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Slayer Announced As Final Headliner For Bloodstock 2016

SSSLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR! They join fellow headliners Mastodon and Twisted Sister for the metal bash next year…

Slayer Announced As Final Headliner For Bloodstock 2016

Slayer have been announced as the third and final headliner for Bloodstock 2016

They join fellow headliners Mastodon and Twisted Sister for the metal bash next year. Slayer will headline the Sunday night, seeing the festival out with a mighty bang. Also playing the festival are the likes of Venom, Behemoth, Gojira and Dragonforce – check out the line-up poster below.

Talking about their headline set legendary axeman, Kerry Kind said: “I’m looking forward to heading back to Bloodstock, as always!  Come party with SLAYER and watch us wreck the place!!”

Bloodstock Festival takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire, from 11 – 14 August, 2016. Grab your tickets from the Kerrang! Ticket Store now.

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Riding off into the sunset was never an option for Kerry King. He’s too driven, too angry, too damn metal for anything like that. On top of it all, debut ‘solo’ album From Hell I Rise is cranium-rattling proof he’s still got far too much to give. Digging into its creation, it feels reassuringly unlikely that he’ll ever give up that legendary Flying-V anytime soon…

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