Bloodstock Bound: Shadow Company

Bloodstock Bound: Shadow Company

As Bloodstock gets closer, we delve deep into the line up to find out more about some of the bands playing the New Blood and EMP stages at this years event.

Today we chat with Shadow Company

Please introduce yourselves.

Hi We’re Shadow Company, we have Marty on vocals, Seamus on guitar, Zak on bass and Daisy on drums.

How would you describe your sound?

We’re a bit of a mixed bag to be honest. Our core sound is rooted in groove metal, but we also bring elements of thrash, doom and even power metal in places. We all have very different musical backgrounds and it means we all bring something different to our musical soup.

How did you land your spot on the Bloodstock bill?

We fought our way through a really tough M2TM run at Sanctuary Burnley.

How tough was the competition this year?

The competition this year has been cranked up to 11, we got to the finals last year tool, but the level of polish and talent compared to last year has been insane. With all the good bands on show we were really shocked that we actually won. A couple of standout bands for us this year were Nerve Agents, Azimuth Rising and Pre-empted.

What does playing at Bloodstock mean to you?

It’s hard to really put into words how much this means to us. It still feels a bit surreal that we are about to grace the New Blood Stage on such an important year for the festival. Seeing our name on the same poster as Judas Priest has to be the coolest thing ever.

For people who’ve never seen you live, what can they expect at Bloodstock?

We’ve been putting together our set over the last few days and you can expect heavy, fast paced riffs, brutal vocals and big doom metal breakdowns. Throughout M2TM we’ve been working on a couple of new songs so we’ll be busting them out for Bloodstock aswell.

What day are you performing?

We will be performing on Saturday but we’ll be down all weekend catching bands and hanging out.

What other bands are you looking forward to watching at Bloodstock this year?

There’s a bunch of great underground bands we’re looking forward to catching this year. We’re good friends with the gang in Wailing Banshees and catching them is always a pleasure. We also got to play with the guys in Thrash-Mob earlier in the year and those guys are insanely talented. Manchester winners Technologist are crazy good so we’re going to try to see them. As far as bigger bands go the lineup this year is amazing but to cherry pick a handful the bands we’re most looking forward to are Lamb of God, Castle Rat and obviously Judas Priest.

Playing the New Blood Stage is just the first steppingstone in a bands journey. What’s next in your plans for world domination?

We have been working on a bunch of new material so the first port of call is probably the studio to start getting those released, we also have a bunch of gigs throughout the rest of the year so keep your eyes peeled for announcements on those.

Are you camping with the fans? Which campsite are you heading for?

Touch wood there will be space for us to camp with the fans, we’ve not quite decided which camp we’re aiming for but when we’ve decided we’ll let people know then they can come camp and hang with us if they want. If anyone see’s us come say hi we’ll have a bunch of freebies we’re gonna give out while we’re there.

You’ve gotta keep hydrated at Bloodstock, what is your drink of choice for the weekend?

We’re not a fussy bunch as long as it’s cold and tastes good we’ll drink it!!

See you at Bloodstock in a few weeks!

We’ll see you all there !!

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