Festivals and gigs. A listings calendar, plus previews, news, reviews, and photos
Calling all metalheads, thrash lords, and mosh pit enthusiasts! Mark your calendars for August 7th to 10th – Bloodstock Open Air is back for another year of headbanging anthems, fire-breathing dragons (okay, maybe just some epic pyrotechnics), and enough good vibes to make Valhalla jealous. But who’s gonna be rocking the main stage this year?…
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2021 was my first ever Bloodstock at the age of 41. After years of visiting other well-known metal and rock festivals such as Download, Sonisphere and Reading, it was somewhat strange to think that time was right to head for the king of heavy metal festivals that is Bloodstock in my twilight years of festival-going.…
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It’s that time of year again when something starts stirring from deep within the heavy metal community. It’s the unmistakable buzz of Bloodstock rearing its glorious head in the horizon, and this year promises to be the best party of the summer. As regular festival goers will tell you, the weather plays a major part…
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Following along from 2018’s ‘Drastic On Plastic’ initiative, this year the festival team are committing to the ‘BLOODSTOCK Goes Greener’ campaign‘! This year they aim to recycle at least 50% of the festival’s waste and send nothing at all to landfill. They’re encouraging everyone to say a big ‘NO’ to single use tents and plastics…
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BLOODSTOCK welcomes in 2019 by announcing four new bands for August’s best metal weekender. If you’ve dropped all your money on Christmas and are counting the pennies, the popular ticket payment plan is also now open, breaking that weekend ticket cost into five much more manageable chunks. First things first though, four more join the…
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As the festive season descends upon us, BLOODSTOCK come bearing gifts – four more bands for 2019! Saturday’s special guest on the Ronnie James Dio main stage will be none other than thrash titans, ANTHRAX. The band are set to start work on a new studio album in 2019, so maybe we’ll get to…
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Guarantee your VIP spot at BLOODSTOCK 2019 today as the first wave of 2019 Serpents Lair VIP tickets are on sale now in the ticket store – http://bloodstock.seetickets.com for just £290. A second wave, including the Deluxe VIP packages (Luxpads, Bellepads, Podpads, etc) and a limited number of VIP upgrades (for those who’ve already purchased…
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It’s tough trying to explain why you should go to a festival that’s not happened yet – all you can go on is past experiences. If those are anything to go by, however, you should definitely go to Bloodstock 2018. Some info What: Bloodstock Festival Where: Catton Park, Walton-On-Trent, Derbyshire, DE12 8LN, England. When: August…
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There’s just 7 days left ‘til the loyal metal hordes descend on to Catton Park’s hallowed turf for the UK’s biggest metal weekender! Both weekend and day tickets for BLOODSTOCK 2018 are selling very quickly, with weekend tickets very likely to sell out before festival weekend. As they currently stand, day tickets look likely to…
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We know there’s no such thing as too much metal but as Skindred proved beyond any reasonable doubt, a shot of vodka is needed in a session on the beer. if you don’t get what we mean by that crap analogy, we mean some other heavier music might be the injection that BOA wants (not…
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BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce further details of 2018’s onsite RAM Gallery, one of the more unique elements that sets BLOODSTOCK apart from other festivals. Festival founder and globally renowned artist, Paul Raymond Gregory created the onsite RAM Gallery in 2014 and each year the purpose-built structure showcases not only some of Paul’s work, but…
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With just a month to go, BLOODSTOCK has chosen the last of its New Blood bands, added some more to the Jagermeister stage, revamped entertainment both after hours on the Sophie Lancaster & New Blood stages and in VIP too, bought a Hawaiian shirt ready for Cannibal Corpse, and is still working on a few…
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With Bloodstock 2018 around the corner, we thought it was time to revisit the awesome time we had in 2017
With just six weekends to go, BLOODSTOCK release a limited number of day tickets at 9am this Friday, 29th June! Adult day tickets are priced at £65 (+ booking fee) and child day tickets at £20 (+ booking fee) and will be available at http://bloodstock.seetickets.com. You can still also pick up four-day ‘weekend tickets with…
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Just in time for Halloween, BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce four more spooktacular bands and add the 2018 Rock Society tickets to the ticket store. We’re excited to announce that WATAIN will bring their black metal ritual to headline Sunday’s Sophie Lancaster stage in a UK festival exclusive. Frontman Erik Danielsson tells us, “Our last…
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BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce the first details of 2018’s onsite RAM Gallery, one of the more unique elements that sets BLOODSTOCK apart from other festivals. Festival founder and globally renowned artist, Paul Raymond Gregory created the onsite RAM Gallery in 2014 and each year the purpose-built structure showcases not only some of Paul’s work,…
