The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Swedish melodic metallers CLOUDSCAPE have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

The band originally formed back in 2001 and spent several years honing their style and cutting demos before finally entering the studio to record their self-titled debut album in 2004. The album garnered many positive reviews and in 2005 the band performed their first gig outside Sweden at Progpower Europe in The Netherlands before commencing work on their sophomore effort ‘Crimson Skies’ in ’06. The album was released in June and was followed by an appearance at the prestigious Sweden Rock Festival. ‘Crimson Skies’ showcased even stronger song writing and performances than their debut and has seen the band begin to break out of the underground and achieve international recognition. Combining elements of melodic, progressive and power metal, Cloudscape are rising stars of the prog-power scene.

Cloudscape will release their third album entitled "Global Drama" during spring/early summer and according to the band the new album will show harder, heavier and darker sides of Cloudscape.

Click Here to View the CLOUDSCAPE Bloodstock Profile Page .

CLOUDSCAPE – Sky High - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Canadian death metal legends KATAKLYSM have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival 2008.

Kataklysm formed in Montreal in late 1991, releasing a demo entitled ‘Death Gate Cycle Of Reincarnation’ the following year which secured them a deal with Germany's Nuclear Blast records. The demo was issued on CD in ’93 as ‘The Mystical Gate Of Reincarnation’ with the band finally releasing their debut full-length ‘Sorcery’ in 1995. Even amid the burgeoning early ‘90s death metal scene, Kataklysm managed to secure a reputation as one of the fastest, most brutal bands around. ‘Temple Of Knowledge’ followed in ’96 and heralded more rave reviews and successful touring. 1998’s ‘Victims Of This Fallen World’ marked an experimental change of pace but the band were soon back to brutal basics in 2000 with ‘The Prophecy (Stigmata Of The Immaculate)’. A further four albums emerged between 2001 and 2006, including their most recent effort, the crushing ‘In the Arms of Devastation’ which proved that even after fifteen years the band have lost none of their edge or extremity and continue to drive death metal forward. A new album entitled ‘Prevail’ is due in May and Kataklysm’s devastating Bloodstock set will be UK fans’ first chance to check it out.

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KATAKLYSM – Northern Hyperblast - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

The Bloodstock team are proud to announce that German power metal pioneers HELLOWEEN have been confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

Helloween’s legendary history stretches right back to 1978 when vocalist/guitarist Kai Hansen formed a band called Gentry. Six years and several name changes later, Helloween – by then also featuring drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg, bassist Markus Großkopf and lead guitarist Michael Weikath - got their first exposure recording two tracks for Noise Records’ ‘Death Metal’ compilation album. In early 1985, the band entered the studio with producer Harris Johns to cut a self-titled five track EP which was followed in October by their spectacular debut full-length ‘Walls Of Jericho’. The album’s dynamic blend of melodic thrash and traditional metal garnered rave reviews across the board and the band soon found themselves touring worldwide. As their new material grew increasingly complex, Kai Hansen began to experience difficulties singing and playing guitar at the same time and so at the conclusion of their 1986 tour, the decision was taken to search for a new singer. A young vocalist named Michael Kiske was duly recruited and the band began work on what would become their magnum opus.

1987’s ‘Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1’ and ‘Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II’ – released the following year – catapulted Helloween into the mainstream and formed the template for what many fans and media alike would later dub ‘power metal’. A major world tour ensued, including a trek around the US and a slot at the 1988 Donington ‘Monsters Of Rock’ festival with KISS and Iron Maiden in front of over 100,000 people. Growing dissatisfaction with touring led Hansen to quit the band at the end of ’88. He was replaced the following year by Roland Grapow and the touring continued unabated.

Legal wrangles with their former label tied the band up until 1991 when their next album, the lightweight ‘Pink Bubbles Go Ape’, was finally released on EMI. A commercial and critical failure, it marked the beginning of tensions within the band which would affect their future for several years to come. 1993’s ‘Chameleon’ was even slicker but this stab at pop-rock acceptability merely weakened the band further leading to the sacking of Michael Kiske and an abrupt end to their contract with EMI.
“The idea of 'Chameleon' was to make a Beatles record and we failed,” said Michael Weikath later.

