Download Festival have announced six new bands for their 2012 summer line-up. Killswitch Engage, Black Veil Brides, Shinedown, NOFX, Opeth and Nightwish have been added to the weekend's bill, which already sees performances confirmed from Metallica, Black Sabbath, The Prodigy and Soundgarden. For the full line-up of the June 8-10 event, see www....

Opeth, Shinedown and Nightwish have also joined the metal bash's bill

NIGHTWISH, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, BLACK VEIL BRIDES, NOFX and SHINEDOWN are the latest acts confirmed for the 10th edition of the Download Festival, scheduled for June 8th - 10th at Donington Park in the UK. New acts include: SLASH, MEGADETH, STEEL PANTHER, RISE AGAINST, BILLY TALENT, FEAR FACTORY, AS I LAY DYING, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, KYUSS ...

Finland's NIGHTWISH have been confirmed to play the Nova Rock Festival in Nickelsdorf, Austria on June 10th. Other bands on the bill include METALLICA (performing The Black Album in it's entirety), SLAYER, MASTODON, THE BASEBALLS, MACHINE HEAD, WITHIN TEMPTATION, DIMMU BORGIR, LAMB OF GOD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, OPETH, TRIVIUM, SCHA...

Leach replaces Howard Jones, who left the metal band in January