Bloodstock have announced that Lamb of God, Dark Funeral and Amorphis will be joining the likes of King Diamond and Anthrax at next year’s festival.
Early bird tickets are on sale now – so head over to bloodstock.uk.com to save yourself some money.
It’s just a shame that August feels so far away at the moment!
The sun is shining today and summer feels that little bit closer…. and, for me, summer means Bloodstock. So, I’m currently very excited because Bloodstock have given us an absolute corker of an announcement. In fact, this announcement is so good that the only (un)intelligible noise that I was able to make after reading it was a high-pitched and squeaky “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”. I’ll have you know it was a very METAL squeak too..
Eight (yes, EIGHT!!!) fantastic bands have been announced today, with LOCK UP and CHTHONIC having been confirmed for Ronnie James Dio Stage and ALCEST, WINTERFYLLETH, DEMONIC RESURRECTION, HEADCHARGER, EASTERN FRONT and ANCIENT ASCENDANT all confirmed for Sophie Lancaster Stage!
This is what I love about Bloodstock. While other festivals are fighting over the biggest names they can get (some of whom probably should call it a day), Bloodstock truly supports the future of metal. Bloodstock, I salute you!
I believe I speak for everyone when I say “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” again.
Hot on the heels of his Welcome 2 My Nightmare tour, notorious shock rocker ALICE COOPER comes to CATTON HALL for his only UK festival appearance of 2012.
Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand for the last five decades, the godfather of theatrical rock needs no introduction, and needless to say, organisers are delighted to have such a prolific and legendary artist join the BLOODSTOCK line up. Festival booker Vicky Gregory comments:
“As Bloodstock organisers but more importantly Huge fans of Alice Cooper, we are thrilled to have such an iconic artist close proceedings on the Sunday night! We have been after Alice for a number of years and are extremely excited to see him grace the Ronnie James Dio stage and guarantee this will be a performance not to be missed”
An ALICE COOPER concert is always a memorable event, and there are few artists out there capable of putting on such a thrillingly entertaining show. BLOODSTOCK attendees are in for quite a treat if the recent shows are anything to go by. From the moment he takes to the stage as a giant spider your senses are assaulted with fireworks, mock executions, simulated sex (with the dead of course), snakes, monsters and zombies, as ALICE delivers hit after hit from his decades long career.
With a back catalogue that includes timeless classic such as “Schools’s Out”, “No More Mr Nice Guy”, “Welcome To My Nightmare”, “Hey Stoopid”, “Feed My Frankenstein” and recent single “I’ll Bite Your Face Off”, ALICE’s set at BLOODSTOCK will be impossible to not enjoy, and will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of the festival’s history for many years to come.
With a world class headliner already in place and two more to be announced – as well as over 100 bands from across the world of hard rock and metal – there is no festival offering better value, with four day weekend camping tickets available at just £90 if booked by 15th December.
Check out the BOA 2012 trailer below:
Bloodstock have given us all a Halloween treat by announcing four bands for next year’s festival. The following message was posted on Bloodstock’s official Facebook page:
DIMMU BORGIR confirmed as Special Guests !! HATEBREED and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Confirmed for Ronnie James Dio Stage !! ANAAL NATHRAKH to headline Sophie Lancaster stage !!! Happy Halloween !!
Those bands join Watain, Paradise Lost, Anvil and Orange Goblin.
I’m already excited… imagine what I’m going to be like by August next year…
Bloodstock is set to take place in Derbyshire next month and so the organisers have now announced the day splits and made day tickets available to those of you who don’t want to go for the whole weekend.
Not only will there be bands and entertainment from Friday to Sunday, but the party will be starting on Thursday evening with music from Achren, Revoker and Xerath and comedy from Steve Hughes and Jason Rouse. There will also be the opportunity for you to show off your vocal skills with Metal Karaoke!
Weekend tickets are priced at £105 (that works out at less that £27 per day 
– bargain!) and day tickets are £50. Click here to buy your tickets from the official Bloodstock website.
The line up/day splits so far is as follows:
Thursday 11th August
SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE
XERATH
REVOKER
ACHREN
JASON ROUSE
STEVE HUGHES
one more act TBC
Friday 12th August
RONNIE JAMES DIO Stage
WASP
DEVIN TOWNSEND
KREATOR
CORONER
TRIPTYKON
POISONBLACK
FORBIDDEN
WOLF
THE DEFILED
SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE
LAWNMOWER DETH
OCTOBER FILE
BYFROST
ARTHEMIS
ROMEO MUST DIE
CEREBRAL BORE
IMICUS
‘HAMMER HORROR’ FANCY DRESS
NEW BLOOD STAGE
UNKNOWN FEAR
SHREDERTRON
INNER FIRE
ENTRO-P
PRIMITAI
RANNOCH
SANTURNIAN
THE FURIOUS HORDE
DECIMATION
CRYOSTORM
TRAINING ICARUS
BREZNO
Saturday 13th August
RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE
IMMORTAL
RHAPSODY OF FIRE
THERION
WINTERSUN
IHSAHN
FINNTROLL
TAROT
GRAVEDIGGER
SKELETONWITCH
SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE
ANGELWITCH
THE ROTTED
DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE
HAMMER OF THE GODS
DEF CON ONE
BLAKE
DRIPBACK
KEITH PLATT
STEVE HILL
NEWBLOOD STAGE
BLUD VERA
ZOMBIE MILITIA
HAERKEN
& more TBC
JAGERMEISTER STAGE
AVENGE THEE & NAIME
FANTASIST
GUARDIANS OF ANDROMEDA
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE
Sunday 14th August
RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE
MOTORHEAD
MORBID ANGEL
AT THE GATES
EXODUS
HAMMERFALL
NAPALM DEATH
PRIMORDIAL
HELL
1349
SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE
CRIMINAL
AMARANTHE
POWER QUEST
SURVIVORS ZERO
HELLISH OUTCAST
NEMHAIN
STEVE HUGHES
JASON ROUSE
NEWBLOOD STAGE
CANDID INIQUITY
TWILIGHT EMBRACE
SANGUINE
NORTHERN OAK
TALANAS
SACRED ILLUSION
And More TBC
JAGERMEISTER STAGE
AMARANTHE
OPERATION ERROR
INFERNO
PIG IRON
LAST IN LINE
plus more still to be announced
Location: CATTON HALL, WALTON ON TRENT, DERBYSHIRE
now playing!
