Bloodstock Festival reveal another nineteen bands

Bloodstock Festival have revealed another nineteen bands for this year’s festival!

Following hot on the heels of last month’s announcement which saw the likes of VENOM PRISON, NAPALM DEATH, KING CREATURE and more confirmed for this year’s festival, now, another nineteen bands have been confirmed!

Landing a headlining slot on Sunday’s Sophie Lancaster Stage billing is festival favourites EVIL SCARECROW who join the lineup as the festival organisers intend to fill the gaps left by the cancelling international bands due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Speaking about performing at this year’s Bloodstock, EVIL SACRECROW says, “so, we haven’t played as a band for a year. Not even a practice! We closed and abandoned our rehearsal room. Our van is gathering moss on a driveway. We have two new members who we have never played with. One of them was our main stagehand and we have not replaced that position. Basically, EVIL SCARECROW are, in reality, unconscious in stasis, floating through the void of space until we clear the disease-ridden Van Allen radiation belt. Along came the good ship Bloodstock, who nudged us awake to see if we will come and play with them. “No”, we mumble, “No band yet. More sleep”. They return with a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich. “It’s headlining the Sophie Stage” they whisper. Shit.

So, we’ve sprung back into life! We are dusting off our props and may even have a band practice or two. So, if you want to see the most shambolic, unpracticed, unprepared EVIL SCARECROW show ever, then join us! We can’t promise our usual super-polished -ahem- performance. But we promise to bring the biggest, messiest, stupidest party yet.”

The other 18 bands that bulk out the rest of today’s announcement are bands bound for the Hobgoblin New Blood Stage. Grabbing a Friday slot are Gloucester metal squad BROKEN JAW and Liverpool death metallers COLPOCLEISIS. Saturday’s bill will feature Brummie rockers DEVILFIRE, Irish sludge metallers GREY STAG and purveyors of ‘true metal’, HANOWAR.

Sunday’s bill features a swathe of fresh blood, including THE INJESTER, classic rockers SOUTH OF SALEM, stoner/doom squad SON OF BOAR, Midlands thrashers WIRED, THIS IS ENDLESS, power metallers FELLOWSHIP and SORCERESS OF SIN, melodic death metal outfit FROZEN IN SHADOWS, southwest metal five-piece HYBRIDIZE, psychological death metallers STRANGLE WIRE, Irish modern metal outfit WORDS THAT BURN, black metallers DEITUS, and GHOSTS OF ATLANTIS.

Bloodstock Festival will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 11th-15th August 2021. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

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