Download Festival have donned their Santa hat to bring heavy music festive revellers an early Christmas gift, with seven acts added to the 2019 Melbourne and Sydney events.
Canadian rockers Sum 41 lead the new arrivals followed by legendary SoCal punks Pennywise (only Australian shows) and Aussie metalcore stars Polaris.
Other fresh attendees will be Sydney metal crew Thy Art Is Murder, Melbourne hard rock outfit Twelve Foot Ninja, English punk two-piece Slaves and Perth progressive five-piece Voyager.
They join heavyweight conquerors including Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer (on their final world tour), Anthrax, Judas Priest, Alice In Chains and a stack more big name acts.
Download Festival takes place on 9 March at Parramatta Park (Sydney) and 11 March at Flemington Racecourse (Melbourne). Tickets are on sale. Click here for more information.
2019 Download Festival 2nd Line-up
PennywisePolaris
Thy Art Is Murder
Twelve Foot Ninja
Slaves
Voyager
2019 Download Festival 1st Line-Up
Ozzy OsbourneSlayer
Judas Priest
Alice In Chains
Ghost
Rise Against
The Amity Affliction
Anthrax
Halestorm
Behemoth
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
I Prevail
Converge
Frenzal Rhomb
Luca Brasi
Code Orange
Andy Black
The Fever 333
War On Women
High Tension
Outright
Ruins
Alien Weaponry