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How the extreme and obscure dominated at this year's Download
This year's Download Festival stand-out performances might surprise you
5 Reasons why we are (and you should be) excited Tool are back
Tool's Download Festival set made us eternally grateful and super excited to see them finally headlining festivals again
Tool's Download Festival performance left the audience in awe
Maynard and co.'s breath-taking return to the UK was worth the twelve year wait
Download Festival 2019: Highlights from this year's Drownload!
Some of the best moments at this year's Download Festival at Donington
Slayer's last ever UK performance at Download was a bittersweet triumph
See our gallery of the legendary thrashers' epic send-off at Download Festival
The best internet reactions to Download Festival 2019's sh*tty weather
Festival goers have been coping with the atrocious weather at #Drownload with good old fashioned humour
Download 2019: Patchwatch Photo Gallery
Despite the god-awful weather, plenty of "Drownload" goers are still repping their favourite bands amongst the sea of anoraks
10 Things we will miss about Slayer
The mighty Slayer played their last ever UK show at Download festival. Here's what we'll miss about their live performances
Why Slipknot are the ultimate Download Festival headliners
What we thought about the eighteen-legged Iowans' triumphant return to the UK
Father's Day Special: Watch Cliff Burton's dad on what it's like being the father of a metal legend
Ray Burton, father of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, remembers the formative years of the rock icon.
The 10 greatest Tool memes
It turns out Tool fans are sick of waiting for their new album
10 awesome underground metal bands you need hear
If you're looking to hear and experience something different at this year's Download, look no further!
Vote for your favourite song of the 2000s
The noughties changed rock’n’roll for good and for bad – now we're asking you to vote for the greatest songs the decade produced
7 Awesome Norwegian hardcore bands you might not have heard of
Fresh Norwegian punks Oberst introduce us to some ace hardcore acts from their homeland in Scandinavia
Hamburgers, heroin and chaos: How Megadeth made Killing Is My Business
Fired from Metallica and seeking revenge, Dave Mustaine brought Megadeth screaming to life. Here, the band open up on their landmark debut and spending $4,000 on coke, heroin and hamburgers
10 Things to do at Download that isn't watching bands
Heading to Download Festival this weekend? Here's 10 things to do that don't involve music – and none of them are bin jousting!
10 songs that inspired The HU
Mongolian rising stars The HU have taken the internet by storm. But what music shapes their sound?
