With grey skies overhead and showers threatening across the weekend, that can only mean one thing: Download Festival is upon us. But come rain or shine, the UK biggest rock and metal fest is sure to offer up plenty of chances to discover brilliant new bands, and even as we hit the main stretch of festival season new release announcements are coming thick and fast.
Before we get stuck into that though, the results of last week's vote! There was a healthy showing from power metal's elite and it's reflected in the final three, with Battle Beast securing a healthy third place in the poll. Breaking up the plastic swords and horns brigade were returning doom metal legends Paradise Lost, whose return with Silence Like The Grave took second place, but our overall winners - and you'd not wanna argue when they've got a tank to back them up - was Sabaton. Huzzah!
