, before finishing with staple set closer and obligatory lighter swayer Tower of Strength.
The former Hanoi Rocks front man put on a great show, with great balls to the wall rocks songs combined with Jagger-esque swaggering stage antics. At one point, he even climbed a nearby podium and hung himself upside down to sing a verse or two. Good times. Sunday White Wizzard [8] - A great start to the day, with a band that is very heavily influenced by Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Iron Goddess of Vengeance was their stand out track.
The 7 minute plus epic drilling home this band's potential to be one of the next decades great heavy metal bands. They also may be the hairiest ban in metal. Saxon [10] - Possibly band of the day for the Sunday. With it being 30 years of Donington, the band decided to celebrate their own 30th anniversary - that of the release of their classic album 'Wheels of Steel'.
They played it in it's entirety and, save from moving the title track to the bottom, played it from start to finish. They rounded off their set with stonking renditions of They actually drew a huge crowd and, whilst putting them on the main stage was better idea than last time when they were booked on the tiny 3rd stage , they blatantly should have been a few slots higher on the bill.
Cinderella [6] - What can I say? I was The first half of their set was pretty dull, but the second was better. I think there was a little too much reliance on slow-mid tempo pseudo-ballads, and found that they hit the stride more when they picked up the pace a bit.
Wasn't sold on the vocals. Slash was much tighter here than with Velvet Revolver a few years previous, and Kennedy cemented his status as a top quality singer with an exemplary performance. Billy Idol [8] - Good, mostly upbeat fun. Very energetic in his delivery and still just as barking mad as ever. A great performer.
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