Download Announce 22 More Bands

A whopping 22 bands were added to the Download festival line up:

Steel Panther
HIM
Saxon
Airbourne
Coheed & Cambria
36 Crazyfists
Dilinger Escape Plan
Dommin
Taking Dawn
Unearth
Cinderella
A Day To Remember
Lawnmower Deth
Whitechapel
August Burns Red
Ratt
The Blackout
We are the Fallen
HellYeah
Y&T
Rise To Remain
Job For a Cowboy

Some really good bands there, also some really crap bands, But download right now is looking much stronger than Sonisphere. I wonder how they will try to top this with their next announcement.

Free Pantera Cover Album In Next Months Metal Hammer

Next Month marks 5 years since legendary Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag was tragically shot dead onstage. To commemorate this sad occasion, UK metal magazine Metal Hammer will be giving away a free CD of Pantera covers, including:

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “A New Level”
UNEARTH – “Sandblasted Skin”
MACHINE HEAD – “Fucking Hostile”
CHIMAIRA – “Slaughtered”
EVILE – “Cemetery Gates”
ZAKK WYLDE – “Suicide Note Pt. 1”
The CD will also include tracks from MALEFICE, SYLOSIS, THIS IS HELL, THROWDOWN, BIOHAZARD & KIUAS.