Only six weeks to go, and the good folks of Bloodstock Festival are still stacking up the card to make this one of the best weekends ever.
Those who are after day tickets will be happy to hear that a limited number will be released at 9am this Friday (29th June). Adult day tickets are £65, where as child day tickets are £20. Four-day ‘Weekend with Camping’ tickets are still available. Adults’ are £145 (plus booking fee) and children’s are £35 (plus booking fee). They will be available at http://bloodstock.seetickets.com/
Several more bands have been added to the bill including blackened death metal from Mumbai, Demonic Resurrection, on the Sunday Sophie stage line-up. Demonic Resurrection are replacing Bio Cancer who sadly had to cancel…
…Joining them are Metal To The Masses finalists, including Cardiff winners – Democratus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGShbmgGBW0
…plus Somerset champs Kinasis…
…Nottingham winners Underdark…
…also getting a guest spot are Plymouth ‘Southern Fried’ Metal N Rollers King Bison…
That’s not all: Newcastle winners Kilonova hit the New Blood stage on Saturday…
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…Merseyside hard rockers Equinox…
…and Wrexam winners, ‘goth folk n’ roll’ band Cadence Noir.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BXz9VbbOtE
Sunday’s New Blood stage line-up adds Devon/ Cornwall champs Ethyfield – whose guitarist was mentored by the legendary Tommy Iommi…
… Doom metal from Manchester in the shape of Barbarian Hermit…
…as well as Servers, who were described by Metal Hammer as “Mastodon meets Queen’s intelligent riffs”…
…joining them are masked Polish winners Psychotype (RAMzine’s ones to watch)…
… Norway victors Skybrudd…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdWswEslfOs
… and finally Slovenian black n’ rollers SRD, via the Metal Days band swap…
If that wasn’t enough, the post-band entertainment for Bloodstock 2018 has also been announced. This will take place after the bands have finished on the Sophie Lancaster stage. If sleeping isn’t your thing, the tent will be turned in to ‘The Lock In’. This is a a fully immersive club night -presented by Old Blue Last Beer and presented by comedian Andrew O’Neill.
Each night features a different DJ, celebrating a different decade in metal: On Thursday we get the legend that is Krusher spinning tracks from the 1970s, Friday is ’80s night with Alexander Milas, Saturday is the ’90s with Dom Lawson, and Sunday finishes with Metal Hammer’s Merlin Alderslade with the best of the ’00s.
Plus you can expect movies, world record attempts, games, prizes, a giant can sculpture(!) and even more.
Before we even get there, Bloodstock is holding club nights across the UK in July:
Sat 7th July – Stoke Sugarmill (Devil’s Night)
Sat 7th July – Coventry The Phoenix
Fri 13th July – Portsmouth Edge of the Wedge
Fri 13th July – London Electric Ballroom (Project Mayhem)
Fri 20th July – Leicester Firebug
Fri 27th July – London Elektrowerkz (Voodoo Summer Ball Rodeo)
Sat 28th July – Dublin Fibber Magees
Sat 28th July – Birmingham Eddie’s Rock Club
Sat 28th July – Sheffield Corporation
Want to meet like-minded metalheads who’re going to BLOODSTOCK? Got tips to share, want a camping buddy, or just to chat about bands? Alllllllrighty then! Maybe you want to ask if you’re the only one taking a Hawaiian shirt for Cannibal Corpse’s set (https://youtu.be/8dM_TN7I5m8)
Friday night headliners JUDAS PRIEST, Saturday headliners GOJIRA and Sunday’s bill toppers NIGHTWISH announced, as well as EMPEROR, AT THE GATES, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEVILDRIVER, WATAIN, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, WEDNESDAY 13, JASTA & FRIENDS, FEED THE RHINO, FOZZY, COMBICHRIST, BLOODBATH, ALESTORM, VENOM INC., MR BIG, ORPHANED LAND, KAMELOT, POWER TRIP, CONJURER, DORO, ORDEN OGAN, SEPTICFLESH, EXHORDER, PALLBEARER, MEMORIAM and many more, we’re counting down the final days ‘til BLOODSTOCK 2018.
Check back for previews and interviews leading to Bloodstock Festival weekend 2018!