Following this period of creative and personal upheaval, the band refocused and went back to basics, employing ex-Pink Cream 69 singer Andi Deris and ex-Gamma Ray drummer Uli Kusch for 1994’s comeback effort ‘Master Of The Rings’ which began a new phase for the classic Helloween sound, continuing with 1996’s ‘The Time Of The Oath’ and 1998’s ‘Better Than Raw’. 2000’s ‘The Dark Ride’ sparked fresh controversy as the band took a darker and more contemporary approach which ultimately failed and led to the departure of both Grapow and Kusch. Believing in the need for Helloween to be both positive and entertaining, Weikath quickly returned the band to the straight and narrow, cutting the more successful ‘Rabbit Don’t Come Easy’ in 2003, and in 2005, the follow-up to their legendary ‘Keeper…’ albums entitled ‘Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy’. This latest ‘Keeper…’ instalment was so well received that a double live CD and DVD were culled from the subsequent tour and it was from this high point that the band once again returned to the studio to lay down their current album ‘Gambling With The Devil’, a scintillating set of classic power metal in the grand Helloween tradition.

From HammerFall to DragonForce and from Sonata Arctica to Blind Guardian, Helloween helped spawn an entire genre and their debut Bloodstock show will be a feast for fans of melodic metal the way it was meant to be.

Click Here to view the HELLOWEEN bloodstock profile page .


HELLOWEEN – Heavy Metal Is The Law – BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that TYR has been confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

The one-armed God of War—the bravest of all—became the eponym of the Nordic quartet. Yet Joensen is no war monger in disguise and points out that Týr (also known as the God of Justice) is also revered for first seeking the avenues of diplomacy — an attribute that does not take away from this God Of War’s drive.

The band’s musical direction followed an unrelenting campaign of tempestuous perseverance. After six years of innumerable gigs (Iceland, Denmark, Russia, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Finland, Russia, Germany, and of course, the Faroe Islands) and several domestic television appearances, Eric the Red became the island’s best-selling album, coming to the attention of Napalm Records, the Austrian label that finally made the album available worldwide.

Eric the Red followed the style dictated by the old religion. Almost every song is based on Faroese or Nordic lore, and is revetted in the garb of the Folk Metal genre. Its approach unmistakably creates a very true Viking Metal. Tracks with such sonorous and powerful titles as "Regin Smiður" (Regin, the Blacksmith), "Stýrisvølurin" (The Tiller), or "Ólavur Riddararós" (Olaf, Knight of the Rose), all reminiscent of other disparate, yet genre specific, bands like Otyg, Glittertind, Ensiferum, Moonsorrow, old Vintersorg, and last but not least Solstice’s doom/folk cult album New Dark Age, are catchy reminders of the good ol’ days of the Viking era.

In 2006, TYR once again entered the Studio with engineer Jacob Hansen to record their new album. Ragnarok was also mixed by Jacob Hansen, produced by TYR, mastered by Lehnert Kjeldsen at Mastertouch in Copenhagen, and features the band stronger than ever before. Hymns of nordic Folk and pounding Metal summon the ghosts of TYR's ancestors. Scandinavian mythology, Viking warriors, and heroic battles become the lyrical backdrop that accompany powerful Viking choruses, traditional melodies, and timeless Heavy Metal. TYR have refined their trademark sound in their latest work, Ragnarok. Technically brilliant and 100 percent authentic, Ragnarok emerges as a masterpiece within the true Viking Metal genre!



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


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The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Swedish melodic death metallers SOILWORK have been confirmed for BOA 2008.

Along with fellow countrymen At The Gates, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity and The Haunted, Soilwork have earned a formidable reputation for taking the aggressive sound of 1990’s Swedish metal around the world and bravely forward into the new millennium. Forget the latest half-baked metalcore trend-hoppers - Soilwork did it first and did it better.

Formed in 1995 as Inferior Breed, the band switched to the name Soilwork (not a gardening reference but rather to working their way up from the ground!) the following year and cut their first demo ‘In Dreams We Fall Into The Eternal Lake’ in 1997. Their debut album ‘Steelbath Suicide’ was released in 1998 and caused a major stir within the underground. 2000’s follow up ‘The Chainheart Machine’ won them a deal with Nuclear Blast records for whom they recorded their breakthrough album ‘A Predator's Portrait’ which catapulted the band to the forefront of the melodic death metal scene.

