With our sights set firmly on Catton Park, Derbyshire for the annual metal gathering, Bloodstock delivers yet another set of crushing bands to join headliners Amon Amarth and Megadeth as well as Blind Guardian, Annihilator, Testament, Hatebreed and many more.
Today (Feb, 16th) Overdrive can confirm that Swedish metal legends ARCH ENEMY will be appearing at the festival over the weekend. With their new DVD/Blueray release ‘As The Stages Burn‘ set for release on March 31st, ARCH ENEMY will be unleashing their fury from the Ronnie James Dio stage on Sunday alongside MEGADETH and some of the world’s most iconic metal bands.
Check out the trailer below from the forthcoming DVD, below;
For more information on ARCH ENEMY, visit this link.
Also confirmed for the festival weekend is Salt Lake City deathcore mob CHELSEA GRIN who will be taking to the main stage on Friday, August 11th. Currently, on a European run of dates, the six-piece are promoting the release of their most recent ‘Ashes To Ashes‘ album which has been received by fans and critics alike with glowing reviews.
For more information on CHELSEA GRIN, please visit here.
The Sophie Lancaster stage will see prog metallers ONI join the ranks on Saturday. Signed to Metal Blade, these Canadians recently unveiled a creepy video for ‘The Only Cure’ from debut album ‘Ironshore’, featuring guest vocals from Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe. See video below;
Frontman Jake Oni says “In the past year, we’ve had the pleasure of playing the UK a few times, but being a part Bloodstock 2017 is a huge honour. We are not only excited to show this festival what we’ve got, but also to see some of the masters that are playing!!! You don’t want to miss this!” ONI warm up for their BLOODSTOCK debut by traversing Europe next month with Children of Bodom.
It’s nearly the ‘last chance saloon’ for the very popular ticket payment scheme! BLOODSTOCK’s deposit plan helps ease the pain of paying for your standard weekend ticket by breaking it up into five smaller, more manageable sums. Sign up in the ticket store before 28th Feb with your initial payment of £34.80. Thereafter, four additional instalments of £27.80 will debit your bank account on 1st April, May, June and July respectively. Job done, ticket purchased! Get full info here.
If you’re coming to BLOODSTOCK by coach, you might want to secure your spot now to ensure you’re not disappointed. BIG GREEN COACH have 21 departure cities for coaches directly to BLOODSTOCK in 2017; Birkenhead, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Glasgow, Gloucester, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Newport, Oxford, Preston, Sheffield, Southampton, Sunderland, Swansea, and Worcester. BIG GREEN COACH will bring you, all your camping gear, & beer supplies and drop you hassle free right inside the festival grounds. Check out the details and secure your seat for only a tenner (with the rest payable in July) at this link.
Already announced for 2017 are Friday’s headliners AMON AMARTH, Sunday’s headliners MEGADETH, plus BLIND GUARDIAN, HATEBREED, TESTAMENT, OBITUARY, BRUJERIA, WHITECHAPEL, SKINDRED, POSSESSED, ANNIHILATOR, MUNICIPAL WASTE, HELL, DECAPITATED, SOILWORK, MACABRE, SCARAB, and WINTERSUN. Many, more, including our Saturday headliner, are still be announced! Stay tuned to BLOODSTOCK’s social media for the latest!
BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 10th-13th August 2017. Standard weekend camping tix are on sale at £139 (plus booking fee), plus limited VIP packages/upgrades and car parking tickets (at a cheaper price than ‘on the day’ purchase) from this link. Children’s weekend tickets are also available, priced £35 (+ booking fee) and under 4’s go free! Camper-van pitches have now SOLD OUT.
Oran O’Beirne
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