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BLOODSTOCK’s countdown is hotting up, with just 9 weeks left to go! There’s still plenty of exciting things to reveal about 2018’s event though, including this stellar collection of thirteen more bands you’ll be lucky enough to see, if you’ve snapped up a ticket! Your support for BLOODSTOCK’s regional METAL 2 THE MASSES finals has…
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As BLOODSTOCK’s regional finals for their grass-roots-artist-supporting METAL 2 THE MASSES scheme thunder through local venues around the country this month, the festival has just announced the first bands to have won themselves a slot on 2018’s New Blood stage this August. Joining the bill on Friday are hard-rocking trio, PELUGION (www.facebook.com/pelugion), victors of the…
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BLOODSTOCK 2018 is all set to be the biggest yet, with tickets moving fast and set to sell out again in advance. If you want to join us at Catton Park in August, don’t delay in grabbing your tickets! The countdown is now on, with just 12 weeks to go! If you’re arriving early on…
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BLOODSTOCK 2018 is looking to be the biggest yet, with tickets moving fast and set to sell out again in advance. If you want to join us at Catton Park in August, don’t delay in grabbing your tickets! The countdown is now on, with just 93 days to go! The remaining Friday/Saturday/Sunday slots on the…
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BLOODSTOCK’s bill is still growing as the festival adds yet more bands to their 2018 line up! With just 15 weeks to go, the countdown is on! What’s more, our travel partners, BIG GREEN COACH have just added Cambridge and Norwich to their list of departure cities due to customer demand! More details below. On…
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The countdown is ON! Just 21 weeks until the metal hoardes invade Catton Park’s hallowed ground for BLOODSTOCK and we’re expecting another sold out event in 2018! As Spring begins, we’ve plenty more bands to announce, so let’s unveil the latest additions! Death metal icons, CANNIBAL CORPSE join us as Saturday’s special guests on the…
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BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce four more bands for August’s best heavy metal weekender! Tickets are moving fast for 2018 and we expect another advance sell-out, so don’t delay in picking up yours! There’s also only 6 days left to sign up to the deposit scheme… We welcome pirate metal’s finest, ALESTORM with a big…
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As we head into February, the days are clicking by and BLOODSTOCK is just six months away! Tickets are moving faster than ever in 2018 so don’t delay in picking up yours! There’s another batch of bands to announce; one main stage band and seven more to flesh out part of the Sophie stage line…
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BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce four more bands for 2018! Tickets are moving faster than ever for 2018’s weekender, with ‘Serpent’s Lair’ VIP tickets sold out completely! Don’t delay in picking up your ticket before August comes around. We’re expecting another weekend sell-out this year! Now for the latest band announcement… Sunday’s special guest on…
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BLOODSTOCK are excited to make their first band announcement of 2018! Tickets for 2018 are flying out the door, with less than 50 VIP tickets remaining. Do not delay if you’re planning on joining us in the Serpent’s Lair! Standard tickets, as well as the very popular Deposit Scheme and the last few camper van…
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BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce another four bands for their August 2018 metal weekender. Joining Friday’s main stage bill are crossover thrash legends SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, who play BLOODSTOCK for the first time in their storied 38-year career. The revered band’s twelfth studio album, ‘World Gone Mad’ landed last year, featuring ex-Slayer drum icon, Dave Lombardo…
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BLOODSTOCK are excited to announce four more additions to their August 2018 line-up. German metal legend, DORO will be our Friday night Sophie Lancaster stage headliner! With a career spanning over 30 years and 17 studio albums under her belt (including 4 with Warlock), DORO’s current label Nuclear Blast recently celebrated her 30 year anniversary…
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BLOODSTOCK’s annual, hugely popular ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ initiative offers unsigned and DIY bands the chance of being part of the BLOODSTOCK festival experience! For 2018, your band could be playing on the bill alongside the likes of JUDAS PRIEST, GOJIRA, NIGHTWISH and many more amazing bands. Plans for 2018 are under way and BLOODSTOCK…
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As we creep through October, BLOODSTOCK is very excited to announce three more bands for 2018! Joining Friday’s bill in the Ronnie James Dio main stage special guest slot are black metal legends, EMPEROR in a UK exclusive appearance. Frontman Ihsahn tells us that they’ll be performing a special set based around one of their…
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After their most successful festival to date in 2017 and first ever weekend sell-out at a capacity 15,000 tickets, BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to announce GOJIRA and NIGHTWISH as its first headliners for 2018’s event which will take place at Catton Park from 9th-12th August. GOJIRA tell us “We are excited and honoured to headline BLOODSTOCK…
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