Rammstein, Maiden And 25 More Metal Moments From Download Festival 2013

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Darkness descends on Download, Britain’s metallest festival. That’s not a word, is it? ‘Most metallic festival’? Whatever, here’s Slipknot doing their thing.

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Don’t tell anyone, but that’s actually Ed Sheeran inside that mask.

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Look at him, the poor sod. Up there on his pedastal. Terrified of intimacy.

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Imagine his surprise when he found out he was literally the only guy at Download doing devil horns. Didn’t stop him though. Trooper.

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The expression on the guy who has to mind Rou from Enter Shikari’s mic lead is absolutely priceless. Imagine if that was your job?

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Shorts in this weather? He’s Maiden terrible mistake.

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“What sort of stuff are you into?” “Oh, mainly hair metal.”

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Bruce Dickinson’s Incredible Hulk mime went down an absolute storm.

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The thankfully not extinct Mastodon.

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Remember that lone devil horns guy? Look at the crowd now. Never doubt that one person can change the world.

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Another warts’n’all performance from Lemmy and Motörhead.

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57 pregnancies were reported after this Queens Of The Stone Age performance from the scent of Homme alone.

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Oops, sorry. 58.

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Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats. If that is their real name. I’m starting to doubt whether he’s even a real Uncle.

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This was without a doubt the worst spot they’ve ever picked for their synchronised yoga class.

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Not sure which band this is, does anyone know? Leave a comment.

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There ain’t no barbeque like a Rammstein barbeque.

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“Hello James, welcome. Do you like the island? My grandmother had an island when I was a boy. Nothing to boast of. You could walk along it in an hour. But still, it was – it was a paradise for us. One summer, we came for a visit and discovered the whole place had been infested with rats…”

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That’s 100% the Durst beard I’ve ever seen.

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O.M.G. Just spotted my mum.

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Download only really comes alive after dark. It’s a metal thing.

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Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem. Singer, songwriter, New Jersey gurning champion 2008-2013.

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“That guy there. The one who just shouted: “Hey, weren’t you in ‘My So-Called Life’?” Throw him to the dogs.”

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