The Metal/Punk/Rock Thread

[WyattSheepMask]

Bloodstock met with Manowar years ago, and the negotiations didn't go well. Demands included: name be changed to 'Bloodstock Presents: Magic Circle Festival'; 60% of all merch takings, all other stages to finish 30 minutes before Manowar play, £700,000 down payment 

There were other demands, but those are the ones that stick in the memory

[Egg Shen]

a mate of mine says Manowar every year, are they even that big? I know they have a cult following but there's very little said about Manowar these days.

Judas Priest is a logical shout, again though, they get mentioned every year. Its like the Aerosmith at Download rumor...that finally happened though.

A friend of mine suggested Alice Cooper with his new album but he's headlined before.

[Merzbow]

Whoever it is it'll upset dem kvlt wans.

I could see it being someone like a Nine Inch Nails, a pretty huge band but aren't known as being stadium huge so there's a chance and they have new material coming out and are touring again.

[WyattSheepMask]

21 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

a mate of mine says Manowar every year, are they even that big? I know they have a cult following but there's very little said about Manowar these days.

They're nowhere near as big as Joey Dimaio thinks they are. They draw well in mainland Europe and failed Soviet states,, but in the UK they couldn't even sell out Academy venues last time they came over in 2011, drawing an approx 300 to the show in Cardiff. That was another money losing venture, only that time it was Metal Hammer that were footing the bill

Edited September 4, 2017 by WyattSheepMask

[Bellenda Carlisle]

I have no idea why UK rock festivals haven't been trying to book the reunited Misfits, I'd kill to see them and I know loads of others feel the same. King Diamond would be a great Bloodstock headliner with someone more commercial on one of the other days.

[WyattSheepMask]

Re: Misfits - I reckon the only one that would have a real chance of pulling off would be Download, as I would imagine they would also command a high asking price which out prices the other much smaller festivals

Bloodstock have already announced Gojira (first time headlining) and Nightwish (playing for the first time in 10 years). Nightwish are that more commercial band you speak of, and whilst I agree that King Diamond would be good and he did headline a few years back, the festival has grown since in terms of the calibre of act they can book. I was really pleased to see them push Amon Amarth into the headline slot this year and give Ghost a similar opportunity. Whilst they're not on the same sort of level, its what gives them a bit of an advantage over the likes of Download, who rely on the same pool of acts to fill the headline slots.

Its all pure speculation at this point, but rather than pin all my hopes on a particular act, I'm going to just let it play out see what happens.

Edited September 4, 2017 by WyattSheepMask

[King Mal the Glorious]

I hope it's not Judas Priest as I was hoping to get away to Brutal Assault next year and both festivals tend to be at the same time.

[Egg Shen]

Stepping up one band a year to headline is a very cool move. The Bloodstock headline slot is a tricky one now because they've exhausted pretty much all possible headliners.

Edited September 4, 2017 by Egg Shen

[Egg Shen]

Bloodstock have announced they are upping the capacity by 25% after selling out this year. I understand the need to grow but i hope they cap it there, Bloodstock's intimacy is what makes it so special.

[WyattSheepMask]

So that's what? Another 2,500-3,000 or thereabouts?

[Merzbow]

Batushka are getting big and are playing pretty much every European festival this year, I think they'd be a great headliner for one of the smaller stages next year. They have a similar live presence to Ghost but with the esotericism and "kvlt" factor turned up to 11.

Cannabis Corpse have a new song out, they seem like a silly gimmick band at first but after listening they're far better than the band they're aping.

 

[Egg Shen]

24 minutes ago, WyattSheepMask said:

So that's what? Another 2,500-3,000 or thereabouts?

upto 18,000 i think.

[King Mal the Glorious]

18 hours ago, Merzbow said:

Batushka are getting big and are playing pretty much every European festival this year, I think they'd be a great headliner for one of the smaller stages next year. They have a similar live presence to Ghost but with the esotericism and "kvlt" factor turned up to 11.

I'd prefer Cult of Fire, it's pretty much the same thing but better.

[Merzbow]

Oh they're great too but don't have the same buzz surrounding them, do Death Karma play live? They sound amazing on record and follow a similar aesthetic.

[Merzbow]

Sorry for the double post but it's been reported that Decapitated raped a woman while on tour in the US, I made the mistake of going on their Facebook page... It's sickening seeing the amount of people blindly defending them or making jokes about it, many women too.