Linkin Park is one of the big acts going to the Download Festival at Donington Park, England. It looks like every good band in the metal community will be there, I would kill to see this! Its a two day festival with three stages...I'll display the main two: MAIN STAGE June 5th: Linkin Park Sum 41 + Iggy & the Stones The Hives The Distillers Cradle of Filth Monster Magnet Opeth (THE GODS OF METAL!) Soil Dillinger Escape Plan June 6th: Metallica Slipknot Korn Slayer Machine Head Soulfly Ill Nino Turbo Negro Bleed 77 SNICKERS STAGE June 5th: Pennywize Electric Six Arch Enemy Static-X Biffy Clyro Million Dead Instruction 36 Crazyfists Akercocke Powder Viking Skull The Bled June 6th: HIM Bowling for Soup Taking Back Sunday Damageplan Life of Agony Brides of Destruction Drowning Pool Hatebreed Hoobastank Trapt Silvertide Ricky Warwick Terra Diablo For more info: Download Festival Programme ROCK ON! :rawk:
I think it can only be a good thing. They could inherit an even heavier sound. I'm hoping that the Summer Sanitarium tour has also made the band lean more towards heavy metal influences and ideals. As I said, it won't hurt, and it can only be a good thing.
And playing on the same day as OPETH....They could get schooled by a lot of those bands, it'll be a good experience for them
I hope they'll learn more about playing heavier when they tour with those bands. They toured a lot with heavy bands in the past time... black sabbath, marilyn manson, slipknot, black label society, mudvayne, the union underground, hatebreed, american head charge, deftones, metallica, drowning pool, korn, project 86, nonpoint, systematic, vast, papa roach, spineshank, taproot, incubus, at the drive-in, (hed)pe, static-x, boy sets fire... that proves that they can play also heavy shows with havy bands :rawk: