Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS has slammed Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL for allegedly forcing his band to cut its set short by three songs at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival.
When asked by Toby Cook of The Quietus how Holt felt EXODUS' performance at Bloodstock — which was held August 12-14, 2011 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom — had gone, the guitarist replied, "Fuck HAMMERFALL, they can go suck a dick — they cost us, like, three songs! They can suck my balls!
"We had huge problems because HAMMERFALL's sound man rearranged the entire input list — and you just don't do that at festivals.
"I've nothing against them musically; I think they're a great band musically, but you're at a festival, you're not headlining you're actually playing under us — do your job right! They fucking made it difficult for everybody."