#pissviper

Every year Bloodstock festival gives some of the best up and coming bands in the UK the spotlight in the form of the New Blood stage.  Me and Necro Joe set about the enormous task of listening to every single band that appeared on the New Blood stage this year and picking out just a few of our favourites for episode #1 of Metal Vlog UK.

So here they are, in no particular order.

PISS VIPER

Hailing from Swansea, South Wales and featuring members of Onedice, Tamanous and Buried in Alaska.  Piss Viper have only been on the scene since mid-2014 but are already held in high regard by punters & critics alike thanks to their crushing riffs, bourbon soaked grooves and infectious rhythmic vocals.   If you like any band that's featured Phil Anselmo or just crushingly heavy grooves, Piss Viper is for you.

http://youtu.be/grAv5IUsTLw

Check out their debut EP 'Horned Hands and Hardened Necks' here:

http://pissviper.bandcamp.com/album/horned-hands-and-hardened-necks Check out the new track 'Cold Dead Grip' here:

http://pissviper.bandcamp.com/track/cold-dead-grip

BLACKENED RITUAL

From the tiny city of Perth, Scotland comes Blackened Ritual.  Their aggressive, precision thrash is sure to win the hearts and minds of metallers up and down the country and this year saw them storm through to the final of Metal to the Masses Scotland,winning themselves the coveted spot against fierce competition.

http://youtu.be/-cyEuY3WU6M

Their debut album Blackened Ritual was released in July this year and is available here:

http://blackenedritual.bigcartel.com/product/blackened-ritual-self-titled-album

TOMBSTONE CROW

Storming out of Newcastle Upon Tyne come the purveyors of original Geordie metal, Tombstone Crow.  Their reputation has been steadily growing since since their formation in 2013 with their aggressive yet melodic and incredibly hooky sound striking a chord with both their local scene and the wider music press.  They booked their slot on this years New Blood line up by winning Hobgoblin's Metal to the Masses video competition with the track 'Soul of a Sinner' http://youtu.be/eHxXuC66R6k

Their debut album 'Shadows From The Grave' was released this year and is available here:

http://tombstonecrow.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-from-the-grave-2

COUNTLESS SKIES

Hertfordshire based Countless Skies are a slick progressive death metal band in the vein of Be'lakor   and Omnium Gatherum.  Their beautifully crafted, almost ethereal death metal saw them through to the final of this years Luton Metal to the Masses final, where they claimed their Bloodstock spot in emphatic fashion.

http://youtu.be/er7tCPLZFjo

Their debut album is due to be released in early 2016, but you can check out their debut EP 'Countless Skies' and new track 'Solace' here: http://countlessskies.bandcamp.com

KRYOCELL

Brutal scouse filth merchants Kryocell are possibly my pick of the bunch, they snuck in the back door to this years New Blood stage after losing their regional Metal to the Masses final to (the also excellent) Deified, but they impressed M2M main man and grizzly UK metal father figure Simon Hall so much that they were invited to play the festival anyway.

http://youtu.be/G-fSoxFp18c

Their wonderfully titled debut EP 'Entrail Fuelled Leviathan' was released in July and is available here: http://kryocell.bandcamp.com/releases

BURDEN OF THE NOOSE

Comprised of former members of Godsize, Mistress, I am Colossus and Out for Blood, Burden of the Noose hail from Birmingham and specialize in a disgusting blend of Sludge, Power violence and doom. They crush the opposition in this years Metal to the Masses Birmingham final before crushing everyone at the New Blood stage on the Sunday evening.  

http://youtu.be/HssOX7g9lks

They have a new EP currently in production, but you can check out the track 'The Forgotten Plague” here: http://burdenofthenoose.bandcamp.com/releases

MORTISHEAD

Straight out of Portishead comes the monstrous Mortishead.  They're another one to whom im particularly partial, with a sound that can best be described as an full-on audio assault, Mortishead smashed their way through to the final of the Bristol Metal to the Masses competition like a veritable tornado of gore....a 'Gorenado' if you will, having won their slot at bloodstock they were charged with waking everyone up on Friday morning a task they were more than capable of .

http://youtu.be/F8g5eNtORz0

Their EP 'Gorenado' and new single 'Blood Drive' are both available here:

http://www.mortishead.com/#!music/c19ye

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

MUTAGENOCIDE- Hobgoblin sponsored beastly Oxford thrash.

http://www.mutagenocide.co.uk/

FORGOTTEN REMAINS- Nottingham M2M winners, chesterfield death thrash.

http://www.facebook.com/forgottenremainsband

TAKEN BY THE TIDE- Nottingham based Progressive tech metal

http://tbtt.bandcamp.com

WRETCHED TOAD- London M2M winners, Metal/Blues/Funk madness

http://www.facebook.com/wretchedtoad

BLOODYARD- Lancashire M2M winners, grooving death metal from the North-West.

http://www.bloodyard.com/

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS- Exeter based brutal progressive metal machine.