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News: Bloodstock open air announces more giants for the 2024 edition of the festival.
The final Main Stage Headline slot goes to the Swedish Progressive legends Opeth and with them they will be bringing a very special ‘fan chosen’ set in order to close out the Friday on the Ronnie James Dio stage. The legendary Hatebreed will also join the Friday Main Stage with their 30th Anniversary set and …
bloodstock open air festival, catton hall. 13th august 2023
I woke up on Sunday with an overwhelming feeling of bittersweet, it was with a heavy heart that it was the final day of Bloodstock but on the other hand, I was exuberant that there were so much to look forward to at Catton Hall today. As I entered the arena, I gained myself an …
bloodstock open air festival, catton hall, 12th august 2023
As day two erupted into life, I found myself being drawn to the Sophie Stage to catch some pure, uncompromising Thrash Metal courtesy of Tortured Demon. As I found my spot in the pit I was absolutely blown away when they unleashed their set upon us, it was technical, intricate and aggressive Thrash Metal, reminiscent …
bloodstock open air festival 2023, catton hall. 11th august, day one
As I descended on the hallowed turf once more for my annual ritual, I couldn’t help but soak up all of the visual and aural delights and ponder on the fact that if home really is where the heart is then Bloodstock is well and truly, once again and without doubt, home for 20,000 like-minded …
bloodstock open air 2023 preview: headliners and sub headliners for the ronnie james dio and the sophie lancaster stages
Friday 11th August Killswitch Engage – The American Metalcore heavyweights will have the task of closing out the Friday of Bloodstock and I’m sure that they will well and truly relish it and close it out in style. Jesse Leach will help lead the band headfirst into the UK’s biggest independent metal festival and antagonise …
News: Bloodstock Shares Nine More Bands For 2023!
The UK’s biggest independent Rock and Metal Festival, Bloodstock Open Air, has just announced another mouth-watering batch of bands for its 2023 edition and with some heavy hitters and complete legends in the mix, 2023 is surely going to be another Bloodstock you simply don’t want to miss out on. Not one, but two Main …
News: Bloodstock Festival Launches Metal 2 The Masses 2023
It’s that time again already, when BLOODSTOCK kicks off its grass roots-supporting ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ scheme, which gives unsigned and DIY bands the chance of being part of the BLOODSTOCK festival experience. M2TM 2022 was without doubt the biggest BLOODSTOCK New Blood initiative to date and the festival managed to capture the bands, the fans, and grab a chat with a …
Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 14.08.2022
As the news broke overnight that due to the unfortunate illness of a member of Life Of Agony, the main stage had had a slight change in proceedings, Skarlett Riot had been plucked from the Sophie Stage lineup and were now opening the Main Stage, wow, kudos to Bloodstock for allowing one of the ‘smaller’ …
Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 13.08.2022
What better way to start a Saturday than with a healthy slab of brutal Death Metal and today’s slab comes in the form of Danish batterers Baest. I was keen to catch these Danes again ever since I reviewed their last offering, ‘Necro Sapiens’, and today my wishes had been answered. Again, a healthy crowd …
Live Review: Bloodstock Festival – Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent 12.08.2022
So, with the heatwave well and truly entrenched I made my way to the arena for the first full Bloodstock day and my first main stage band of the weekend, Heart of a coward. As I stood in the pit awaiting their arrival, I looked around and their seemed to be a lot of like-minded …