Venom Prison set for Bloodstock 2017

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Metal Hammer Golden Gods winners Venom Prison will play Bloodstock 2017 - plus final Metal 2 The Masses winners revealed

Venom Prison
Venom Prison

Venom Prison have been announced for this year’s Bloodstock festival.

The event will take place from August 10-13 at Catton Park, Walton On Trent, UK, and will see sets from artists including Amon Amarth, Ghost, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Testament, Kreator, Skindred, Devilment, King 810 and Chelsea Grin and Havok.

Now, fresh from picking up the Best New Band award at last month’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods, Venom Prison will take to the Ronnie James Dio stage on the Sunday.

There have also been two lineup changes to the festival bill. Mantar have had to pull out of their planned appearance on the Sophie Lancaster stage on the Saturday. They’ve been replaced by Red Rum. Scarab will also no longer appear, with their spot on the same stage on Saturday being taken by Xentrix.

In addition, the final round of bands from the Metal 2 The Masses competition have been revealed. Raze The Void, K-Lacura, Embodiment, Hoofkuckle, Hundred Year Old Man, Switchblade City, Sentience, Netherhall, Seething Akira and Battalions will all now play at Bloodstock 2017.

Organisers have also announced that Unitra will play a set on the Jagermeister stage on the final day of the festival.

Find the full list of band’s for this year’s Bloodstock in the poster below.

For more information, visit the official festival website.

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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.