Thursday 11th June to Sunday 14th June 2015
Castle Donington
Official Website & Tickets
The spiritual home of the heavy metal festival in the heart of the UK. Download celebrates another glorious year with a diverse, storming line up that sees a cross section of bands with plenty to satisfy all tastes.
Download Festival 2015 Preview by Midlands Rocks Radio on Mixcloud
Check out Midlands Rocks’ recent reviews of, and interviews with, some of the bands performing across the weekend:
Slipknot @ SSE Arena, Wembley – Friday 23rd January 2015
Judas Priest – Audio interview with Richie Faulkner
Clutch – Interview with Jean-Paul Gaster
Lacuna Coil @ HMV Institute – 5th November 2014
Black Stone Cherry @ Birmingham LG Arena – 30th October 2014
At The Gates – Interview with Tomas Lindberg
All That Remains – The Order Of Things album review
Thunder @ Birmingham Barclaycard Arena – 13th March 2015
Blues Pills @ Nottingham Rescue Rooms – 29th April 2015
Cadillac Three @ Wolverhampton Slade Rooms – 4th March 2015
Parkway Drive @ Nottingham Rock City – 15th December 2014
Heart Of A Coward – Interview with Carl Ayers
Marilyn Manson – The Pale Emperor album review
Black Veil Brides + Fearless Vampire Killers @ Birmingham O2 Academy – 7th October 2014
Black Star Riders – Killer Instinct album review
Slash @ Birmingham LG Arena – 1st December 2014
Billy Idol @ Birmingham O2 Academy – 5th November 2014
Blackberry Smoke – Holding All The Roses album review
EofE @ Birmingham Institute – 16th November 2014
36 Crazyfists @ Nottingham Rescue Rooms – 13th February 2015
Enter Shikari – The Mindsweep album review
Von Hertzen Brothers @ Wolverhampton Slade Rooms – 25th April 2015
Evil Scarecrow – Galactic Hunt album review
Dragonforce @ Birmingham Institute – 24th September 2014
Insomnium @ Birmingham Oobleck – 6th November 2014
Keevils Killer Cuts – E05 – DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL EDITION – TMR TV from TMR TV on Vimeo.