The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that Brazilian metallers SOULFLY have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

Soulfly were formed in 1997 by vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera following his acrimonious departure from Sepultura and the band have gone on to record no less than six albums fusing thrash, hardcore and traditional tribal influences. Their self-titled debut, featuring a host of guest musicians, emerged in 1998 and immediately entered the US Billboard top 200 chart, its bottom-heavy groove continuing the highly-influential style that Cavalera had pioneered with his final Sepultura album ‘Roots’. 2000’s follow-up ‘Primitive’ – also packed with guest appearances - did even better and established a trend that has seen every Soulfly album crack the Billboard 200. ‘3’, ‘Prophecy’ and ‘Dark Ages’ all followed, with Cavalera enduring line-up changes and personal tragedy to keep his personal metal vision on the rails. In the second half of 2007, Cavalera and the current line-up of guitarist Marc Rizzo, bassist Bobby Burns and drummer Joe Nunez commenced work on the band’s latest album ‘Conquer’ which is set for release on July 29, just in time for what’s set to be an explosive Bloodstock debut.

Click Here to view the SOULFLY Bloodstock band profile page .

SOULFLY – Arise To Conquer – BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

Regards

Bloodstock Team

Long overdue their return to UK soil, A MUST 4 MUSIC is proud to announce that following their appearance at Bloodstock Open Air, New Jersey metal legends OVERKILL will make their first UK headline appearance in SIX YEARS, bringing the full ferocity of the Overkill live experience to the Islington Academy in London on 18/8/08. Tickets are available now through the Bloodstock store and www.ticketweb.co.uk , and promises to be “one hell of a neck-wrecker” as the band once again stamp their authority on the UK audience in support of their latest album, “immortalis”

Click Here to purchase Overkill tickets from the Bloodstock Store today !!

Yes it's true - the international phenomenon that is Guitar Hero 3 is coming to the Zebra Muzik shop in Ilkeston .

www.zebramusic.co.uk - Zebra Muzik has teamed up with Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival to bring the ultimate in interactive music gaming experience this Saturday 14th June 2008. With the prize for the Winner and Runner up of a place at the UK Final at Bloodstock - the UK's Premier Metal Festival - over the weekend of 15-17 August, this is a night not be missed.

Ilkeston is the fourth in a UK series of Guitar Hero 3 heats with each venue contributing 2 representatives to the Final. There they will compete against others who have come through the heats and also participants at the 10,000 attended Festival itself. In addition to 3 runners up prizes, there's a grand prize of £500, Bloodstock and Guitar Hero 3 merchandise and above all - a certificate acknowledging the first winner of the annual Bloodstock Festival/ Guitar hero 3 Champion. You'll have the additional bragging rights that come with your being photographed and featured on the venue, Festival and industry websites.

The proceedings start at 10.00 a.m until 5.00pm and all the action will be featured on state of the art Projectors, large screens and X Box 360 consoles. GH3 features several musicians including Tom Morello (of the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave and The Nightwatchman) and Slash (of the bands Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, and Velvet Revolver) as in-game characters. For those of you not familiar with the concept, each player uses a guitar-shaped controller to play highlighted notes of varying genres of rock music as they scroll in-time with the music - a sort of karaoke for guitarists. And you don't even need to have picked up a guitar previously or know how to read music. It really is playing by numbers and as there are several levels each with their own points system, scoring is not a challenge. But...... obtaining a great score can be though and for anyone out there who thinks that they have just the right amount of axe wielding talent and considers themselves as the next Rock God legend just waiting to be discovered then this is the game for you.

Bloodstock will have personnel in attendance during the day event and will offer opportunities to purchase tickets for the Festival with on the day GH3 spot prizes available. The day also offers a revolutionary, electronic, convenient and green method to enter with a unique ticket reference number purchased via mobile phone. For full venue details, please contact

Zebra Muzik
331 - 336 Nottingham Road
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 5BD

Tel: 0115 9308362
Web : www.zebramusic.co.uk
E-mail :gracetalbot@btinternet.com

So if you've got what it takes to come through this regional heat, earning your place at the final, taking place at the UK’s biggest Metal Festival and ultimately be the overall winner playing in front of a crowd of thousands with a real band behind you............... see you at Zebra Muzik in Ilkeston this Saturday.

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