With the weather slowly warming up, we're counting down the days toBLOODSTOCK. There's a veritable feast of new bands to get your ears around before August - some you may know, some you may not (yet), but one thing is for sure - they're all determined to help make this year'sBLOODSTOCKthe absolute best fun you've had in over a year.
Landing the Sunday night Sophie stage headline slot are festival favourites,EVIL SCARECROW. With some of our overseas bands having to cancel, many of our UK friends are heroically saving the day. We askedSCARECROWto come join the fun and they said,"So, we haven't played as a band for a year. Not even a practice! We closed and abandoned our rehearsal room. Our van is gathering moss on a driveway. We have 2 new members who we have never played with. One of them was our main stagehand and we have not replaced that position. Basically,EVIL SCARECROWare, in reality, unconscious in stasis, floating through the void of space until we clear the disease-ridden Van Allen radiation belt. Along came the good shipBLOODSTOCK, who nudged us awake to see if we will come and play with them. "No", we mumble, "No band yet. More sleep". They return with a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich. "It's headlining the Sophie Stage" they whisper. Shit. So, we've sprung back into life! We are dusting off our props and may even have a band practice or two. So, if you want to see the most shambolic, unpracticed, unpreparedEVIL SCARECROWshow ever, then join us! We can't promise our usual super-polished -ahem- performance. But we promise to bring the biggest, messiest, stupidest party yet." We believe them and we're all about it! Remind yourself of their skills via their one-take video for'Hurricanado'and get ready to close out the festival with a Scarecrow party!
With the Metal 2 The Masses events happening soon, as well as the winners from that initiative, the New Blood bill is rounded out with a number of bands selected from online applications and we're happy to give these additional bands the opportunity to showcase their wares atBLOODSTOCK. We had over 600 applications and these lucky acts get a slot on the New Blood stage. Grabbing a Friday slot are Gloucester metal squadBROKEN JAWand Liverpool death metallersCOLPOCLEISIS. Saturday's bill will feature Brummie rockersDEVILFIRE, Irish sludgemeistersGREY STAGand purveyors of 'true metal',HANOWAR(yes, they are what you think they are)! Sunday's bill features a swathe of fresh blood, including mask-wearing, theatrical noiseniksTHE INJESTER, classic rockersSOUTH OF SALEM, stoner/doom squadSON OF BOAR, Midlands thrashersWIRED,THIS IS ENDLESS(featuring members of Onslaught/Ted Maul), power metallersFELLOWSHIPandSORCERESS OF SIN, melodic death metal outfitFROZEN IN SHADOWS, southwest metal 5-pieceHYBRIDIZE, psychological death metallersSTRANGLE WIRE, Irish modern metal outfitWORDS THAT BURN, black metal sonic terroristsDEITUS, andGHOSTS OF ATLANTIS(featuring members of Devilment).
The remaining New Blood bands will be announced after the M2TM events in July, so stay tuned for more additions then.
If you've yet to make your travel plans,BIG GREEN COACHare back as our Official Coach Partner.There's 33 pick-up points around the country, you can choose to arrive Wednesday or Thursday and they'll get you home on Monday. In fact, you can mosh til you drop and sleep all the way back. Get dropped right inside the festival gates, no one gets you closer!Deposit scheme available and new Flexi Option means your seat is 100% protected. Pick up points include ABERDEEN, BIRKENHEAD, BRADFORD, BOURNEMOUTH, BRISTOL, CAMBRIDGE, CARDIFF, CARLISLE, CHESTER, DUNDEE, EDINBURGH, EXETER, GLASGOW, GLOUCESTER, LANCASTER, LEEDS, LIVERPOOL, LONDON (Victoria Coach Station), MANCHESTER, MIDDLESBROUGH, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NEWPORT, NORWICH, OXFORD, PERTH, PLYMOUTH, PRESTON, SHEFFIELD, SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDERLAND, SWANSEA, TAUNTON and WORCESTER. Check out all info athttps://www.biggreencoach.co.uk/events/bloodstock-festival-tickets-coach-travel.
BLOODSTOCK's 2021 main stage headliners areDEVIN TOWNSEND(Friday),KREATOR(Saturday), andJUDAS PRIEST(Sunday).The festival will also feature sets fromSKINDRED, PARADISE LOST,DIMMU BORGIR,BURY TOMORROW, DIAMOND HEAD, THERAPY?, VENOM PRISON, NAPALM DEATH, JINJER, VIO-LENCE, SAXON, THE WILDHEARTS, GLORYHAMMER, DARK TRANQUILLITY, BLEED FROM WITHIN, PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS, MEMORIAM, RAMAGE INC., GREEN LUNG, CONJURER, ORANGE GOBLIN, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, RAGING SPEEDHORN, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, SYLOSIS, WINTERFYLLETH, HACKTIVIST, THE CRAWLING, RAISED BY OWLS, ACID REIGN, SVALBARD,SOEN, BLASPHEMER, PIST, SHARKS IN YOUR MOUTH, SEIDRBLOT, NOCTEM, MOTHER VULTURE, BLOODSHOT DAWN,&EVILEand many more.Many more bands performing across the long weekend are still to be announced.
Standard weekend tickets for the extended, now 5-day event in 2021 remain under a temporary price freeze at £145 (+ booking fees). In addition, child tickets and parking tickets for 2021's event are available now at theticket store, as well as a limited number of day tickets. VIP and campervan tickets for 2021 are sold out.
Grab yourBLOODSTOCKmerchhere, including lockdown t-shirts, face masks, & hoodies.
BLOODSTOCK2021 takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 11th-15th August 2021. For more info, click tohttps://www.bloodstock.uk.com.
