BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL: List of bands for 2017 edition revealed
May 27, 2017
German thrash legends KREATOR shred their way on to BLOODSTOCK's main stage this Summer in Saturday's special guest spot! Vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza declares, "We are happy to finally return to BLOODSTOCK! KREATOR will give you the full treatment this time. WE SHALL KILL." The band released their fourteenth studio album, 'Gods of Violence' in January via Nuclear Blast.
Check out the video for the title track!
Set up to speed on all things KREATOR over at:
https://www.facebook.com/KreatorOfficial/
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Flint firebrands KING 810 land a Ronnie James Dio main stage slot on Saturday in a UK festival exclusive, so will be your only chance to catch the band on these shores this summer! Their genre-busting album, 'La Petite Mort (Or A Conversation With God)' was hugely lauded upon release last year, with leading US outlet, Metal Injection pronouncing it "2016's best example of what an album should be".
Check out their visceral video for 'Alpha & Omega':
This happened in Flint this week!
More info to KING810:
https://www.facebook.com/KING810FLINT/
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Black metal marauders INQUISITION will headline the Sophie Lancaster stage on Friday. The duo of Dagon and Incubus released their seventh album, 'Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith' via Season Of Mist last August. Listen to 'Wings Of Anu' and prepare for a ferocious finish to Friday night.
More info on INQUISITION:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/inquisition.official/
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KING PARROT fly in from their Aussie homeland for a Sophie stage slot. The self-dubbed "grindin', thrashin', punk wrecking machine" are on the road in support of their Phil Anselmo-produced disc, 'Dead Set'. Lend your ears hereor watch their 2012 video for 'Shit On The Liver' - it was a finalist in the Australian Music Video Awards and has racked up nearly half a million YouTube views!
Learn more Parrot at:
www.facebook.com/kingparrotband/
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BLOODSTOCK is delighted to now reveal that nefarious Nuclear Blast group DEVILMENT will join the bill at Catton Park this Summer. Featuring the unmistakable vocals of Dani Filth, catch the band on the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Friday.
DEVILMENT declare:
"Obviously the band are really looking forward to playing the festival, and as a English band it will definitely be an honour to play the main stage on what is tantamount to the best British festival out there. Hopefully festival goers will come and check DEVILMENT out, we intend on putting on quite a raucous heavy metal spectacle!"
If you're not a loyal disciple already, get to grips with their most recent album, 'Devilment II: The Mephisto Waltzes', via youtube and watch the video for 'Hitchcock Blonde':
More info on DEVILMENT:
https://www.facebook.com/devil mentcorps/
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BLOODSTOCK is also delighted to welcome Manchester bruisers BROKEN TEETH, as Sunday's Ronnie James Dio main stage opener. Signed to Nuclear Blast last year, the hardcore youngbloods are set to wake everyone up and pummel your hangover into submission!
Check out 'Show No Mercy' from their debut full-length 'At Peace Amongst Chaos':
More info on Broken Teeth:
https://www.facebook.com/brokenteethmanchesterhardcore/
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Thursday's headliner over on the Sophie Lancaster stage will be Helsinki's own BATTLE BEAST! With ferocious riffs galore, BATTLE BEAST are both heavy AND metal, perfect for opening night party shenanigans!
Bassist Eero comments:
"We're psyched to be taking on BLOODSTOCK for the first time. We had a great time playing in the UK this spring, and it's really neat to be returning there so soon. Looking forward to seeing all our friends again soon!"
Check out the video for 'Bringer Of Pain', the title track from their most recent album:
More info on Battlebeast:
https://www.facebook.com/battlebeastofficial/
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BLOODSTOCK is also proud to announce the first bands landing a slot on the Hobgoblin New Blood stage, hand picked from CD and online applications. Hailing from Beirut, Lebanon are BLAAKYUM. The band's blend of thrash & groove metal is infused with crushing Middle Eastern percussion and oriental guitars.
Check out 'Baal Adon' live:
More info on BLAAKYUM:
https://www.facebook.com/blaakyum
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British power-proggers DAKESIS also land a slot. The band's sound ranges from powerful metal anthems to expansive, progressive instrumental and orchestral soundscapes.
Check out 'The Great Insurrection' here:
More info on DAKESIS:
https://www.facebook.com/dakesis
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Norway's NORDJEVEL will bring some black metal to the New Blood bill. Featuring ex-Ragnarok and Marduk members in their ranks, their pedigree is second to none.
