BLOODSTOCK forge ahead, announcing 11 new bands for 2021
23rd March 2021We’re full speed ahead with plans for this year’s event and are excited to announce a string of new bands to the 2021 bill at Catton Park!
THE WILDHEARTS romp into a main stage slot on Friday! Having been a big hit in 2019 when they stepped up last minute to fill in a cancellation, we’re happy to welcome the band back to Catton Park this year. With 2019’s ‘Renaissance Men’ album being deemed a huge return to form (as well as a return to the ranks for original bassist, Danny McCormack), the band also very recently dropped the ‘The Wildhearts, Live: 30 Year Itch’ via Round Records. Check out ‘Urge (Live)’ from that collection here.
Grabbing a Sophie Lancaster stage slot on Friday are Corby’s finest, the mighty RAGING SPEEDHORN! Having impressed many with their ‘Hard To Kill’ comeback album in October 2020, we’re thrilled to see they’re back and bringing their delicious noise to BLOODSTOCK. Check out the video for the album’s very awesome, groove laden title track here.
Moving into Saturday’s headline position on the Sophie stage are PHIL CAMPBELL & THE BASTARD SONS. The band unveiled their splendid new album ‘We’re The Bastards’ in November via Nuclear Blast, having recorded it in Wales during the lockdown. You can feast your ears on the lead single, ‘Born To Roam’ here – or indeed, learn all the words to the entire album via this YouTube playlist.
Also grabbing Thursday spots on the Sophie stage are HACKTIVIST, THUNDEROUS JONES, ASHEN CROWN, LUNA’S CALL, URNE, FORLORN WORLD, SEETHING AKIRA, and KING WITCH.
A re-booted version of the METAL 2 THE MASSES scheme is under way, with 21 regions hosting one-off events to fast track a selection of local bands to the BLOODSTOCK New Blood Stage, as BLOODSTOCK continues to champion grassroots metal, year in, year out. Check out the participating locations below and if you’d like to enter your band into the mix, contact local promoters for details here.
SAT 3RD JULY
BRISTOL – Exchange
WOLVERHAMPTON – KK’s Steel Mill
HITCHIN – Club 85
WREXHAM/NORTH WALES – Central
SHEFFIELD – Mulberry Bar
BRIDGEWATER/SOMERSET – The Cobblestones
COLCHESTER – The Soundhouse
NORWICH – The Brickmakers
4TH JULY
CARDIFF/SOUTH WALES – Fuel Rock Club
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE – Trillians
BIRMINGHAM – The Asylum
10TH JULY
CHESTERFIELD – The County Music Bar
STOKE-ON-TRENT – The Underground
BELFAST/NORTHERN IRELAND – Voodoo
GRAVESEND/KENT – Leo’s at The Red Lion
NOTTINGHAM – Rescue Rooms
MANCHESTER – The Bread Shed
EDINBURGH/SCOTLAND – La Belle Angele
LEEDS – Key Club
LONDON – The Unicorn, Camden
11TH JULY
BRIGHTON – Green Door Store
BLOODSTOCK’s 2021 main stage headliners are DEVIN TOWNSEND (Friday), KREATOR (Saturday), and JUDAS PRIEST (Sunday). The festival will also feature sets from DIMMU BORGIR, SKINDRED, PARADISE LOST, BURY TOMORROW, DIAMOND HEAD, JINJER, VIO-LENCE, SAXON, GLORYHAMMER, DARK TRANQUILLITY, BLOODYWOOD, MEMORIAM, RAMAGE INC., GREEN LUNG, CONJURER, ORANGE GOBLIN, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, SYLOSIS, WINTERFYLLETH, THE CRAWLING, RAISED BY OWLS, ANAKIM, ACID REIGN, SVALBARD,SOEN, DOG TIRED, BAILER, BLASPHEMER, BLACK TONGUE, LIBERTY LIES, PIST, SHARKS IN YOUR MOUTH, SEIDRBLOT, BLOODSHOT DAWN, & EVILE so far. More bands performing across the long weekend are still to be announced.
Standard weekend tickets for the extended, now 5-day event in 2021 remain under a temporary price freeze at £145 (+ booking fees). In addition, child tickets and parking tickets for 2021’s event are available now at the ticket store, as well as a limited number of day tickets. VIP and campervan tickets for 2021 are sold out.
Grab your BLOODSTOCK merch here, including lockdown t-shirts, face masks, & hoodies.
BLOODSTOCK 2021 takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 11th-15th August 2021. For more info, click towww.bloodstock.uk.com.
