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2020

If you're dreams have ever involved joining My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World and/or Hands Like Houses on a festival lineup - you've gotta enter our Download Festival comp!

We're looking for two artists to pop onto the already chockas bill in Sydney (at Parramatta Park) and Melbourne (at the Melbourne Showgrounds). You'll also be playing alongside Deftones, Clowns, Stand Atlantic and a ton more.

So if you're keen - why not enter? It's pretty simple, all you've gotta do is make sure your song is up on Unearthed by February 16th. Oh, and be an artist from Sydney or Melbourne!

For all the fine print click that little 'view terms' button on the left hand side of this page and for festival deets, cop the Download official website.

2019

Download Festival has expanded this year to Melbourne AND Sydney...
So you know what the means right?

We're looking for two heavy hitters to join the festival. You'll get to play alongside, oh I don't know... SLAYER. Ever heard of 'em? Rise Against, Amity, Pennywise, Polaris, Converge... and that's just for starters.

Reckon you deserve to be on the lineup? Here's what you gotta do

• Be from Victoria or NSW 
• Have a song uploaded to triple j Unearthed by February 18th, 2019

• Have metal, rock or punk selected as your genre

Get the rest of the event details over at the Download website and we'll c u in the mosh.
 

2018

Wanna slay on stage at Australia's first ever Download Festival? How good! Get up there with big dogs like Korn, Limp Bizkit, Northlane and Trophy Eyes. 

There's one shiny spot on the lineup just waiting for you - just a couple of things to note:

You'll need to -

• Be Metal / Rock / Punk artist

• Be from Victoria

• Have your most br00tal breakdowns uploaded to Unearthed by Feb 18th, 2018.

Get the rest of the event details over at the Download website and we'll c u in the mosh.