Bloodstock Announces 6 More Bands

Six more bands have been announced for this year's Bloodstock festival.

Joining the previously announced headliners Sabaton, Parkway Drive and Scorpions are Wheel, The Parallax Method, Solitary, Violblast, Blood Red Hourglass and Crescent.

All six bands will play the Sophie Lancaster stage, with The Parallax Method landing a slot on the Saturday and the other five making up Sunday afternoon.

Bloodstock's annual Metal 2 The Masses competition is also rumbling into the final stages. Taking place at rock clubs up and down the UK, local bands battle it out for a place on the Bloodstock bill. If you want to go along and show your support, the full list of Metal 2 The Masses dates are below.

Bloodstock takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire, from August 8-11. Joining the aforementioned bands across the weekend are Anthrax, Dimmu Borgir, Soulfly, Powerwolf, Code Orange, Tesseract, Cancer Bats and more. Get your tickets now.