Nineteen Bands Added To BLOODSTOCK 2021 Line-Up

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Nineteen more bands have been added to the Bloodstock 2021 line-up. With many overseas bands having to cancel their appearances, many UK bands are being added to the line-up.

Joining in the Sunday night Sophie stage headline slot will be Nottingham metallers, Evil Scarecrow. When asked to join in the bloodstock fun the band said “So, we haven’t played as a band for a year. Not even a practice! We closed and abandoned our rehearsal room. Our van is gathering moss on a driveway. We have 2 new members who we have never played with. One of them was our main stagehand and we have not replaced that position. Basically, EVIL SCARECROW are, in reality, unconscious in stasis, floating through the void of space until we clear the disease-ridden Van Allen radiation belt.”

“Along came the good ship BLOODSTOCK, who nudged us awake to see if we will come and play with them. “No”, we mumble, “No band yet. More sleep”. They return with a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich. “It’s headlining the Sophie Stage” they whisper. Shit. So, we’ve sprung back into life! We are dusting off our props and may even have a band practice or two. So, if you want to see the most shambolic, unpracticed, unprepared EVIL SCARECROW show ever, then join us! We can’t promise our usual super-polished -ahem- performance. But we promise to bring the biggest, messiest, stupidest party yet.”

Here’s what to you can expect from the band:

With the Metal 2 The Masses events happening soon, as well as the winners from that initiative, the New Blood bill will be rounded out with a number of bands selected from online applications. Grabbing a Friday slot are Gloucester metal squad Broken Jaw and Liverpool death metallers Colpocleisis. Saturday’s bill will feature Brummie rockers Devilfire, Irish sludgemeisters Grey Stag and purveyors of ‘true metal’, Hanowar (yes, they are what you think they are)!

Sunday’s bill features a swathe of fresh blood, including mask-wearing, theatrical noiseniks The Injester, classic rockers South Of Salem, stoner/doom squad Son Of Boar, Midlands thrashers Wired, This Is Endless (featuring members of Onslaught/Ted Maul), power metallers Fellowship and Sorceress Of Sin, melodic death metal outfit Frozen In Shadows, southwest metal 5-piece Hybridize, psychological death metallers Strangle Wire, Irish modern metal outfit Words That Burn, black metal sonic terrorists Deitus, and Ghost Of Atlantis (featuring members of Devilment).

The remaining New Blood bands will be announced after the M2TM events in July, so stay tuned for more additions then.