Bloodstock Festival Countdown : 30 Bands Not To Miss
4. Unleash The Archers - Ronnie James Dio Stage - Saturday, August 10th 2024
A modern criticism of Bloodstock is where is the power metal? Well in the shape of Unleash the Archers and Beast in Black it is well and truly in the house. Choruses you could house the royal airforce on? Check. Keyboard flourishes that would make Liberarchie question the level of decadence? Check. Obsessions with fantasy and a tendency to hit the dressing up box hard? Check. So for those who revel in bombasity, operatic finesse and more cheese than a picnic in the cheddar gorge, these should be your prime destination. Get ready to sing along and gesticulate that arm!!!!
I just love Metal. I love it all. The bombastity of symphonic, the brutality of death, the rousing choruses of power, the nihilistic evil of black, the pounding atmospherics of doom, the whirling time changes of prog, the faithful familiarity of trad, the other worldlyness of post, the sheer unrefined power of thrash. I love it all!