This year's Download Festival saw HYDE and his band VAMPS take to the Pepsi Max stage. I'd never heard any of VAMPS' music, though I was aware of, and had heard previous material from HYDE when he was in the band L'Arc~en~Ciel, and also his more recent HALLOWEEN JUNKY ORCHESTRA project. I made my way to the Pepsi MAX tent quite early in anticipation of their upcoming set, as I'd heard good