The clock's ticking! There are just 133 days 'til Bloodstock, the best heavy metal party weekender of the year and Bloodstock HQ has a bumper batch of Sophie Lancaster Stage bands to announce to cheer you into April.
Plus, if you didn't win festival tickets in the very popular Bloodstock website's Easter Egg hunt, fear not, you could win a pair at one of the upcoming Bloodstock raucous club nights - the first batch of party nights detailed below!
Joining the Sophie stage on Sunday are the new, but old school death metal outfit MEMORIAM. Terrorizer magazine got the lowdown on this new outfit, featuring ex-Bolt Thrower and ex-Benediction members, which you can read at: https://www.terrorizer.com/news/karl-willetts-speaks-to-terrorizer-about-memoriam/. Still curious? Visit: www.facebook.com/Memoriam2016. London's symphonic metal six-piece, PYTHIA are looking forward to rocking your face off on Sunday. Perhaps you caught them in London in Feb, playing with BLOODSTOCK alumni, Ensiferum? Check them out at www.facebook.com/PythiaBand. THIS IS TURIN will be showcasing their brand of British tech metal on Saturday at BLOODSTOCK this Summer! The band have been busy working on their forthcoming release 'Thrones' - learn more at www.facebook.com/thisisturin. Inspired by Game Of!? We're not sure. Also partaking in Saturday's Sophie Lancaster stage shenanigans are ONE MACHINE, the thrashtastic brainchild of Steve Smyth (Nevermore, Testament, Forbidden). Soon to hit the road with Overkill, stay up to date via www.facebook.com/OneMachineOfficial. Sunday's final addition are Londoners, DERANGE. Tipped by Metal Hammer (https://teamrock.com/feature/2015-10-13/hot-new-band-derange), watch their video for 'Echo' at https://youtu.be/QoQYAzu5LM4. For more, head to: www.facebook.com/DerangeUK.
Have you watched the brand new Bloodstock2016 trailer yet? Turn up your volume and click to https://youtu.be/T7gpYjVIH7o. Popcorn not included.
The first batch of 2016's Bloodstockclub nights are also ready to go! That's thirty-three pre-festival parties already planned!! More will be added for June, July and early August, so don't despair if your nearest rock club isn't listed yet. In the meantime, get along to one/some/all of these, check out the headbangin' tracks being kranked out from Bloodstock bands old and new, and be in with the chance of winning weekend tickets and Bloodstock-related giveaways. Check with your local club for further details and expect the unexpected! Events for April and May stack up as follows:
Bloodstock 2016 Club Tour Dates:
Fri 1st April ' Stoke on Trent ' Bunker 13
Fri 1st April ' Woking ' Schism
Sat 2nd April ' Norwich ' The Waterfront
Fri 15th April ' Ipswich ' The Cock and Pye
Sat 16th April ' Coventry ' The Phoenix
Sat 16th April ' Liverpool ' Krazyhouse
Mon 18th April ' Reading ' Sakura
Fri 22nd April ' Middlesbrough ' SUMO
Fri 22nd April ' Camberley ' Agincourt
Sat 23rd April ' Birmingham ' The Asylum
Thu 28th April ' Exeter ' Walkabout
Fri 29th April ' Plymouth ' Envy
Sat 30th April ' Manchester ' Satan's Hollow
Sat 30th April ' Birmingham ' Eddie's Rock Club
Sat 30th April ' Sheffield ' Corporation
Fri 6th May ' Woking Schism
Fri 6th May ' Leicester ' Firebug
Fri 6th May ' Portsmouth ' Edge of the Wedge
Sat 7th May ' Stoke on Trent ' Bunker 13
Sat 7th May ' Brighton ' Envy
Sat 7th May ' Norwich ' The Waterfront
Sat 14th May ' Camberley ' Agincourt
Sat 14th May ' Bristol ' Basement 45
Mon 16th May ' Reading ' Sakura
Fri 20th May ' Bournemouth ' Sound Circus
Fri 20th May ' Glasgow ' The Cathouse
Fri 20th May ' Ipswich ' The Cock and Pye
Sat 21st May ' Coventry ' The Phoenix
Fri 27th May ' Mansfield ' The Intake
Fri 27th May ' Nottingham ' The Landing (Nottingham Trent SU)
Sat 28th May ' Birmingham ' Eddie's Rock Club
Sat 28th May ' Cardiff ' Fuel
Sat 28th May ' Sheffield ' Corporation
*clubs can be subject to change, so always check locally*
Already announced for 2016 are our three headliners, TWISTED SISTER (in their last ever UK show), MASTODON and SLAYER, plus special guests BEHEMOTH, GOJIRA and ANTHRAX. Also on the bill are FEAR FACTORY, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, SYMPHONY X, SATYRICON, PARADISE LOST, DRAGONFORCE, METAL ALLEGIANCE, STUCK MOJO, ROTTING CHRIST, MISERY LOVES CO, GHOST BATH, VENOM, UNEARTH, DIAMOND HEAD, GOATWHORE, ACID REIGN and many more. Additional bands are still to be announced.
Weekend tickets with camping, plus various VIP packages are available now, priced from £139 (+ booking fee) at https://bloodstock.seetickets.com/event/bloodstock-2016/catton-park/902838.