Check out their video for 'Djevelen I Nord' here:
More info on NORDJEVEL:
https://www.facebook.com/nordjeveloff icial
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BLOODSTOCK can also announce the first batch of additions from the 'Metal 2 The Masses' finals!
Friday welcomes Coventry winners DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, who combine hardcore vocals with power melodies.
More info onDEVIL'S PLAYGROUND:
https://www.facebook.com/devil.playground
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Modern metalheads MERITHIAN, who took top prize in the Swindon heat, are also featured.
Check out their lyric video for 'Grow':
More info on MERITHIAN:
https://www.facebook.com/MerithianOfficial
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Sunday sees Slovenian doomsters MIST roll in, as part of the band exchange with MetalDays. Originally all-female, the group builds on the legacy of acts like Black Sabbath, Candlemass, & Pentagram - hear it in 'Phobia':
More info on MIST:
www.facebook.com/mist.doom
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CD application conquerors HEATHEN DEITY join Sunday from the Midlands. Get into their esoteric lore and absolute blackness via 'Gut The Church':
More info on HEATHEN DEITY:
https://www.facebook.com/heat hendeityofficial
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Also brutalizing Friday are Brighton's death metal victors ENSLAVEMENT, influenced by classics like Suffocation, Immolation, & Devourment.
More info on ENSLAVEMENT:
https://www.facebook.com/Ensl avementUK
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British groove metal animals, TORQUED also win a slot. They claim they're here to 'rip faces and blow gauges'. Decide for yourself by checking out their set at in August!
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Sheffield champions BA'AL add their blackened doom plus Dublin's top dogs ZHORA bring some progressive sludge a long way from Tipperary.
Landing slots on the Sophie Lancaster stage are Leeds metal trioBLIND HAZE, Italian power/classic metal outfit,ARTHEMIS, sludgy groove beastsGODS, symphonic goth outfitSEASON'S END, Bristol progressive rockersENDEAVOURand classic rock n' rollers,BLIND RIVER.We're also thrilled to welcome back Last.fm as sponsors of the Sophie Lancaster stage for 2017. Check out their Spotify playlist of bands on the Sophie stage and get excited for August!
Maryland, USA rockers LIONIZE bring the groove & funk to the party, and have been hard at work on their next record for new label The End (out this Summer), so expect a few new tunes!
Are you familiar with BLACK MOTH yet? If not, you soon will be! Hailing from Leeds, Kerrang! describes them, "like Electric Wizard meets Band Of Skulls, in a dungeon."
Finnish metal outfit WOLFHEART swoop in to showcase their new album 'Tyhjyys', released in March via Spinefarm.
And if black metal blended with doom and punk catches your interest, don't miss Nuclear Blast's brutal German duo MANTAR.
Last but not least, melodic death metallers SHROUDED also join Sunday's bill, having clinched first place in Belfast's final.
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Check out BLOODSTOCK's latest video trailer here and get excited for August!
Meanwhile, back at BOA HQ, we received some awesome news about 'The Beast of Bloodstock', our very own ale brewed by The Boot Beer microbrewery in Repton, Derbyshire. It scooped the Gold Award in the CAMRA East Midlands Champion Beer of Britain 'Strong Ale' category! 'The Beast!' at 6.66% alcohol is a hefty beast but has a luscious, dark chocolate and caramel character. Now you want one, huh?!
If you like a strong ale, check it out and follow The Boot Beer's Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/TheBootBeer
If you fancy coming to BLOODSTOCK by coach, lock in your spot now to ensure you're not disappointed! BIG GREEN COACH have 21 departure cities for coaches directly to BLOODSTOCK in 2017; Birkenhead, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Glasgow, Gloucester, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Newport, Oxford, Preston, Sheffield, Southampton, Sunderland, Swansea, and Worcester. BIG GREEN COACH will bring you, all your camping gear, & beer supplies and drop you hassle free right inside the festival grounds.
Check out the details and secure your seat for only a tenner (with the rest payable in July) over at:
https://www.biggreencoach.co. uk/events/bloodstock-festival- tickets-coach-travel
BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 10th-13th August 2017. Standard weekend camping tix are on sale at £139 (+ booking fee), plus increasingly limited VIP packages/upgrades and car parking tickets (at a cheaper price than 'on the day' purchase) from here. Children's weekend tickets are also available, priced £35 (+ booking fee) and under 4's go free!
