Bloodstock have announced that the mighty Mercyful Fate will be headlining the Saturday night of next year’s festival in a UK exclusive. “It is with sinister pleasure Mercyful Fate will finally bring the Devil himself to Bloodstock Summer ‘21,” says frontman King Diamond. “We cannot wait and neither can he. It’s gonna be dark as hell.” Reforming last year after an eight-year hiatus, the iconic occultists were one of black metal’s most influential bands, having a serious impact on the burgeoning ’80s thrash scene – most notably Slayer and Metallica, the latter of which paid tribute to the Danes on their 1998 Garage Inc album. READ THIS: 10 of the most believably Satanic bands But Mercyful Fate aren’t coming alone, as the Norwegian symp...
