Let’s cut straight to the chase. Download have announced the following bands for this year’s fest:

Avatar, Hell Is For Heroes, Andrew W.K, CKY, Nothing More, Culture Abuse, Lawnmower Deth, Starcrawler, Bad Religion, Ded, Being As An Ocean, A, Ecca Vandal, Black Foxxes, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Igorrr, Loathe, Kaiser Franz Josef, Helpless, Cellar Darling and Anchor Lane.

As well as that, the fully-fledged WWE NXT LIVE! show returns to a full-scale ring in the festival arena.

NXT names like Aleister Black, Adam Cole, Velveteen Dream, Ricochet, Nikki Cross, Shayna Baszler, Kairi Sane and The Undisputed ERA will be at Download all weekend, chucking each other about.

