Bloodstock confirm another 8 bands

Bloodstock Festival have confirmed another 8 bands for this year’s festival!

With the finals of the annual Metal 2 The Masses competitions closing thick and fast, another eight bands have been confirmed for slots on the Hobgoblin New Blood Stage. Merseyside winners REAPER, Nottingham champions RAISED BY OWLS, Manchester victors PROGNOSIS and Newcastle maestros DECREPIT MONOLITH lead the line in the latest announcement. Also confirmed are Burnley victors WARD XVI, Dorset sludge/groove metallers THUUM, prog/tech death metallers BLOOD THREAD and Dublin’s NA CRUITHNE.

Also announced today is the return of Paul Raymond Gregory’s on-site RAM Gallery. In addition to showing selections from his own portfolio, Paul invites some of his favourite rock & metal-related artists to exhibit. This year he welcomes Berlin-based artist and illustrator, Eliran Kantor, who’ll show six pieces of work. Eliran has created sleeve art for numerous metal artists including TESTAMENT, SOULFLY, ICED EARTH and HATEBREED. Returning to the RAM Gallery in 2017 is Orange County artist, Christian Sloan Hall, who show a few of the many pieces of work he’s created for Friday headliner, AMON AMARTH, Daniel P. Carter, rock photographer Paul Harries, Heathen Waxworks and regular RAM Gallery contributor and luthier Cynosure.

Bloodstock Open Air Festival takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from August 10-13th 2017. A variety of ticket options and bundles are on sale now and can be purchased here.

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