THRASH ATTACK!!
EXODUS… DEATH ANGEL… AND MORE AWESOME METAL FOR BLOODSTOCK 2013
Seminal thrash titans, EXODUS join the main stage ranks at this year’s hottest metal festival. The Nuclear Blast band are currently gearing up to release their eleventh studio album, and they tour the US next month in the company of Bloodstock buddies, Anthrax. Frontman Rob Dukes states: “We are stoked to be playing Bloodstock again. Last time we played, our set was unfortunately cut short because of timing issues. Not this year! We are going to destroy that place!!!!” Check out this footage of them slaying Wacken in ‘O8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN78B1wigCE
Also newly confirmed are thrash legends, DEATH ANGEL. Having celebrated the 25th anniversary of their debut album in 2012, frontman Mark Osegueda is excited to return to these shores in 2013, commenting: “I speak for all of us in DEATH ANGEL when I say it brings us so much excitement to announce that we are playing this year’s Bloodstock! This will be DEATH ANGEL’s first festival appearance ever in the UK, and we plan on making a statement with this performance to assure that there will be many more to come! DEATH ANGEL’s first show across international waters was in the UK, so the place holds a very special place in our hearts! Expect a ferocious, high energy set Bloodstock punters! You have been warned! Ha!” DEATH ANGEL release a set of new tunes via Nuclear Blast later this year.
The Bloodstock overlords don’t only love classic Bay Area thrash. For those of you who prefer your metal fresh off the battlefield, Bloodstock are also delighted to welcome Canadian warriors, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. Even on the other side of the festival site, you are sure to hear the glass-shattering tones of vocalist, Cam Pipes! The band are currently hard at work filming a documentary, ‘3 Inches of Blood; Warriors of the Great White North’. Expect epic scenes!
Death metal trio DYING FETUS will also be stalking the stage at Bloodstock 2013. Hailing from Maryland, these US headbangers are not to be missed. Touring the US with Bloodstock alumni, Hatebreed, the band are currently supporting their 2012 album, ‘Reign Supreme’. The nightmarish video for ‘Second Skin’ can be viewed through your fingers here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2iiU_Woz-g.
Also added are Swedish metalheads SCAR SYMMETRY, who will headline the Sophie Lancaster stage on the Friday night. Drummer Henrik Ohlsson comments: “We’re looking forward to Bloodstock! The last time we played was in 2007 and was an ecstatic experience – a kickass show and an awesome crowd. This year I’m sure it will be even better. The UK has a lot of dedicated Scar Symmetrians and we can’t wait to return with the eerie cosmic death machine that is Scar Symmetry!” Guitar nerds might be excited to learn that guitarist Per Nilssen gives guitar tutorials over at the awesome musician’s instructional website, BandHappy. Check out his page here: http://www.bandhappy.com/profile/pernilsson.
Also added to the Sophie stage line-up are Dirty Sanchez loons, PRITCHARD VS DAINTON (http://pritchardvsdainton.co.uk/), who return this year for an even more full-on show. Other additions to the Sophie stage include XERATH, BLOODBOUND, VANDERBUYST, SCARAB, and THE PROPHECY.
With headliners, SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD and KING DIAMOND, plus DEVILDRIVER, MUNICIPAL WASTE, ANTHRAX, ACCEPT, and more, with a host of other bands still yet to be announced, Bloodstock is shaping up to be the metal fest of the year.
thecorpsegrinder 