Trivium, Machine Head, Anthrax Added To Download 2012 Bill

Machine Head, Trivium and Anthrax are amongst the new additions to this year's Download Festival line-up.

The festival, which will be headlined by The Prodigy, Metallica and a reunited Black Sabbath, takes place over the weekend of June 8-10 at Donington Park.

Also joining the bill are DevilDriver, Lamb Of God, August Burns Red, Little Angels, Devin Townsend Project and Ugly Kid Joe.

The announcement is the second in quick succession after Biffy Clyro, Soundgarden, Chase & Status, You Me At Six and Tenacious D were all added to the line-up yesterday (January 16).

Download Festival was headlined by System Of A Down, Linkin Park and Def Leppard in 2011 and also featured sets from Bullet For My Valentine, Rob Zombie, Pendulum, Bring Me The Horizon as well as the comeback show from The Darkness.

See Downloadfestival.com for more information about the festival.

The Download Festival line-up so far is as follows:

Metallica
The Prodigy
Black Sabbath
Soundgarden
Biffy Clyro
You Me At Six
Chase & Status
Tenacious D
Machine Head
Trivium
Anthrax
Devildriver
Lamb Of God
August Burns Red
Little Angels
Devin Townsend Project
Ugly Kid Joe

Thanks for the report to NME.com.

Comments

[eclipse812]

That's a hell of a setlist, we have five degrees of metal.

[Lion_Slicer]

Wow that's spectacular, especially compared to last year's lineup. Too bad I can't go...

[chrisvasco23]

epic... too bad this is over seas... we americans are jealous

[Highelf04]

Tenacious D+August Burns Red+Prodigy=Me there

[Reflection92]

this is fantastic news

[Battman1993]

This is going to be insane....too bad goddamn American promoters can't come together to do a concert like this.

[Iblis92]

Battman1993 wrote:

This is going to be insane....too bad goddamn American promoters can't come together to do a concert like this.

yea thats gonna be an epic fkin concert. I wish theyd dod something like that over here