Download festival (aka Heavy Metal Christmas) is over for another year. Over three days we saw the great and the good from the world of rock 'n' roll tear through a sun-drenched Donington Park, leaving tens of thousands of us with ringing in our ears and a hangover to last a lifetime.
If you weren't there, or if you were and your memories are too blurred by partying, we've put together this day-by-day gallery from the weekend. There's Avenged Sevenfold, Marilyn Manson, Shinedown, Parkway Drive, Body Count, Bullet For My Valentine and loads more!
Day One Avenged Sevenfold, Jonathan Davis, Bullet For My Valentine, Andrew WK and more!
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Avatar Image 3 of 11
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Marmozets Image 4 of 11
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Andrew WK Image 5 of 11
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Jonathan Davis Image 6 of 11
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The Bronx Image 7 of 11
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Volbeat Image 8 of 11
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You Me At Six Image 9 of 11
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Bullet For My Valentine Image 10 of 11
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Avenged Sevenfold
Day Two Parkway Drive, Corrosion Of Conformity, Black Stone Cherry, L7 and more!
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The Struts Image 3 of 9
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Corrosion Of Conformity Image 4 of 9
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L7 Image 5 of 9
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The Temperance Movement Image 6 of 9
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Thunder Image 7 of 9
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Black Stone Cherry Image 8 of 9
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Plini Image 9 of 9
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Parkway Drive Day Three Marilyn Manson, Shinedown, Body Count, The Hives and more!
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Greta Van Fleet Image 2 of 11
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Koyo Image 3 of 11
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Body Count Image 5 of 11
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Meshuggah Image 6 of 11
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Shinedown Image 7 of 11
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Myrkur Image 8 of 11
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Marilyn Manson Image 9 of 11
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Baroness Image 10 of 11
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The Hives Image 11 of 11
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