From the announcement it looks like Merciful Fate have been confirmed as a 2022 headliner, so it's not all bad news if you were looking forward to them headlining Bloodstock. From the dropouts so far, Butcher Babies are the only ones I was remotely interested in seeing. I'm not interested in seeing ...

Hope it's not Opeth again.

Edit: Although... it is the 20th anniversary of Blackwater Park this year, so if they play that album from start to finish, it might actually be worth watching them live again.

Vicky has somewhat confirmed the fest is going ahead: https://twitter.com/vickyhungerford/sta ... 03680?s=20

I suspect an 'official' announcement is in the pipeline.

Also for dealing with cold, I got a silk sleeping bag liner a few years ago which works wonders for keeping the heat in. Packs up really small and hardly weighs anything at all, so I take it with me whenever I go camping these days.

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Did you miss the votes on page 1? Two "3 points" for The Ocean on there. I'll do a recount. EDIT: shit, that's where 90% of the votes were, so I was almost finished totting up. :lol: My calculations: 23 Enslaved - Utgard 20 Demons & Wizards - III 19 Dark Tranquillity - Moment 17 Alesto...

i0th2 wrote:

cheesemason wrote:Trivium also at Stanley Theatre in front of a couple of hundred

I saw Trivium headline Bloodstock with a similar sized crowd

I've only listened to two albums on the list, and I don't rate the Alestorm one at all, sooo:

1. Dark Tranquillity ~ Moment

That's all.

Will update if I get around to listening to the others.

Latest update I've seen: But as the summer progresses and vaccination levels rise, events will become more viable. “The vaccine’s rolling out at an incredibly good speed – we’re quite confident that we’re going ahead,” Greenfield says of Bloodstock, which is due to begin 11 August. “We can adapt so ...

Haven't listened to Bodom in ages (wasn't even aware they'd broken up until I read the news about Laiho), but I used to be really into their music. 41 is no age to die at. RIP.

I've started drinking more varieties of rum. Brewdog's 'hundred cuts' is pretty nice. My homebrew mead production died down after I moved house at the start of the first lockdown -- had to bottle ~8 gallons before moving, so I didn't have many bottles to decant into -- but I've started ramping up pr...

Although parking isn't explicitly mentioned in the 2020 cancellation announcement, it's stated that tickets for 2020 will be valid next year.

Making the portaloo areas less mudbathy would be great. Never seen any point in showers at a festival though -- baby wipes, dry shampoo, and deodorant is all you need. Bin bags with a deposit scheme could be a good idea. A lot of stalls already accept card payment, more of that is great. However, Bl...

Happy with Dimmu. However, I'd rather listen to nails down a chalkboard than KD "singing", so I'll give MF a wide berth.