The band worked with Strapping Young Lad mainman Devin Townsend on the recording of their next album, 2002’s ‘Natural Born Chaos’; another notable success which saw them mount their first American tour. ‘Figure Number Five’ soon followed and the band supported it with their biggest bout of touring to date, including dates with many newer bands drawing influence from the Swedish sound including Killswitch Engage, Chimaira, Unearth, As I Lay Dying and Bleeding Through. 2005’s ‘Stabbing The Drama’ continued their phenomenal run as the band cracked the US independent charts with their most successful record and secured a slot on Ozzfest’s second stage. The band’s latest offering ‘Sworn To A Great Divide’ emerged in October and sees them striving as hard as ever to push modern metal to the next level.

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


SOILWORK – Swedish Necrotica – BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.



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What better way to see in the New Year than with our Bloodstock 2008 calendar? Containing twelve full colour cards in a CD-sized clear plastic holder, the calendar will grace the desk of even the most discerning metaller. Featuring Bloodstock artwork created over the years by our very own Paul Raymond Gregory, it’s a year-round reminder of the UK’s premier independent metal festival and the perfect way to count off the days til our biggest event to date: BOA 2008.


At just £7.00 plus P&P, it’ll make an ideal stocking filler too!


There are Only 10 Days Left until next years Tickets go up to £85 Each !!

Tickets for Bloodstock Open Air 2008 are currently on sale and you still have until December 15th to take advantage of our massive pre-Christmas discount which holds tickets at just £61 each. Tickets purchased after this date will be priced at £85, so early bird buyers will save a massive £24!

More band announcements coming within the next few days !!


Regards

Bloodstock Team

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The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Swiss death/folk metallers ELUVEITIE have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Airs 2008.

The band were formed by Chrigel Glanzmann in 2002 as a studio-project and recorded their first EP ‘Vên’ the following year. In 2004, Eluveitie signed to Dutch label Fear Dark Records who issued a re-mastered and partly re-recorded version of ‘Vên’, which the band promoted through gigs with outfits such as Cruachan, Korpiklaani and Skyforger. In late 2005, they entered the studio to lay down their first full-length album ‘Spirit’, also for Fear Dark Records. Released in 2006, the album represented a big step forward for the band and helped them to land a deal with Nuclear Blast records for the release of their next album ‘Slania’ which is expected on February 15th, 2008.

Blending the atmospheres and themes of Pagan metal with modern melodic death metal, Eluveitie look set to take their place among the pantheon of Pagan metal’s elite.

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


ELUVEITIE – Folking Heavy – BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that Swedish progressive death metal maestros OPETH have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

Lead by vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt, Opeth have become synonymous with fearless experimentation, memorable song writing and stellar musicianship which has seen them rise from the Scandinavian underground to become one of the most unique rock/metal bands of the last decade.

Opeth were formed in Stockholm in 1990 and spent several years developing their sound and solidifying a line-up before releasing their debut album ‘Orchid’ on Candlelight Records in 1995. ‘Morningrise’ followed in ’96 along with their first major tour supporting Cradle Of Filth. 1998's concept album ‘My Arms, Your Hearse’ featured slightly more compact songs and a darker tone, but it was with 1999’s ‘Still Life’ for their new label Peaceville that they began making waves with the mainstream metal media. Moving to Music For Nations in 2001 for the release of ‘Blackwater Park’ finally signalled their critical and commercial breakthrough and the album is still regarded by many observers as a landmark in their career.

Never a band to rest on their laurels, Opeth recorded their next two albums simultaneously. ‘Deliverance’ – released in 2002 – cracked the Billboard Top 100 album chart and further extended the band’s exploration of and experimentation with their signature progressive death metal sound. ‘Damnation’ – released in 2003 – abandoned death metal in favour of a traditional 1970’s progressive rock feel.

Their most recent album, 2005’s ‘Ghost Reveries’, saw the band combine elements from many of their previous works and again met with widespread critical acclaim.

The band have just issued a live album entitled ‘The Roundhouse Tapes’ and have been announced as support for Dream Theater on their 2008 North American tour.

Opeth’s performance at Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival promises to be an unforgettable highlight of the weekend.