BLOODSTOCK's ever tenacious search for the best breaking bands culminates soon with the kick off of the 'Metal 2 The Masses' finals on 22nd April. The festival's incentive to give up-and-coming acts a break by offering slots on the bill at Catton Park has helped give many acts a career launchpad and the finals see the M2TM team narrowing it down and picking their winners for 2017. This year, M2TM ran in 29 UK regions, plus events in Ireland and Norway to find bands for the New Blood Stage. Attendees at the finals can also win weekend festival tickets or prizes from our sponsors, Kraken rum and Hobgoblin ale. The lucky bands winning a slot on the New Blood stage will also be in with a chance of landing extra goodies from our friends at Gibson Guitars, Studiomaster & Carlsbro or recording time with Russ Russell at his Parlour Studios in Northampton.
Planning your travel to BLOODSTOCK yet? Need a lift or driving there and want cash for your empty seats? BLOODSTOCK have teamed up with GOCARSHARE again so you can rock out and reduce your carbon footprint at the same time. Register where you're travelling to/from, or your route, and then wait for drivers/passengers to get in touch! GOCARSHARE is integrated with Facebook, so you can check out your possible travel buddies and they encourage travellers to post feedback. Plus you might even win a pair of tickets for next year! For full details, head over to https://gocarshare.com/festival /bloodstock. Prefer to come by coach? BIG GREEN COACH have 21 departure cities directly to BLOODSTOCK in 2017, from all over the UK. They'll bring you, all your camping gear and beer supplies, and drop you hassle free right inside the festival grounds.
Visit https://www.biggreencoach.co.uk/events/bloodstock-festival-tickets-coach-travel
After last year's huge success, the 100%CA strongmen competition returns to the arena even bigger and better, and 2017 adds the women getting involved too! Friday sees the ladies battling it out for England's Strongest Woman, boasting an impressive line up of 8 Arnold's and 5 World's competitors as well as Jenny Todd (the reigning middleweight Arnold's champion) and Donna Moore (the current open weight Arnold's champion and World's Strongest Woman)! Sponsored by XPLOSIVEAPE, there's a £1200 prize up for grabs, a first for the women's sport. Saturday brings the return of Europe's Strongest Man u90kg. Will reigning champ Rob Ward keep his hands on the title or will Tom Hibbert, Calum Evans, or Davy Wallace knock him off his throne? Sunday's finale offers a tiered prize pot of £2500 for the top 5 in XPLOSIVEAPE's Strongest Man. See some of the UK's best athletes, including Graham Hick (current British log press holder, World's Strongest Man competitor, and third at Britain's), fast-rising demon Mark Steele, and current England's Strongest Man, Paul Smith. Come along, cheer, and snap a photo with the strongest men and women in the country!
If that leaves you in need of refreshment, head over to KRAKEN's Freaky Tiki black spiced rum bar, where you can indulge in dastardly concoctions amongst black palm trees, tiki torches, and shrunken heads. Adorn yourself with a black lei and keep an eye out for the KRAKEN Hunters patrolling the arena. Look for the totem pole, you won't be able to miss it.
BLOODSTOCK's also pleased to announce the return of the very popular JAGERMEISTER Stage, showcasing some of the hottest up'n'comers in heavy music. Bands performing will be revealed in the coming weeks!
If bourbon revs your engine, you'll be thrilled to hear that BULLEIT are cruising in with their classic Studebaker truck bar, offering their infamous frontier whiskey, along with a host of other BULLEIT goodies! They might have a hair-raisin' surprise up their sleeve too!
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To summarize, announced for 2017 are our three headliners AMON AMARTH, GHOST, and MEGADETH, plus ARCH ENEMY, KREATOR, BLIND GUARDIAN, HATEBREED, TESTAMENT, OBITUARY, KING 810, BRUJERIA, WHITECHAPEL, SKINDRED, POSSESSED, ANNIHILATOR, MUNICIPAL WASTE, HELL, DECAPITATED, SOILWORK, CHELSEA GRIN, MACABRE, INQUISITION, KING PARROT, SCARAB, WINTERSUN, ONI, DENDERA, KROH, ABHORRENT DECIMATION, COURTESANS, WRETCHED SOUL, BOSSK, and WINTERFYLLETH.
Stay tuned to BLOODSTOCK's social media at:
https://www.facebook.com/bloodstock
https://twitter.com/bloodstockfest
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