Monday, 18 February 2013

49 more acts added to Download 2013 bill


Papa RoachRise To RemainGogol Bordello, LitEscape The Fate and Blitz Kids are among the 49 new acts added to the Download 2013 line up today.

Download Festival takes place in Donington Park on June 14-16 and is headlined by Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rammstein.

Confirmed for their fourth appearance at Download Festival are US rockers Papa Roach in a year that marks the band’s 20th anniversary.

Joining Papa Roach are London metallers Rise To Remain, New York gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello,Californian alt-rockers LitUS post-hardcore band Escape The Fate and fresh from their tour with Lower Than Atlantis, UK rockers Blitz Kids.

Buckcherry are also welcomed back to Download Festival for a third time while Uriah Heep, regarded as one of the seminal rock acts of the early 70s, will make their Download Festival debut. 

Multi-million selling Grammy nominated nu metallers P.O.D join the bill, and following the release of their four-song EP Metal earlier this year Newsted, fronted by Metallica’s long-serving former bassist Jason Newsted, are ready to rock in Donington.

It’s a battle of Scandinavia’s finest and Europe are sure to ‘Rock The Night’, joined by Swedish metallers Katatonia and hard rock band Graveyard. From across the way, Finnish Viking metallers Turisas are also confirmed.

Ready to thrash out some serious heavy metal are Japan’s Dir En Grey. Jetting in fresh from the US are bloodthirsty death metallers NekrogoblikonAfter The BurialThe Ghost InsideBlacklist Royals and stoner rockers Red Fang. Aussie rockers Karnivool and Naked Flame are also announced, and bringing a taste of fierce French heavy metal are The Algorithm.   

Closer to home, Brit rockers Skin and Sacred Mother Tongue will take Download by the horns, joined by Brit metalcore groups Bury Tomorrow and Architects. Fresh from touring with Cancer Bats, Brutality Will Prevail and Reading prog-metal group Empress are also both confirmed.

Continuing to rock out for the regions are Cornish folk punk group Crowns, Midlands heavy rockers Emperor Chung, Manchester five-piece Sonic Boom Six, Scotland’s States of Panic and Bleed From Within, Brighton rockers Verses, UK alt-pop band Hill Valley High and Cardiff’s Astroid Boys. Tipped as one of the hottest breakthrough artists of this year are Exeter’s I Divide, joined by fellow Exeter rockers Rat Attack and LondonersMordecaiModestep and Hang The Bastard.

Last but certainly not least are UK heavyweight groove metal quintet Heart Of A Coward, York’s Glamour of the Kill, Coventry rockers Silent Screams and Birmingham’s Cytota. Rockers The First and Broken also join the bill, and providing some gloriously twisted rock & roll Cambridge style are Uncle Acid and the Dead Beats.

Weekend and Day tickets for Download 2013 are on sale now and available from www.downloadfestival.co.uk

Download RIP ticket packages are on sale now and can be purchased via www.livenationexperience.co.uk or by phoning 0207 009 3484.

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