Anthrax and three more confirmed for Bloodstock 2019

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Bloodstock 2019 just got even louder with the addition of Anthrax - find out the other three bands announced today

Bloodstock 2019 organisers have revealed four more bands who'll appear at next year’s UK festival.

It’ll take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire, on August 8-11 next year, with Sabaton (opens in new tab) and Scorpions previously confirmed as headliners.

They’ll be joined by Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, Cradle Of Filth, Children Of Bodom, Soilwork, Queensryche, Hypocrisy, Code Orange, Skeletonwitch, Rotting Christ, Eluveitie, Death Angel, Metal Church, Grand Magus, Evil Scarecrow and Ross The Boss.

And today, it’s been revealed that Anthrax, Dimmu Borgir, Thy Art Is Murder and Tesseract will also play at the festival.

Check out the brand new Bloodstock trailer below.

Standard weekend tickets are still available at ‘early bird’ prices. The first wave of Serpent's Lair VIP tickets are sold out, although the second wave will be available from December 17.

Find out more at the Bloodstock website.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.