Download 2022: the playlist

Heading to Download this weekend? Get yourself ready with our festival playlist featuring all of the biggest and best acts you'll be able to catch at Donington Park

The rock gods are smiling on Donington Park this weekend as Download festival prepares to unleash one of its biggest line-ups to date. Kiss, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro are the heavyweight headliners topping the main stage, but the rest of the weekend will be packed with some of the most exciting names in rock – from seasoned veterans like Korn, Deftones and Megadeth, to throne challengers like Wargasm, Cassyette and Kid Brunswick. Throw in pretty much every big name in between (Skindred, Frank Carter, Steel Panther, Funeral For A Friend, Mastodon…) and Download 2022 is already looking like a vintage year for the festival.

If you want something for the car on the way up to Donington Park, or just something to get yourself in the mood while you burn through the boring part of the week, check out our official Download playlist below – after watching Jimmy from Running Punks review every “sperm whale sized-riff”, whilst running…

This was my first listen to a lot of bands playing @DownloadFestivalTV this year!