Reviews

Damon Albarn's genre-hopping alt pop cartoon project shows off the Blur man's penchant for letting others take centre stage

Decessus - the Chilean death metallers whose vocalist was crowned Miss World Chile - make their UK debut at Download 2026

Melding blunt force death metal with hardcore grit and some mighty hooks, Gatecreeper slay Download's Dogtooth tent

A powerful, propulsive set of bouncy metal ragers takes things up a level at Donington

Marc Bolan sheds his hippy skin and reinvents himself as a golden god with a gleaming, screaming electric guitar

Download's most significant set of 2026 ends the festival on a massive high

A frustrating stop-start affair undermines what should have been a celebratory show

One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut

Trivium shrug off some windy restrictions to put on a show worthy of the famous 2005 set that made their name

Shave an hour off this set and we could have had something special