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"It didn't matter we'd got a gold record - we still came off tour and had to go back to our day jobs." How Type O Negative created goth metal's greatest album: October Rust

Bloody Kisses made Type O Negative the biggest band on Roadrunner Records, its follow-up cemented them as goth metal's most iconic band

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"I asked Ozzy if he was having vocal lessons back then, and he said, ‘No, just lots of alcohol and drugs.’" Zakk Wylde talks tributes, hot sauces and trying to turn Mark Wahlberg onto metal

A fun, frantic five minute interview with Black Label Society leader Zakk Wylde

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"If anyone was in any doubt over their standing as one of the best things in modern death metal, such concerns are blown away." Arizona extreme metal ragers Gatecreeper play one of Download 2026's most ferociously fun sets

Melding blunt force death metal with hardcore grit and some mighty hooks, Gatecreeper slay Download's Dogtooth tent

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Indian nu metallers Bloodywood just showed Download why they're officially one of the best live bands in modern metal

A powerful, propulsive set of bouncy metal ragers takes things up a level at Donington

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Emily Armstrong just made history with Linkin Park at Download - and they made it one hell of a celebration

Download's most significant set of 2026 ends the festival on a massive high

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“I’d put the headphones on and listen to heavy metal, and then I'd want to break down the door to get out on the pitch and go kill someone”: Former England legend Terry Butcher is a huge Iron Maiden fan and the original heavy metal footballer

Ex-England captain Terry Butcher on singing onstage with Iron Maiden, Steve Harris’ football skills and England’s chances in the World Cup

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Architects' chaotic Download set suggests that the festival's second biggest stage might need a rethink

A frustrating stop-start affair undermines what should have been a celebratory show

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"This is a performance quite unlike anything this storied festival has ever seen." British-Iranian metallers Lowen produce one of the most powerful and unique sets of Download 2026

One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut

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We've waited over two decades for a Trivium Download set that could match their legendary 2005 show. We might have just got it

Trivium shrug off some windy restrictions to put on a show worthy of the famous 2005 set that made their name

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Guns N' Roses' bloated Download headline set is a slog, but when they lock in, they still remind everyone why they're one of the greats

Shave an hour off this set and we could have had something special

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"This is the experience Babymetal have wanted to give fans for a decade." Download's most cursed band finally bring the show we've all been waiting for

Sunshine, riffs and bops: Babymetal finally shake off their Download curse in style

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Beartooth's Caleb Shomo was brought up in devout Christian faith that viewed being gay as "a sickness you can cure with prayer"

Openly gay Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo on his upbringing that made coming out so difficult

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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi named MBE in King's Birthday Honours

Tony Iommi says MBE is an "unbelievable honour" – Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood also honoured

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"It seems pretty evident that he's going to be a major player very soon. We might have a star on our hands." Merging grime, metal and buckets of charisma, Native James showed Download he just might be the future of alternative music

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"With such sheer star quality, it feels like they're lining themselves up for headliner status." Flames, confetti, screams and Lady Gaga: Halestorm's Download set is a rock 'n' roll masterclass

Could Halestorm headline Download one day? This set certainly suggests they could pull it off

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"Motorhead played as raucously and as fast as they could. They were head and shoulders above everybody.” Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway on Lemmy, free speech and lessons learned on the frontline of grindcore

Barney reflects on his life in music and fighting the good fight for almost four decades. Don’t call Napalm Death political, though.

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"This band's potential for absurdity, partying and fame appears uncapped." Electric Callboy show Download why they're the modern metal scene's ultimate party band

Electric Callboy draw a huge crowd and make the most of it with a bangers-filled, dancefloor-baiting set

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23 years after they pulled out of the first ever Download, Limp Bizkit finally headline the UK's biggest rock festival - and they absolutely smash it

Metal's biggest party band bring the ruckus to Donington on Friday night

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"If you want to believe we're a boyband, there's nothing I can say or do to make you change your mind." In early 2001, Linkin Park went stratospheric. Here's a snapshot of a band during blastoff

Many questioned Linkin Park's authenticity. But one million albums later, that noise started to fade

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

unpeople, Bring Me The Horizon and Ho99o9 are just some of the bands who are vying for your vote in this week's new song round-up

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"This album reflects everything we've experienced, the lessons we've learned, and the challenges we've overcome." The Warning announce new album Everything’s Falling, release Ritual single

The Villarreal sisters have confirmed that their fifth album, Everything's Falling, will arrive in August

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"My mom skipped my show to go see Korn." Olivia Rodrigo tells Jimmy Kimmel that her mother had her priorities in order when attending last year's Lollapalooza in Chicago

Olivia Rodrigo was on Donald Trump's least-favourite US talk show to promote her new album

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Techno vikings, Ozzy tributes and post-apocalyptic landscapes: Mystic Festival's final year at Gdansk Shipyard is another triumph

Poland's biggest metal festival hosted everyone from Megadeth and Black Label Society to Ice Nine Kills, Blood Incantation, Cavalera and more

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"I traumatised the Celebrity Traitors." Banshee wails, fashion shows and disabled rights: Mallavora are fighting for a healthier music world

Mallavora vocalist Jessica Douek might've lent her impressive talents to Celebrity Traitors, but she's using her platform to highlight the difficulties she faces as a person with a disability

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"Some of us were getting sober and cleaning up, others were not. It's a recipe for disaster": The chaotic story of Jane's Addiction's Ritual De Lo Habitual, the debauched masterpiece that changed music

Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction's game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade

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