Bloodstock Festival reveal 12 new bands
Bloodstock Festival have revealed 12 new bands for this year’s festival!
After the likes of DARK TRANQUILITY and DEFECTS were announced back in April, now, 12 new bands for the UK’s biggest metal festival have been revealed.
As hardcore veterans HATEBREED withdraw from the festival, UK hardcore outfit MALEVOLENCE have been revealed as their replacement as Sophie Lancaster Stage headliners on the Saturday night. Alongside this, to juggle ongoing logistical issues, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA will now how headline The Sophie Lancaster Stage on Sunday and DARK TRANQUILITY will headline the same stage on Thursday.
In addition, the first batch of winners of this year’s Metal 2 The Masses programme have been revealed for the Hobgoblin New Blood Stage. Landing Friday slots are Scottish heat victors and modern metal five-piece CATALYSIS, plus Northern Ireland’s riff-heavy trio HAINT, the Republic of Ireland’s winners blackened death metal squad FORNOTH and the Leeds heat champions PARIAH. Also snagging Saturday sets are the Manchester finalists PORTRAYAL OF RUINN, Leeds’ victors, the melodic hardcore squad STEEL MAGE and Newcastle upon Tyne’s deathcore outfit CAST IN TEPHRA.
Also grabbing New Blood Stage slots from CD submissions are Yorkshire five-piece IREOSIS, who land a Friday slot, dark symphonic deathcore outfit DRACONIAN REIGN score a Saturday slot and Sunday appearances will come from heavy rock power trio SWEET MAY and groove-laden riff-worshippers TORUS.
Bloodstock Festival 2022 is set to take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 11th August – 14th August 2022. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
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