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BLOODSTOCK IS NINE WEEKENDS AWAY!!


There’s just 65 days – or 9 weekends – ‘til your heavy metal brethren thunder their way onto Catton Park’s hallowed turf.  As the days count down, BLOODSTOCK has the next phase of Metal 2 The Masses winners to reveal, as well as a new batch of club nights for June and July, plus news about the gaming arena this year, Vikings, and more!

First up then, the bands… Grabbing a Friday slot on the Hopical Storm New Blood stage are Nottingham alt-rock trio SLEEP IN MOTION, Belfast metallers NIHILANTH, Newcastle riff merchants KRAKEN WAKER, and Edinburgh heavyists HAMMER

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New COPENHELL area, Additional COPENHELL Con acts & Parking on sale tomorrow


New updates from Copenhell Festival, see below!

Step into Boneyard: A dark and unpredictable universe where the COPENHELL guests will experience powerful entertainment with edge and attitude in a place where boundaries are challenged, fear is conquered and you will really feel alive!

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One Month To Go: Download Festival Unleashes Its ‘Beyond The Bands’ Offerings


MERCHANDISE MEGASTORE, EULOGY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, HOT DOG AND CHILLI EATING CONTEST, WELLNESS MORNINGS, SKATE RAMPS, HAMMER HORROR CINEMA TAKEOVER, TATTOO BOOTHS, TRADERS AND MUCH MORE

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SEGA BRINGS GAMING TO THE LEGENDARY ROCK FESTIVAL DOWNLOAD WITH SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI V: VENGEANCE 


SEGA® Europe Ltd and ATLUS have announced a new, exciting collaboration with Liquid Death Presents Download Festival. The definitive game Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance will be making its music festival debut at the iconic rock and metal Mecca, Download Festival.
 
For the first time ever, festival goers will be able to game like never before at the post-apocalyptic, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance themed SEGA and ATLUS immersive experience. Featuring eight gaming stations, audiences will be able fight demons ahead of seeing their favourite bands.
 

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BLOODSTOCK announces EMP Stage Lineup


In a new partnership, BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce the line-up for its 2024 EMP Stage (formerly the Jagermeister Stage)!  

Friday’s bill will include tech/death squad LOST BRETHREN, thrash/death trio LETHAL EVIL, occult rockers CROWLEY, heavy blues rockers KING KRAKEN, and goth metal outfit MAB

Saturday’s line up features grindcore/hardcore outfit PUBLIC EXECUTION, metalcore beasts PARTING WITH ORIGIN, doom-fused heavyists FLAMEBEARER, high octane fusionists RUPCHA FARMS and alt metal band LURCHER.

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FULL COPENHELL 2024 MUSIC SCHEDULE 


The COPENHELL 2024 music schedule is ready, and we have added yet another band to the poster: PERSECUTOR joins this year’s line-up, which now counts a total of 77 bands, and they will even have the honour of kickstarting the festival on Wednesday with their Danish dynamite metal!
 

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