Bloodstock Open Air: 2011

[DFF]

Just like the Download Festival thread, it's probably about time Bloodstock had it's own.

Announced so far, we have:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday

W.A.S.P.

Devin Townsend

Kreator

Coroner

Triptykon

Poisonblack

Forbidden

Wolf

The Defiled

Saturday

Immortal

Rhapsody of Fire

Therion

Wintersun

Ihsahn

Finntroll

Tarot

Grave Digger

Skeletonwitch

Sunday

Motorhead

Morbid Angel

At The Gates

Exodus

HammerFall

Napalm Death

Primordial

Hell

1349

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday

Xerath

Revoker

Achren

Jason Rouse

Steve Hughes

One more act TBC

Friday

Lawnmower Deth

October File

Byfrost

Arthemis

Romeo Must Die

Cerebral Bore

Imicus

'Hammer Horror ' Fancy Dress Competition

Saturday

Angel Witch

The Rotted

Deadly Circus Fire

Hammer of the Gods

Def-Con-One

Blake

Dripback

Keith Platt

Steve Hill

Sunday

Criminal

Amaranthe

Power Quest

Survivors Zero

Hellish Outcast

Nemhain

Steve Hughes

Jason Rouse

New Blood Stage

Friday

Unknown Fear

Shredertron

Inner Fire

Entro-P

Primitai

Rannoch

Santurnian

The Furious Horde

Decimation

Cryostorm

Training Icarus

Brezno

Saturday

Blud Vera

Zombie Militia

Haerkan

& more TBC

Sunday

Candid Iniquity

Twilight's Embrace

Sanguine

Northern Oak

Talanas

Sacred Illusion

& more TBC

Jagermeister Acoustic Stage

Saturday

Avenge Thee & Naime

Fantasist

Guardians of Andromeda

Obsessive Compulsive

Sunday

Amaranthe

Operation Error

Inferno

Pig Iron

The Last in Line (feat. Member of the Bloodstock Team)

& more TBC

Even by Bloodstock's standards, it's a little thrashy/heavy so far. I reckon we'll get an influx of melodic/power metal, a sprinkling of prog, and maybe a couple of folk bands to balance it out.

[Skummy]

Not a bad line-up at all. There's a lot of stuff I wouldn't want to see, but I'd much rather see a guy like Devin Townsend than almost any of the bands playing Download or Sonisphere, and Morbid Angel, 1349 and Lawnmower Deth would be class.

Not a huge fan of At The Gates, but they're usually pretty good live, Angel Witch are a guilty pleasure of mine, and Napalm Death are absolute class live. There's a little too much in the way of "symphonic" metal or whatever you'd call Rhapsody, that's just not my thing, but mostly it's not a bad line-up.

[DFF]

Apparently one of the staff said the following about the Sunday headliner:

"they are sometimes 3 words, can be 2 and in some countries translates to one word"

No one knows if it's true or BS - but can anyone think who it may be if it's kosher?

[DFF]

And the remaining headliners are:

Friday > W.A.S.P.

Sunday > Motorhead

Also announced, for the main stage: HammerFall and poisonblack, for the second stage: Byfrost, Deadly Circus Fire, and Primevil.

Fucking nice announcement.

[Redefine Sick]

Holy fuck, WASP. Do want.

[Dont Fear The Reaper]

Isahn, Fintroll, Wintersun and Forbidden have been announced

Wintersun will be great to see live again, cant wait for August

Edited March 23, 2011 by Dont Fear The Reaper

[DFF]

I've been waiting years to see Wintersun. The line-up is getting better and better with each announcement!

[DFF]

A few more bands have been added since I last updated.

RJD Stage: Skeletonwitch, The Defiled

Sophie Lancaster Stage: Romeo Must Die, Amaranthe, Cerebral Bore, Hellish Outcast

A bit of mixed bag really. Amaranthe are... interesting - like if Shakira fronted a power/death metal band. :\

[DFF]

It looks like Nevermore will be pulling out due to some band members leaving. A pity, but lets hope Bloodstock can find a suitable replacement.

In other news, Primitai were one of two winners last night in one of the Metal 2 The Masses tournaments to win a spot at the festival. This is fucking awesome news as they fucking rocked when supporting White Wizzard last year.

[DFF]

Updated to include the latest New Blood bands, as well as the first six acts for the acoustic stage. Also, Nevermore have finally been removed from the line-up page.

Who is everyone looking forward to seeing?

I caught Hell at Download and they were awesome. For those who haven't heard of them:

[DFF]

Day splits officially confirmed for the lower stages, and The Defiled and Sketonwitch have switched days. It's looking a pretty swish line up TBH.

[DFF]

Can't wait for this.

[DFF]

The times are up, and here's the obligatory colour-coded charts for the weekend

Clashfinder, Thursday & Friday

Saturday

Sunday

[Liam]

Ihsahn and At The Gates should be definites.

[DFF]

Ihsahn and At The Gates should be definites.

Looking at my clashfinder, Ihsahn will probably get watched. As for As The Gates, I'll probably catch the middle par, in-between Power Quest and Amaranthe.