A further 65 bands have been added to the line up for this years Download Festival including Shinedown, You Me At Six, Black Stone Cherry, Hatebreed, Cradle Of Filth, plus Kerrang! Radio Fresh Blood returns to host The Avalanche Stage with seminal bands such as The Bronx, Less Than Jake and Cancer Bats.

Alex Baker, presenter of Fresh Blood on Kerrang! Radio said:

“I am absolutely stoked to be hosting The Avalanche Stage again this year at Download. Last year the talent on display on the stage, from brand new bands through to legends of the scene that started out life on Fresh Blood, was off the chart….and yet again this year it’s going to THE place to be…Puppy, Milk Teeth, Employed To Serve and CANCER BATS (to name but a few!). I mean COME ON! BE FAIR ON THE OTHER STAGES!!”

Fresh from a world tour, the unstoppable Shinedown are returning to Download to kick ass with massive riffs and huge anthems led by rock machine Brent Stephen Smith. Also coming to Donington are the relentless Volbeat who’ve carved their own way to massive stages across the globe through their incredible genre melding fun.

Legendary Korn frontman Jonathan Davis will be making his first Download appearance as a solo artist after recently revealing plans to release a solo record in 2018, and the undisputed masters of symphonic, gothic, black metal Cradle of Filth will be as untamed as ever with the unmissable Dani Filth and co.

Also joining the bill are DragonForce fast and absurdly entertaining show. The Temperance Movement return with their retro feel-good time filled with chunky riffs and swaggering anthems. Plus British rock legends Thunder, grunge pioneers L7. 

Download Festival is the UK's largest metal/heavy rock festival with a capacity of some 110,000. Each year Download attracts some of the biggest rock artists on the planet.  This year's Downlioad Festival 2018 takes place from Friday 8th – Sunday 10 June 2018 at Donington Park, Leicestershire.  

Other bands announced today

TesseracT, Hatebreed, Greta Van Fleet, Boston Manor, Marmozets, Rolo Tomassi, Thy Art Is Murder , Bury Tomorrow, Kreator, Dead Cross, Stick To Your Guns, The Maine, blessthefall, Stray From The Path, Employed To Serve, The Bottom Line, Emmure, Plini, Myrkur, Knocked Loose, All Them Witches, Malevolence, Wayward Sons, Baroness, Puppy, Zeal & Ardor, Miss May I, SHVPES, No Hot Ashes, Gold Key, The Hyena Kill, Sun Arcana, Tigress, Death Blooms, The Faim, Turbonegro, Corrosion Of Conformity, Savage Messiah, Myke Gray, Von Hertzen Brothers, Woes, Powerflo, Sleep Token and Koyo

Bands previously announced for Download Festival 2018

Avenged Sevenfold, Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, Alexisonfire, Asking Alexandria, Babymetal, Black Veil Brides, Body Count ft Ice T, Bullet For My Valentine, Dream State, In This Moment, Marilyn Manson, Mayday Parade, Meshuggah, Neck Deep, Parkway Drive, Pink Slips, Rise Against, The Hives, WSTR 

Ticket Information

Adult
3 day camping - £200.00 + BF
5 day camping - £210.00 +BF
Arena only - £175.00 +BF
Child (5-12 years old)
3 day camping - £100.00 +BF
5 day camping (5-12 years old) - £105.00 +BF
Arena only - £90.00 +BF

Tickets are currently on sale

Download Festival also offers a wide range of glamping options are available from Download 2018