AngryApe — Motley Crue, Korn and more also announced to appear more info

MTV.co.uk News — Plus Slipknot, Korn and Pendulum will all play the metal festival... more info

XFM.co.uk — The hard rock festival at Donington Park comes out swinging with cross-over acts following the Sonisphere announcement yesterday, more info

Thrash Hits — They have confirmed that the already self-confirmed Slipknot are headlining a day at Download Festival 2009. I dunno about you, but we reckon the Sonisphere news had a little bit more impact. Oh well. The Prodigy, Motley Crue, Korn, Pendulum, Dragon ... more info

Kerrang! — Slipknot, The Prodigy and Korn have confirmed appearances at this year's Kerrang!-sponsored Download Festival. The three-day event, which takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14, will also see appearances from Motley Crue, Pendulum, Dra... more info

Kerrang! — Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and country singer Alison Krauss were celebrating last night (February 8) after picking up five awards at the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Plant and Krauss picked up Record Of The Year for their reworking of t... more info

Thrash Hits — We know that Slipknot are playing Download because they self-confirmed, just like Heaven And Hell did at the start of January. Our friends over at Metal Hammer reckon that Sunday will be a classic rocking extravaganza with ZZ Top and Def Leppard. We ... more info

AngryApe — The band reveal which festivals they will be performing at more info

Thrash Hits — Annoyingly, Slipknot have self-confirmed for Download via their website. We say annoyingly because we were going to tell you this this morning and get some kudos for getting the story first but they shafted us by doing it themselves. We don’t mind ... more info

Roadrunner Records — Roadrunner Records own Monte Conner (the A&R guru who signed Sepultura, Slipknot, Machine Head, and many more...) is featured in Wall Street Journal opinion article on "Cookie Monster" vocals! "While the extreme branch of hea more info