Yearly Archives: 2012

Bloodstock Metal Madness  – Day Tickets Now On Sale!

After last year's amazing Bloodstock Festival (see our review here) Nick Holmes takes a moment to refresh why you NEED to go this year:

As the crappy washout of a summer continues, there are less than four weeks until thousands of serious metal-heads land in rural Derbyshire for this year's Bloodstock Festival. The grounds of Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent will be rocking and moshing to possibly the best line-up the event has had so far.

It features a wide mix of bands crossing the rock and metal spectrum, from the Satanic spectacles of Watain and Norwegian black metal pioneers Mayhem – both playing in daylight! - to the UK comeback of Nergal and his Polish comrades in Behemoth and part-time golfer, full-time legend and godfather of schlock rock, Alice Cooper! Not forgetting Robb “Lord Browneye” Flynn and Machi

Nasum have announced a final European farewell tour. Of interest to metalgigs.co.uk is that a London date is included on the tour.

They play the Camden Underworld on Tuesday 25th September tickets can be purchased here now

Don't expect tickets to hang around for this.

Support comes from Black Breath.

Full Moon Dog Festival takes place this year on Saturday 13th October at the Cockpit in Leeds.  The line up is already looking amazing with a headliner yet to be announced playing after Orange Goblin.

Here's the press release details, definitely one to get yourselves to.

‘Full Moon Dog Festival’ was launched last year; the festival was created 

Legendary Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has been confirmed to headline Friday night at Hard Rock Hell 6 which this year takes place at Haven Hafan y Mor Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales. Dec 29th – Dec 3rd.

We caught Bach live at this years Download festival, and he's still got it.  Playing a belter set with loads of classic Skid Row tracks he can still wail.  If my memory serves me correctly we got Slave to the Grind, Monkey Business, I Remember You, 18 and Life, and Youth Gone Wild as well as a few tracks from his new solo album.  

Acts confirmed so far for this year’s event include 

Bloody hell is it me or are alldayers getting cheaper and cheaper?  £4 (£5 on the door) is the price announced for the upcoming Sun Smasher alldayer put on by the good people at Scruffy Murphy's.  With 7 bands already announced and another band still yet to be confirmed, that's 50 pence a band!!

Here's all the spiel from the promoters, support this shit, this is one hell of a line up even if it was 3 times the price:

Heretic Promotions brings forth another mighty alldayer for all you Doom heads and Sludge/Stoner freaks featuring some of the heaviest, dirtiest artists the UK has to offer!! Headlining Slot from the mighty Liverpudlians CONAN which will literally shake foundations as well as a stunning bill consisting of Black Magician, Wizards Beard, Dead Existence, Alunah, Gringo & Moghul + 1 TBC!! 

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY SUNSMASHER AS WE BRING FORTH THE DARKNESS OF WINTER WITH ALL ITS DOOM AND GLOOM WITH THIS HEFTY DOSE OF MONOLITHIC BLISTERING HEAVYNESS!  

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/248586228575179/

Advance ticket link (now live) is on the metalgigs event page.  Further bands/info will be added as soon as it becomes available:

https://www.metalgigs.co.uk/event/4433