10 Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Bands That WILL Headline Download Festival

5. Mastodon

Do Mastodon have "the tunes"?

Yes.

Alright, next question.

Seriously though, whilst Mastodon represent one of the purest ways to command any mass populace into a miasma of headbanging and horn-throwing, they've arguably never had one "big song" you could hang a headline performance on.

With that in mind, the majority of Download attendees would always know more tracks than they think, with the sheer "Go.BATSH*T" feeling of something like Blood & Thunder winning over any naysayers with its opening riff alone.

If given the chance, Mastodon could assemble one hell of a Download setlist. Curl of the Burl, March of the Fire Ants, Steambreather, Black Tongue - not to mention the bouncy-as-hell, more singalong delights of Show Yourself or The Motherload.

Mastodon are a headliner in waiting. Simple as.