"Suggestions that they'd pull the smallest headline crowd in the festival's history are laughably wide of the mark." Slaughter To Prevail pass their big Bloodstock test with flying colours (and lots of breakdowns)

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It’s fair to say that more than a few eyebrows were raised last year when Slaughter to Prevail were announced as Bloodstock headliners. So STP arrive at the festival very much with plenty to prove and a lot of cynics to win over. Because Slaughter to Prevail look every inch the consummate modern metal festival headliner this evening. Speaking of the crowd, the online suggestions that STP would pull the smallest headline crowd in Bloodstock history are laughably wide of the mark. If people were coming here purely out of curiosity or just to see Slaughter to Prevail fail then it would appear that they’ve all been won over.