The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Germany’s true metal powerhouse PRIMAL FEAR have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

The metal commandos are all fired up on their stunning new album 'New Religion' which has already taken its place in the band’s outstanding catalogue of metal masterpieces and is their highest charting release since ‘Black Sun’ in 2002. Primal Fear have a long history with Bloodstock, having helped launch the festival with a bristling performance back in 2001, before returning in 2004 and again in 2006 for the indoor event. Each time they’ve played Bloodstock, Primal Fear have given 110% in the name of metal and Bloodstock Open Air 2008 will be no exception.

The band were formed in 1997 by former Gamma Ray vocalist Ralf Scheepers and bassist/vocalist Mat Sinner and soon signed to Nuclear Blast Records, who issued their self-titled debut in 1998 to widespread critical acclaim. After touring with Running Wild and HammerFall, they released ‘Jaws Of Death’ which continued their rise through the ranks of the metal elite. Third album ‘Nuclear Fire’ was a major step up in terms of song writing, production and performance and saw the band mount a highly-successful co-headline tour with Children Of Bodom, visit the USA for the first time and release their first live DVD. By the time ‘Black Sun’ and later ‘Devil’s Ground’ emerged, Primal Fear had become one of the most popular concert draws on the European scene and the ensuing world tours consolidated their incredible achievements and swelling fan base. 2005’s ‘Seven Seals’ re-booted the band’s signature sound, adding bombastic orchestration and a fresh approach to their craft which earned them album of the year in Metal Hammer Germany and a huge European tour with Helloween.

At the peak of their career, the band signed a new deal with Frontiers Records for the release of ‘New Religion’ which builds on the adventurous sound of ‘Seven Seals’ and includes a cameo from Epica vocalist Simone Simons on the track ‘Everytime It Rains’. The band are already on tour in support of ‘New Religion’ and will trek throughout the USA, Europe, Japan and South America before finally mounting their assault on the Bloodstock faithful.

Click Here to view the PRIMAL FEAR Bloodstock Festival Band Profile page .

PRIMAL FEAR – Back With A Vengeance - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

Regards

Bloodstock Team

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Norwegian progressive power metallers COMMUNIC have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

Communic were founded in March 2003 by ex-Scariot members guitarist/vocalist Oddleif Stensland and drummer Tor Atle Andersen who soon added bassist Erik Mortensen to their ranks. In July 2004, the band inked a deal with Nuclear Blast records and in September entered the studio with producer Jacob Hansen to record their debut album ‘Conspiracy In Mind’ which was released on February 21st 2005. The album received rave reviews including Album Of The Month in Germany’s Rock Hard and Heavy Oder Was magazines. A successful European tour helped expand their fan base and gained them further positive reviews.

In early 2006 they once again worked with Jacob Hansen on ‘Waves Of Visual Decay’, an album which saw them up the ante in both song-writing and performance and earned them the best reviews of their brief career thus far. Four Ks in Kerrang! and no less than nine Album Of The Month slots were just a handful of the accolades handed down. Among fans and critics alike, Communic have been hailed as one of the brightest hopes for taking metal forward into the future. Intelligent, aggressive, melodic and challenging: dark progressive metal has a new rising star.

COMMUNIC - Pushing The Boundaries - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

Click Here to view the COMMUNIC Bloodstock Festival Band Profile page .


Regards

Bloodstock Team

The new Bloodstock Rock Society Memberships have Officially gone on Sale on a first come first serve basis .

There are only 150 Rock Society memberships on sale in the Bloodstock store, each member will have superb privileges for Bloodstock Open Air 2008 including 10% discount on all Bloodstock festival merchandise purchased at the event, access back stage to the VIP area as part of the tour, priority queuing at the signing tent to meet the bands of your choice and no doubt anything else we might be able to throw your way over the coming months.


Each member receives:

1. Laminated Rock Society pass with their name & number on it .

2. 10% Discount on all Bloodstock Merchandise and Tickets that are purchased online . ( Discount applies until 15th December 2007 ) .

3. 10% Discount on all Bloodstock Merchandise purchased at the festival, but you will need bring your Rock Society pass to the festival in order to gain your discount .

4. Backstage Tours at Bloodstock 2008 for Rock Society Member’s .

5. A `Thank you` page in the Bloodstock programme listing for all Rock Society members .

6. Exclusive entry before anyone else into the signing area .

7. Option to renew a week before anyone else .

8. Access to the Bloodstock Rock Society Forum .


The Rock Society Forum enables you can chat alongside new members like yourself as well as our lifetime members who have supported Bloodstock since the beginning.

Official Rock Society passes will sent out by post within 10 days from purchase and you will need bring these with you when attending Bloodstock Festival in 2008.

Above all we would like to thank you for supporting Bloodstock for as long as you do we all are able to keep booking the bands we all want to see.

Here’s to our biggest line up to date………….. Roll on Bloodstock Open Air 2008 !!!


Regards

Bloodstock Team

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The Bloodstock team are proud to announce that the legendary AT THE GATES will be devastating the main stage at BOA 2008 in their only UK show. The Swedish death metal veterans are reforming for a series of exclusive live dates and BOA are stoked to be hosting what promises to be a truly historic one-off reunion.

Since their break-up back in 1996, the band have become more acclaimed than ever with their massive influence extending far beyond death metal and into the current metalcore explosion. Dozens of bands including the likes of Darkest Hour, The Black Dahlia Murder, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Unearth and All That Remains owe a huge debt to the sound first pioneered by At The Gates.

