It was inevitable, wasn't it? After three Download Festival events of glorious weather, the UK's biggest rock and metal festival was long overdue a downpour and while we won't count out a last-minute scorcher - this is UK summer, after all - it looks like the odds just weren't with rock and metal fans this time round.
But that's fine, because we have a whole heap of fantastic new music for you to dive into. Starting with the results of last week's vote! No surprise that last week's cross-band collaborations did so well; Halestorm finished in a very admirable third place, narrowly pipped for the top runner-up position by deathcore brutes Oceano. But nobody was taking the crown from Lamb Of God, whose all-star team-up with Malevolence and Kublai Khan reigned supreme.
