You and your band could find yourselves playing at the Download Festival in front of an audience of thousands, thanks to a competition searching for one lucky unsigned band worth its weight in rock!

Snickers Unsigned is offering one unknown rock band the chance to turn fantasy into reality by performing at the UK's premier rock fest, alongside the likes of System Of A Down and Black Sabbath.

To enter the comp, bands simply have to cut a CD and send it in to be judged by some of the hardest heads in the business, including Kerrang! bosses and Download promoters.

Kerrang! editor Ashley Bird said: 'Download really is the mecca for rock fans. We are saying that in 115 days you could come from nowhere to be playing there - does it get any better than that? You will also have expert advice from well-respected people in the music industry and get to record your own material. Simply amazing.'

Entries will be stripped down to a short list of ten, before music fans pick the best three to play a no-holds-barred live play-off at a central London venue. The celebrity judging panel will then select one band from the three who will go on to play on the Snickers Stage at Download.

The lucky winners will also win free Gibson gear, get to record and release a single, and get drenched in the celebrity high-life, with appearances on TV and radio.

Thousands of bands dream of a debut at the Download Festival, the spiritual home of rock. To find out how to enter the Snickers Unsigned competition, pick up a copy of Kerrang! or go to www.snickersunsigned.co.uk. The closing date for entries is March 29th 2005.