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Hot on the heels of his Welcome 2 My Nightmare tour, notorious shock rocker Alice Cooper makes his only UK festival appearance of 2012 headlining the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Friday night.
Oakland metal titans Machine Head make their first ever UK festival headlining appearance on Saturday, August 11th on the Ronnie James Dio main stage. Commemorating the 20th anniversary of their first-ever live performance at their roadie Mike "Scum"'s getting-evicted-from-his-house party - for which they performed five songs – ticket holders will be given the opportunity to vote for the five "Burn My Eyes" songs they most want to hear the band play, with the five that receive the most votes included in the set list. Head to www.facebook.com/Bloodstock to submit your suggestions via a poll.
Polish blackened death metal monster Behemoth are the Sunday headliners, making an exclusive UK festival appearance at Bloodstock. Originally scheduled to perform at the 2010 event, the band were forced to cancel after frontman Nergal was diagnosed with Leukemia. After undergoing treatment including a bone-marrow transplant, the enigmatic frontman is fighting fit and ready to bring Behemoth's brutality back to the UK.
Ronnie James Dio Main Stage
Sophie Lancaster Stage
- Absolva
- Alcest
- Anaal Nathrakh
- Ancient Ascendant
- Battalion
- Bloodshot Dawn
- Crimes Of Passion
- Death Valley Knights
- Demonic Resurrection
- Derision
- Dripback
- Eastern Front
- Evile
- Flayed Disciple
- Furyon
- Headcharger
- Marionette
- Orange Goblin
- Primitai
- Pritchard Vs.Dainton
- Pythia
- Re Armed
- Saturnian
- Savage Messiah
- Splintered Soul
- Steve Hughes
- Sweet Savage
- Viking Skull
- Winterfylleth
- Witchsorrow
2012 Headliners
- Alice Cooper
- Machine Head (US)
- Behemoth
New Blood Stage
- Airstryke
- Apollyon
- Blynd
- Cosmic Vortex Of Doom
- Doomed
- Dreamcatcher
- Exile The Traitor
- Fallen Fate
- Gone Til Winter
- Hakin
- Huron
- Incinery
- Infernal Creation
- Kataleptic
- Killer Hurts
- Krespuskul
- My Wooden Pillow
- Rather
- Reflections In Exile
- Reign Of Fury
- SA-DA-KO
- Scare Tactics
- Walking Theo
Jager Stage
- Andraste
- Dave McPherson (inME)
- I Am I
- Kyrbgrinder
- Splintered Soul
- Kobra & The Lotus
- Absolva
- Orianthi
- Dakesis
- Skarlett Riot
- Triaxis
- The Mercy House
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