BLOODBATH, GORGOROTH, BLACK SPIDERS Confirmed For UK's Bloodstock Open Air 2010
February 9, 2010, 14 years ago
Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH have confirmed their first ever UK appearance at Bloodstock Open Air’s 10th Anniversary Festival in Derbyshire this summer. The band, which features KATATONIA guitarist Anders 'Blakkheim' Nystrom and vocalist Jonas Renske, OPETH’s Mikael Akerfeldt and Martin 'Axe' Axenrot, and guitarist Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson have chosen Bloodstock as their debut UK performance, and their only show on these shores in 2010.
Says guitarist Anders 'Blakkheim' Nystrom: "A bloodbath over Bloodstock! What could be a better way to celebrate this mighty festival's 10th year anniversary! It will be our first time on UK soil and it will be happening on Friday the 13th, so it seems we get to kill two birds with one stone!"
Other new acts confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air 2010 include GORGOROTH and BLACK SPIDERS.
Acts confirmed for the festival include: AMORPHIS, ANDROMEDA, BEHEMOTH, BLACK SPIDERS, BLOODBATH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CHILDREN OF BODOM, DORO, DREAM EVIL, FEAR FACTORY, GOJIRA, GORGOROTH, GWAR, HEAVEN & HELL, KORPIKLAANI, LEAVES' EYES, OBITUARY, RAGE, ROSS THE BOSS, SONATA ARCTICA, SUFFOCATION, DEVIN TOWNSEND.
Further details at www.bloodstock.uk.com.
