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Nine new bands announced for Bloodstock Festival

Bloodstock Festival have announced nine new bands for this year’s festival!

With the bulk of the Ronnie James Dio and The Sophie Lancaster Stage complete for this year’s metal extravaganza, the first batch of winners from the annual Metal 2 The Masses have been announced!

Set to perform on the Hobgoblin New Blood Stage across the weekend, Saturday’s New Blood stage bill welcomes Coventry winners DJINOVA, Glasgow victors INFERIEM, and DEFORMATION OF MAN, who took top prize in the Sheffield heat. They’ll be joined by Belfast top dogs, LOCK HORNS. Black Country band MASTER’S CALL also win a New Blood slot after impressing the booking team via their CD submission. Sunday brings Dublin champions AESECT, Norwich leaders BASTARD, and TAKE REFUGE, having clinched first place in the Milton Keynes final. 28 DOUBLE, who took Leicester’s gold medal will also perform.

Bloodstock Festival takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 8th-11th August 2019. Standard weekend tickets, priced £145, are on sale now and can be purchased here. A limited number of day tickets, priced at £65 (+ fees) for adults and £20 (+ fees) for children aged 4-11, are available from May 30th and can be purchased here.

For more information on the festival like their official page on Facebook.

James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.