Download Festival have announced an additional six new acts for this years lineup. The new additions run down as follows: Killswith Engage (with the recently rejoined Jesse Leach), Opeth, NOFX, Black Veil Brides, Nightwish and Shinedown. They will be joining the previously announced acts that include The Prodigy, Black Sabbath and Metallica, Machine Head, Lamb of God, Anthrax, The Devin Townsend Project, Soundgarden, DevilDriver, Megadeth, Black Label Society and Slash.

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