As one of the guys in armour smashing seven shades out of each other twice a day I was mostly focused on a different sort of metal.... But when I did get out- Good: The Bloodstock crowd. This was my sixth consecutive visit and apart from the odd pissed up idiot the vibe was brilliant. ShowSec: Helpf...

All in all, they might get a more appreciative crowd at BoA than Download.

I'd complain about Manowar. Over-rated, dull as shit and legendary for absolutely nothing at all other than their vastly inflated egos. "True Metal?" says fucking who? " The only "Wimps and Posers" at Manowar gigs are the fucktards mincing about in fur and codpieces on the ...

Skippy wrote:Never properly clicked for me, but I'd watch if they were added.

Nor for me, and I generally go for this sort of stuff. If the organisers are looking to book some decent power metal they could do a lot worse though.

Quality band - possibly with an appeal outside their own metal genre?

I think they'd go down well live at BoA - why not as a headliner?

Nice idea - a potential Saturday headliner?

Strong possibility I'm gonna be there anyway with the guys in armour hitting each other. Speaking for myself, I'd always go, provided Bloodstock carries on trying to provide a spread of bands. That said, the following would make my four days: Manowar: (although we all know it's unlikely to happen, i...

Sabaton: 9/10. These guys play superbly and yet don't seem to take themselves too seriously on stage. That's always been an attractive combination for me and even though they possibly pushed the on stage banter a bit, they were as awesome as ever live. Trivium had a hard act to follow. I was persuad...

As one of the Battle of the Nations guys beating the crap out of each other, thanks for the comment. We do two slots each day - normally around 11 and 5. Saturday night we put on the fighting by torchlight. Glad you enjoyed it. As to the line up - managed to see Sabaton, Within Temptation and Delain...