At The Gates formed in 1990 and soon released their debut EP ‘Gardens Of Grief’ on the Dolores label. The band then came to the attention of the UK’s own Peaceville Records who issued their first album ‘The Red In The Sky Is Ours’ in ‘92. Follow up effort ‘With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness’ saw the band develop their sound further and through regular touring – including in the UK - they began to become known beyond the underground.

In 1994, they finally honed their aggressive and dynamic melodic death metal sound with ‘Terminal Spirit Disease’, which was hailed as a breakthrough. The success of ‘Terminal Spirit Disease’ led to a deal with the UK’s premier extreme metal label, Earache, and the release of their magnum opus ‘Slaughter Of The Soul’ in 1995. Not only the peak of what later became known as the Gothenburg Sound, ‘Slaughter Of The Soul’ was a masterclass in taught, brutal and yet deceptively-melodic death metal. Further success followed, including a US tour and heavy MTV rotation of the video clip for the track ‘Blinded By Fear’. Following the departure of guitarist Anders Björler and bassist Jonas Björler in 1996, the band split up, with drummer Adrian Erlandsson joining the Björler brothers in The Haunted. Vocalist Tomas Lindberg went on to work with many bands including Disfear, The Crown, Lock Up, Nightrage and The Great Deceiver. Erlandsson later left The Haunted to join Cradle Of Filth.

With their legend and influence bigger than ever, this is one show you can’t afford to miss.

AT THE GATES – Only UK Show – BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.



Click Here to view AT THE GATES Bloodstock Profile page !!

Metal To The Masses" (c)....... BOA 2008 announces revolutionary initiative working with Metal promoters, venues and media to bring the cream of the Unsigned and Emerging Metal bands from all over the UK - from Lands End to John O' Groats and all major towns in between..with 30 slots up for grabs...it's going to be huge...!

Calling all Venues and Promoters! !

Metal To The Masses is here!

Do you want to put on a series of 4 officially endorsed Bloodstock Metal Festival Nights at your venue?
By working with BOA 2008 as a fully accredited Promoter Partner, you can offer a performance slot at BOA 2008 as the ultimate prize.

The format...?

Pretty simple...
You choose 12 bands that you would be happy representing your area as THE best Metal act around.
Over a series of 3 heats each containing 4 bands, 3 winners emerge. The winners along your own wildcard selection from the remaining 9 acts play a BOA 2008 Showcase event. The Showcase is filmed and featured on www.bloodstock.uk.com and "put to the vote". The band that receives the most support will DEFINITELY play at BOA 2008. Votes are strictly restricted to one per pc. With all the major metal media on board and all our industry colleagues working together, the profile will be huge and it's yet another comprehensive way that the unsigned sector is supported in the true ethos of Bloodstock with selection "by the fans for the fans".

The 30 showcase events will all happen on different nights across the UK throughout the Autumn and Winter months, allowing fans to attend as many as they can. With an Easter deadline for all votes to be in, winners and the venue/ promoter/ area they represent will then be embraced as part of the official marketing and press campaign as we steam into the Festival season.

As part of BOA 2008, we will provide you with complete partnership support.. you will enjoy.....;
• use of our logo
• membership to our affiliate scheme
• listing on the "Promoter Partners" pages on the M2TM section within BOA website - bands/ media/ industry can contact you from here
• Mutual website links
• Links to all the bands websites making - very media and industry friendly
• Discounted ticket prices for attending Metal Heads at all your events
• 5 pairs of BOA 2008 Competition Tickets for the Showcase event
• 3 pairs of VIP tickets for you to bring your own guests to BOA 2008
• Prizes for Raffles
• the benefit from the association to the UK's Premier Metal Festival.
• media support and coverage -
• Bloodstock personnel representation at the Showcase event
• a heightened profile within; the industry, with bands all over the UK
• control - in conjunction with Bloodstock - over which bands you want to select
• an increased supply of bands approaching you for this and future events
• control over the publicity materials
• control over venues and the area you wish to represent
• control over the day, event times and entrance fees
• control over where you source the bands from
• the facility to approach local sponsors for additional support
• working with local, regional, national and genuinely international acts
• being a pioneer of bringing Metal to the Masses and sharing in the mutually created high profile
• listing in the BOA 2008 programme
• an option of BOA to host the Showcase night with the 4 DJ'S of the Apocalypse and/ or Karaoke
• direct regular contact and support with our Head of Marketing - ensuring that M2TM works the best way it can for YOU
The whole concept is initially endorsed and supported...amongst others, by;
Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Total Rock, Terrorizer and BBC Online.
with extensive; Editorial, features, interviews, reviews, previews, broadcasts, filming, website coverage, e-fliers, blogs and columns this will be a year round initiative leading to BOA 2008.
Other media will be invited to "join the party" to maintain Bloodstock's commitment to inclusivity and strength in numbers.

Additionally all local, regional and national media will be specifically alerted and invited to cover M2TM.

With the thousands of bands out there and only 30 slots up for grabs to cover the WHOLE of the UK, this package is available on a strictly first come first served basis. All our media partners and the UK press in conjunction with our mailing lists and ticketing outlets will be alerted simultaneously.

This a great and quite unique opportunity to buy into a franchise for Bloodstock Open Air 2008...so if you want to help bring Metal to the Masses and be a part of the biggest and fastest growing award winning Metal Festival....contact Head of marketing. Clive Leighton ANYTIME on 07882 352 742 or clive@bloodstock.uk.com to discuss all details.


We're taking music to the people.
We want to take you with us.
Join Bloodstock as we bring... METAL TO THE MASSES !!

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