BLOODSTOCK HQ is readying to send Team M2TM out on the road for the finals,
but in the meantime, there’s a few more band additions to the August bill!
Joining Friday’s main stage bill are newly re-grouped British death metal
overlords, AKERCOCKE. The band are working on new music and BLOODSTOCK
will be their very first gig since their reformation. Frontman Jason
Mendonca tells us: “AKERCOCKE have returned after 5 years absence from the
live circuit. We are reinvigorated by the return of our original guitarist
Paul Scanlan and the ranks are completed by Dam front man Nathanael
Underwood on bass guitar. Following the great experience the band enjoyed
in 2008, we are proud to return to the BLOODSTOCK main stage for a second
time. Expect fan favourites from the past and killer new tunes from the
present. See you down the front."
Stoner/blues rock five-piece, DESERT STORM join Sunday’s Sophie stage
bill. Check out their video for ‘Signals From Beyond’ –
https://youtu.be/U2G-Tqhswsw. The track can be snapped up on various
coloured vinyl as a split 7” (with Suns of Thunder) on 29th April from
http://www.h42records.8merch.com/presale.
Also landing a Sunday Sophie slot are thrash metal animals, DIVINE CHAOS.
Check out their video for ‘Fields of the Fallen’ –
https://youtu.be/wJn8qWmDt8A – and pre-order their debut album, ‘A New Dawn
In The Age Of War’ over at their webstore for a 29th May release –
http://www.divinechaosmetal.com/#!reviews/c9qb.
Meanwhile, back at BLOODSTOCK HQ, the first acts for the New Blood stage
have been chosen! After throwing their hat in the ring via CD
applications, the following bands win slots on the New Blood bill; London
doomsters POSEIDON, Bristol’s darkly melodic MORDRAKE, Belfast metal
beasts RABID
BITCH OF THE NORTH and Austria’s REST IN FEAR all snare themselves stage
time at BLOODSTOCK!
BLOODSTOCK’s ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ judging squad are also ready to hit the
road, as the M2TM finals get under way soon! The local heats have been
oversubscribed with entries and many playing to packed houses countrywide,
so anticipation is already running at fever pitch. Get along to your local
event and support grass-roots metal! Not only will be a fun night out,
there’s a chance at each event to win weekend tickets to BLOODSTOCK, a case
of Hobgoblin Ale to take home, or various other BLOODSTOCK related prizes.
You can even shake hands with BLOODSTOCK’s ‘M2TM’ mainman, Simon Hall.
Finals run as follows:
1st May – KENT / GRAVESEND – The Red Lion
6th May – NORTHERN IRELAND / BELFAST – Voodoo
7th May – REPUBLIC OF IRELAND / DUBLIN – Fibber Magees
14th May – NORWAY / SANDNES – The Tribute
20th May – WOLVERHAMPTON – Slade Rooms
21st May – LONDON – Nambucca
22nd May – BRIGHTON – The Green Door Store
27th May – GLASGOW – Ivory Blacks
28th May – INVERNESS – Mad Hatters
29th May – CARLISLE – Club Rock
2nd Jun – EAST ANGLIA / NORWICH – The Brickmakers
3rd Jun – LUTON – The Castle
3rd Jun – NOTTINGHAMSHIRE / MANSFIELD – The Intake Club
4th Jun – LEICESTER – Leicester De Montfort Hall (plus headline sets from
Phil Campbell’s All Stars and more)
17th Jun – NEWCASTLE – The Cluny
18th Jun – SOUTH WALES / CARDIFF – Fuel Club
19th Jun – MANCHESTER – Grand Central
24th Jun – SWINDON – The Victoria
24th Jun – DEWSBURY – The Old Turk
25th Jun – MERSEYSIDE / LIVERPOOL – Bumper
1st Jul – LINCOLNSHIRE / LINCOLN – The Lincoln Imp
2nd Jul – READING – Facebar
9th Jul – BURNLEY – Sanctuary
9th Jul – BOURNEMOUTH – The Anvil
9th Jul – POLAND / BIELSKO-BIALA – The Rude Boy Club
10th Jul – BIRMINGHAM – The Roadhouse
There’s still time to enter your band via the third method to win a spot on
the New Blood stage. You have until 8th July to upload your band’s video
to Hobgoblin’s Video Upload site. An outright winner lands a slot at
BLOODSTOCK, but a selection of runners up will win airplay for their band’s
video on Scuzz TV!! Get all the details here –
www.bloodstock.uk.com/pages/hobgoblin.
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.