Posted on July 1, 2012 |
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Black Sabbath – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 21:00 – 22:45 Black Sabbath. Donington Park. Read those words again. Yes, you read that right, the band that created metal and the spiritual home of it, together once again, and I was there to...
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Posted on July 1, 2012 |
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Soundgarden – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 19:00 – 20:15 Having not played in the UK for about 15 years there is a certain amount of buzz for Soundgarden’s appearance at Download 2012 and my own excitement was building as their set drew...
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Posted on July 1, 2012 |
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Megadeth – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 17:30 – 18:30 I love Megadeth, I cannot express that enough. I view the music of Megadeth the same way I look at the relationship I have with my best friend, both are reliable, both instantly...
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Posted on July 1, 2012 |
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Shinedown – Zippo Encore Stage (Second Stage) – Sunday 17:00 – 17:40 Having had a whole weekend of crap weather, it’s a pleasant feeling on the Sunday at the 10th Download Festival to be at the second stage and having the sun Shinedown. A tenuous,...
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Posted on June 28, 2012 |
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Lamb Of God – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 16:15 – 17:00 Sunday afternoon is usually reserved for rest, today however there is a place on the Jim Marshall Stage reserved for the heaviest band to occupy that spot this weekend, the one...
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Posted on June 28, 2012 |
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Anthrax – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 13:50 – 14:30 It’s difficult to span your 31 year career and promote a new album when you only have 40 minutes, but Anthrax bring the noise (yeah, I went there) on the Jim Marshall stage...
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Posted on June 28, 2012 |
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DevilDriver– Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 11:50 – 12:20 Sunday morning in the sunshine is probably the perfect time to go and get your face smashed in by DevilDriver, which is exactly what I decided to do. Make no mistake about it, wherever...
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Posted on June 27, 2012 |
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Tyla – Jägermeister Stage – Saturday 18:15 – 18:45 Did the last 20 years or so happen? Looking at the Dogs D’Amour frontman Tyla beaming out from the Jägermeister Stage, and the masses grinning back at him, hanging on his every word… you really couldn’t be...
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Posted on June 27, 2012 |
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Breed 77 – Jägermeister Stage – Friday 16:45 – 17:05 Europe not showing up for their slot on the Zippo Encore Stage did us a a favour. It made sure we were there; in the quagmire that was the Jägermeister Stage, for TINAS’ favorite Gibraltan rockers...
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Posted on June 25, 2012 |
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Metallica – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Saturday 20:45 – 22:45 A huge roar erupts from the crowd as the video screens kick into life and the first few notes of Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Ecstasy of Gold’ ring out, signalling the imminent arrival of...
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Posted on June 24, 2012 |
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Killswitch Engage – Zippo Encore Stage – Saturday 19:55 – 20:40 Killswitch Engage are a band that has made a huge name for themselves in the last 10 years, they have lead the charge over at Roadrunner Records for a new breed of metal coming through,...
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Posted on June 24, 2012 |
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Steel Panther – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Saturday 15:35 – 16:25 Quick quiz. Who likes fun? Who likes boobs? If you replied positively to both of those things then I have a solution for you. Steel Panther, the worlds funniest band. Today they...
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Posted on June 24, 2012 |
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Halestorm – Zippo Encore Stage (Second Stage) – Saturday 12:30 – 12:55 After 3 days of rain, rain and more rain you would think that the last thing the Download faithful would be anticipating is a storm, but that’s exactly what is happening on Saturday...
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Posted on June 24, 2012 |
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Trivium – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Saturday 14:20 – 15:05 Trivium are a band that are experiencing somewhat of a staggered resurrection as of late. Whereas the band was once metal’s great young hope, over the last couple of years it seemed like...
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Posted on June 23, 2012 |
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Butcher Babies – Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage – Saturday 16:50 – 17:20 Boobs and Blood, a damn fine combination if ever there was one, a combination that has attracted a rather large crowd away from Tenacious D over to the Red Bull Bedroom Jam...
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Posted on June 23, 2012 |
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Corey Taylor – Pepsi Max Stage – Saturday 19:10 – 19:55 There isn’t a lot left to say about Corey Taylor that hasn’t already been said a thousand times before, the man is a literal Swiss army knife of talent with a Midas touch that...
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Posted on June 23, 2012 |
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Black Veil Brides – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Saturday 13:10 – 13:50 Black Veil Brides. A name that strikes fear into the hearts of many, usually for all the wrong reasons. The band truly are the Marmite of the modern rock world, you...
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Posted on June 23, 2012 |
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Fozzy – Zippo Encore Stage – Saturday 11:45 – 12:10 It’s so easy for people to dismiss Fozzy because they are fronted by WWE legend Chris Jericho, but when they can draw a crowd of nearly 20,000 people at 11.30 on a Saturday morning on the...
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Posted on June 22, 2012 |
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The Prodigy – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Friday 21:00 – 22:50 You can say whatever you want about The Prodigy, and most people have some opinion of them one way or the other, but to say that they don’t deserve to be headlining...
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Posted on June 21, 2012 |
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Chase and Status – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Friday 19:20 – 20:20 Download Festival is largely known for knowing its audience and generally giving said audience what they want, but over the years some shall we say questionable booking decisions have been made,...
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