"At the Troubadour club in LA, they made a grand entrance by rolling down the avenue in a tank."...

Hollywood in the early 1980s: Hellion were in the right place at the right time, but tragedy and bad luck got in the way

"It didn't matter we'd got a gold record - we still came off tour and had to go back to our day...

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

"I asked Ozzy if he was having vocal lessons back then, and he said, ‘No, just lots of alcohol and...

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

"If anyone was in any doubt over their standing as one of the best things in modern death metal,...

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

Indian nu metallers Bloodywood just showed Download why they're officially one of the best live...

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

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

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

“I’d put the headphones on and listen to heavy metal, and then I'd want to break down the door to...

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

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

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

"This is a performance quite unlike anything this storied festival has ever seen." British-Iranian...

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

We've waited over two decades for a Trivium Download set that could match their legendary 2005...

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

Guns N' Roses' bloated Download headline set is a slog at times, but when they lock in, they still...

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

"This is the experience Babymetal have wanted to give fans for a decade." Download's most cursed...

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

"Dave was really nervous about talking to these guys": Why Dave Grohl ditched the Foo Fighters to...

Tired of playing rock shows with Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl recruited his favourite vocalists for the all-star metal project Probot

Beartooth's Caleb Shomo was brought up in devout Christian faith that viewed being gay as "a...

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

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

Tony Iommi says MBE is an "unbelievable honour" as he is recognised for services to music and charity

"It seems pretty evident that he's going to be a major player very soon. We might have a star on...

"With such sheer star quality, it feels like they're lining themselves up for headliner status."...

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

"Motorhead played as raucously and as fast as they could. They were head and shoulders above...

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

"This band's potential for absurdity, partying and fame appears uncapped." Electric Callboy show...

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

23 years after they pulled out of the first ever Download, Limp Bizkit finally headline the UK's...

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