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


OPETH – The Dark Side Of The Moog - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008.

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that rising British thrashers EVILE have been added to the bill for BOA 2008.

Hailing from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, Evile are at the forefront of a grassroots thrash metal revival currently sweeping the UK underground. Influenced by the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Sepultura, Exodus and Annihilator amongst others, Evile are taking the sound of classic thrash to a new generation. No politics, no post-modernism, just good old-fashioned neck-snapping riffs.

Despite their tender years, the band have already issued two self-financed EPs, gigged extensively around the UK and beyond, and in October 2006 signed with Earache Records for the release of their debut album ‘Enter The Grave’. Produced by Flemming Rasmussen - the man behind the recording of Metallica’s ‘Ride The Lightning’ and ‘Master Of Puppets’ albums - ‘Enter The Grave’ has earned a string of rave reviews including glowing praise from Terrorizer, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer and Rocksound. The band have also picked up support slots with major names such as Exodus and Machine Head and have a hectic live schedule lined up for the immediate future.

Despite being un-signed at the time, Evile were hand-picked to headline the second stage of BOA 2006 and their return to the festival promises to be a thrash attack to remember.

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

EVILE – Thrash Or Be Thrashed - BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL 2008.


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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.

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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 .


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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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Bloodstock are VERY pleased to confirm Norways Black Metal Giants ‘ DIMMU BORGIR’ for an EXCLUSIVE UK show for 2008 at BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR !!. The band will grace the main stage next August at Bloodstock, and this will be their ONLY UK show for 2008 ……….

DIMMU BORGIR, strike back with their eighth opus “In Sorte Diaboli”, and it is their most elaborate and thrilling effort so far! Again produced by Swedish mastermind Fredrik Nordström, the nine new DIMMU BORGIR tracks are a true lesson in fierce yet melodic Northern blackness...
In 1994, the band recorded their now-classic debut full-length, “For All Tid”, followed two years later by one of the most important albums in Black Metal history, “Stormblåst”. Album number two instantly turned DIMMU BORGIR into the hottest Black Metal Underground act with its mature songwriting, tempo variances, strong classical influences and overall unique sound.

The “Devil’s Path” MCD was next, before the recording sessions for a true and immortal melodic Black Metal masterpiece commenced. “Enthrone Darkness Triumphant” was produced by Peter Tagtgren (Hypocrisy) and released in 1997. The bands Nuclear Blast debut marked their big international breakthrough achieving chart entries all over the world and playing the huge European music festivals such as Dynamo Open Air and Wacken Open Air.

Shortly following their world tour for “Enthroned Darkness Triumphant”, DIMMU BORGIR recorded the “Godless Savage Garden” MCD to hold fans over while waiting for the next full-length, “Spiritual Black Dimensions”. This one was unleashed in March 1999, taking record stores by storm and proving yet again that DIMMU BORGIR are the kings of the dark throne.

With a new-formed line-up, consisting of Shagrath (vocals), Silenoz (guitar), Vortex (bass & vocals), Galder (guitar), Mustis (keyboard) and Nick Barker (drums), Dimmu Borgir entered Sweden’s Fredman Studio in Fall 2000 to record their highly anticipated album “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia”. Once again the band created a masterpiece in aggressive music with outstanding atmosphere and audibly evil songs. 2003`s “Death Cult Armageddon” even outdid that high level. This opus set a new standard for Black Metal with its complexity, brutality and catchy feel. The majestic orchestral parts on the record remain unchallenged in Black Metal history to this very day.
In 2005, the band decided to fully re-record the classic “Stormblåst”, since this fan favourite lacked appropriate sound and arrangements in the eyes of the DIMMU BORGIR guys. Living legend Hellhammer (MAYHEM) joined them on drums for this occasion – and he is also part of “In Sorte Diaboli”.

Combining all DIMMU BORGIR trademarks such as brutal highspeed parts, catchy hooks, ethereal melodies and complex song arrangements, “In Sorte Diaboli” certainly was worth the wait. Recorded in the famous Fredman Studios, this album will certainly see the band grow larger than life and definitely larger than Black Metal itself!

See the band Exclusively in the UK in 2008 at Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival !!

Click Here to view Dimmu Borgir Bloodstock Festival Band Profile page .