Download festival review – 20th birthday brings double Metallica, occult glam and a new breed

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After travel chaos this proves to be an epic four-dayer, with an eclectic mix from Bring Me the Horizon to AA Williams plus Metallica spanning their career

, the band sound confused about whether to emulate Bullet for My Valentine or Justin Bieber, but the northerners earn their place with an extravaganza of pyro and lavish video imagery. A host of similarly pop-minded acts grace the main stage the same day, of whom Pendulum are by far the best. Despite their newest album being 13 years old, Self vs Self and Watercolour prove the five-piece still have dynamism and dancefloor chops.

There’s a spread of auspicious Download debuts, as well. Metalcore upstarts Pupil Slicer and Graphic Nature both ignite moshpits inside the fourth stage’s jam-packed tent. Most promising of the new breed, though, is Bloodywood: the New Delhi trio imbue righteous nu-metal with Indian folk in front of a rapt main-stage crowd.

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