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It was a mere 49 seconds into our interview with Xerath that the band's frontman, Rich Thomson, unleashed THAT laugh. You know the one (click here if for some reason you need reminding). The backstage area at Bloodstock Open Air 2011 was never quite the same again. Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open [...]

Of all the big names playing Bloodstock Open Air 2011, Tom G Warrior of Triptykon was one of those we most wanted to get to grips with. Just what went on between him and his former Celtic Frost bandmates? Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open Air 2011 coverage

The legacy of Criminal spans three decades and two continents, on top of which they're the final set of photos we're posting from Bloodstock Open Air 2011. We really don't have the brain power left to come up with a witty quip to go here in their introduction. Criminal @ Bloodstock Open Air 2011 [...]

Bergen-based Norwegian death-thrash - that's how Hellish Outcast were first described to us. And to be honest, as far as opening descriptions go, "Bergen-based Norwegian death-thrash" is a damn effective way of attracting our attention in five words or less. Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open Air 2011 coverage

A lot of people have told us they went to see Evil Scarecrow at Bloodstock out of sheer curiosity because of their band's name, but stuck around for the whole set because of their songs. That's a pretty good recommendation in our book. Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open Air 2011 coverage

What we'd like you to do first is click 'Read More' down below and go check out Graham Shackleton's excellent photos of Power Quest at Bloodstock Open Air 2011. After you've done that, scroll back up here and click this link to see Power Quest vocalist, Chitral Chity Somapala, sing a song in tribute to the [...]

"Kill a cop (cop) killer cop killer killer killer cop!"*  Wha's that you say? 'Radicult' wasn't actually part of Morbid Angel's set at Bloodstock Open Air 2011? That the joke we just made is both old and irrelevant in this instance? Oh. *Yes, we know those aren't the real lyrics. SIGH. Morbid Angel @ Bloodstock Open Air 2011 [...]

We said it about Kreator on Friday, and we'll say it about Exodus on Sunday - who needs the Big 4 when you've got some of the world's premier alternative thrash titans on your festival bill? Good on you, Gary Holt. Exodus @ Bloodstock Open Air 2011 setlist The Ballad of Leonard and Charles Beyond [...]

Did you see At The Gates at Bloodstock Open Air 2008? You didn't? Oh. Well, did you make sure you caught them this year, at Bloodstock Open Air 2011? You still didn't? Oh. In that case, you are a very, very silly person indeed. At The Gates @ Bloodstock Open Air 2011 setlist Slaughter of [...]

No matter what happens, you can always rely on Napalm Death to be suitably furious. Whatever anger they were channeling at Bloodstock, it bloody well worked. Napalm Death @ Bloodstock Open Air 2011 setlist Strong-Arm Unchallenged Hate Continuing War on Stupidity Next On The List When All Is Said and Done Lucid Fairytale Social Sterility [...]

Poor old Alan Averill - two songs into Primordial's much-anticipated main stage set at Bloodstock Open Air 2011, and his voice blew out. As much as we respect and admire the musicianship of the rest of Primordial, their set just didn't have the venom it needed without Averill's vocals in the mix. Come back for [...]

You've read all the spurious web-chatter about the future of metal festival headliners, haven't you? And all the speculation about how much touring the top-flight, long-term, established icons of metal have left in them before they'll have to pack it in? It's so boring, isn't it? But despite that, if push came to shove, we [...]

Our man, Amit Sharma, was all over Bloodstock Open Air 2011 - when he wasn't pouring booze down his neck and checking out bands destroying the stages at Catton Hall, he was backstage putting bands through the various kinds of nonsense you've come to expect from a Thrash Hits interview. Just before his slot with [...]

We have asked our friend and writer, Tom Dare, to explain to us the appeal of power metal many, many times. In all of his explanations, in all of his spirited defences and intelligent discourses on said genre, we're 99% that he has never once, once, cited modern-era Hammerfall in the positive. Make of that [...]

If The Rotted's performance at Bloodstock Open Air 2011 has taught us anything, it's that their recent signing to Candlelight Records has re-ignited everything about the dirty British d-beat'ers that made us like them in the first place. Crushing. Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open Air 2011 coverage

Zombie Militia describe themselves as "definitely OLD and SCHOOL". We describe them as "having impressively long dreadlocks". Well, some of them, anyway. Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open Air 2011 coverage

Hammer Of The Gods might dress up like the gods of ancient Greece, but how many of you knew that Winterfylleth's Chris Naughton moonlights as a member of the band? Thrash Hits - teaching you all the best (pointless) metal trivia. Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open Air 2011 coverage

Groove Metal. Military outfits. Newscastle. These are all salient facts about Def Con One. There's probably a wider message in there somewhere, but how's about you just look at the picutres for the time being until we figure that one out? Check out the rest of our Bloodstock Open Air 2011 coverage

According to what our man Amit Sharma told us via Twitter, Deadly Circus Fire's singer is "incredible - singing, screams, presence and chat are all spot on". It wasn't all praise though as he also told us the "band could be a little tighter though". Still, they've still got those sharp suits and that bucket [...]

The last time Bill Steer rolled up to Bloodstock Open Air, he was representing Carcass as they headlined the Ronnie James Dio stage in 2009. Fast forward to 2011, and he's just here for some japes on the Sophie Lancaster stage as a member of Angel Witch. Angel Witch @ Bloodstock Open Air 2011 setlist [...]