Download XXI, followup to last year’s anniversary spectacular, aims high. With Pantera’s return and Sum 41’s graceful exit on the cards, there’s plenty of huge names to make this a weekend for the history books, but the real action’s on the smaller stages. Download always manages to cram in some of the freshest and most vibrant acts out there, so let’s see how they measure up. Words: Kate Allvey. Images: Penny Bennett and Download Festival Halocene Vocalist Addie Nicole Amick strides across the stage like an evil angel as we nervously put our plastic ponchos on for Halocene, second on the bill on the Opus stage. They’re gliding beyond their reputation as ‘Evanescence with trap beats’ to create songs far more powerful than you’d expect to hear at lunchti...