Download Festival Time Again

Posted by Paul Travers Jun 10, 2008

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Excuse the high-pitched girly e-scream but in two days’ time I’m off to Download, the UK’s premier noisy rock festival. Four days of metal, punk, rock, beer and minced up rat’s kidneys between two pieces of stale bread masquerading as quality burgers that are actually fit for human consumption.

They’ve had better line-ups in recent years but still…Judas Priest! Motorhead! High on Fire! The Dillinger Escape Plan! Judas Priest! Biffy Clyro! Judas Priest! Testament! Within Temptation! Children Of Bodom! Municipal Waste! Judas Priest! And, uh…Kiss. Yeah, I’m a sucker for Strutter and everything else pre-make-up removal.

Scheduling’s a bugger though. High on Fire are on at the same time as Motorhead. Testament at the same time as HIM (What? You’ve gotta love a bit of the old love metal). Difficult choices lie ahead but we shall face them with a combination of steely determination and Magner’s Irish cider.

Hangover permitting, I’ll be back around this time next week.