21 Pilots defying gravity. Can you do this? We can't.Avenged Sevenfold: bringing the heat to Download's main stageArcane Roots' Andrew Groves gets up close and personal with our snapper Giles...Baby Godzilla on a bin. Not IN the bin. On a bin.Beau Bokan getting in the thick of it with the Blessthefall crowdOli Sykes at Download 2014. LOOK AT THAT SMILE!Bury Tomorrow having a run around mid-set. Crossfaith pulling all sorts of shapes. We should really run a Photoshop comp for this one...It's not a festival unless Don Broco turn up with the guns, is it?Emmure's Frankie Palmeri gives us a scowl. Pete Wentz headbutting an invisible wall.Iceman Thesis. This Is Menace. You do the maths. How could we leave this out? Linkin Park doing 'Hybrid Theory' in full, complete with hair from the year 2000.Welcome back, Suicide Silence. All of these sweaty, rowdy people are here to tell you they love you.Best crowdsurfer. Total dude. The Dillinger Escape Plan: "Where's the stage again?"Thy Art Is Murder playing a bit of footie. TOPICAL!Trivium's Matt Heafy pulls better metal faces than you. To be fair, he's had some practice. VAMPS (JPN) showed Download their dance moves.FIRE AND (Within) TEMPTATION. That's your lot. Nice one, Download. Belter of a weekend. See you next year.
The very best visual highlights from Download Festival 2014, featuring Bring Me The Horizon, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Trivium, Suicide Silence and many more.
All shots by the irreplaceable Carla Mundy and Giles Smith.