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A further two acts have been confirmed for Bloodstock's already stellar 10th Anniversary line up. Flying in from Scavagner, Norway, PURIFIED IN BLOOD will be making their first ever UK festival appearance on the SOPHIE LANCASTER stage. Recently signed to Spinefarm/Universal, with a new album set for release on June 7th PIB's brand of brutal metal has earned them a reputation as a fierce live act in their native Norway as well as across Europe and the US. Now they're set to impress the UK metal heads, a task that vocalist TOMMY SVELA is eager to take on.

"We are extremely happy to rock the UK again. Playing Bloodstock's 10th Anniversary will be an absolute honour and we are truly looking forward to share the stage with some of our greatest influences. Ears will bleed and heads will bang!" Joining them will be up and coming metallers MORDECAI. You may have heard their music on the backing track for the official BLOODSTOCK 2010 video trailer- an honour the band are proud to have bestowed upon them. States vocalist/Guitarist

DAN M HICKS:
"We're really looking forward to playing Bloodstock 2010, the line-ups get better and better each year and the festival still maintains that grass roots feel! We're so proud that our track "Without You" from our Always and Forever EP has been used as the theme tune for this year's Bloodstock promo video and can't wait to play live on the SOPHIE stage on the Saturday... its a real honour for the MORDECAI boys!"

Main Stage
HEAVEN & HELL, TWISTED SISTER, CHILDREN OF BODOM, FEAR FACTORY, BLOODBATH, DEVIN TOWNSEND, CANNIBAL CORPSE, GOJIRA, BEHEMOTH, AMORPHIS, GWAR, SONATA ARCTICA, OBITUARY, KORPIKLAANI, GORGOROTH, DORO, ENSIFERUM, EDGUY, RAGE, HOLY MOSES, EVILE, ROSS THE BOSS (with Scott Columbus), ONSLAUGHT, SUFFOCATION, LEAVES EYES, ANDROMEDA BLACK SPIDERS, BONDED BY BLOOD, SNAKEBITE

Sophie Lancaster Stage
BENEDICTION, STEELWING, MITHRAS, ENFORCER, WITCHSORROW, REGARDLESS OF ME, KILLING MACHINE, THE PROPHECY, PURIFIED IN BLOOD, MORDECAI

With a little over three and a half months to go, a host of bands and some great late night entertainment still to be announced... Don't miss out on the biggest METAL gathering of the year at the UK's No.1 Metal festival !!! Full Weekend camping tickets are on sale as well as VIP tickets for those needing those extra creature comforts. Tune in to the BLOODSTOCK PODCASTS hosted by our resident DJ's Beerman, Miss Bomb, Gimli, Prozz, Roc Soc Lisa & Moffit for a taste of Bloodstock old and new.

Bloodstock's METAL 2 THE MASSES is well underway with heats taking places at venues up and down the UK to find the best breakthrough acts for this years Bloodstock Unsigned stage. So get down to a M2TM's venue near you to support the next generation of METAL.

Homepage: http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/
Source: Newsletter