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Bloodstock

By fans, for fans.....the UKs premier metal festivals

About Me


Welcome to the official MySpace page for the Bloodstock festival, the UK award winning festival phenomenon.
Established in 2001, Bloodstock has progressed over the years from its humble beginnings as a one day event at the festivals spiritual home of the Derby Assembly Rooms to what we have today, a three day Outdoor full on metal extravaganza!
Bloodstock has always prided itself and indeed built its reputation by bringing over the bands you wouldn't usually get to see play the UK, quite often in their debut performances (eg Blind Guardian, Nightwish) and effectively building its own scene and fanbase in a totally overlooked scene. It isn't all about the signed artists though, and every year we have an Unsigned stage dedicated to up and coming bands, providing a unique platform for what could potentially be tomorrows music today.
As always, your comments, thoughts, advice, suggestions, criticisms, abuse and flirts are always welcome so please feel free to drop me a line!
Lee

My Interests

THE BLOODSTOCK 2008 VIDEO JUKEBOX!

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Bloodstock: The story so far.....


2008 (Outdoor)

Main stage - Akercocke, Alestorm, As I Lay Dying, At the Gates, Cloudscape, Communic, Crowning Glory, Destruction, Dimmu Borgir, Eluveitie, Evile, Grand Magus, Helloween, Iced Earth, Kataklysm, Mob Rules, Moonsorrow, Nightwish, Opeth, Overkill, Primal Fear, Saint Deamon, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, Tyr + many more TBC

Unsigned stage - Keltic Jihad, Pro-jekt Uniting the Elements + many more TBC

2007 (Outdoor)

Main Stage - Arch Enemy, Benediction, Beyond All Reason, Dark Tranquillity, Dream Evil, Epica, Exploder, Finntroll, Firewind, Freedom Call, Head-On,In Flames, Kiuas, Korpiklaani, Lacuna Coil, Legion of the Damned, Memfis, Nevermore, Rise to Addiction, Sabbat, Scar Symmetry, Sight of Emptiness, Testament, Voodoo Six, Wolf

Unsigned Stage - Axis of Evil, Blindsight, Cerebral Fix, Enemo J, Exit Ten, Forever Never, Hanging Doll, Headrush, Hexagram, Honey for Christ, Idiom, King Lizard, Kobrakai, Life Denied, Mindflow, Nemhain, Nephwrack, Sinnergod, Sinocence, Speed Theory, Terrathorn, The Aftermath, The Apostacy, The Hollow Earth Theory, The Omen, Timefall, Trigger 9, Zenith

2006 (Indoor)

Great Hall - Axel Rudi Pell, Deathstars, Illuminatus, Machine Men, Majesty, Marshall Law, My Dying Bride, Omnium Gatherum, Primal Fear, Savage Circus, Tourettes Syndrome

Darwin Suite - Agankast, Awaken, Beyond Afterlife, Bloody Embrace, Captive Audio, Deadfall, Died Smiling, Eden, Enemy Unknown, Hostile, Isaiah, Mael Mórdha, Steel Tormentor, Sworn Amongst, To-Mera, Vanden Plas

2006 (Outdoor)

Main Stage - 19th Century, Ashtar, Atheist, Bal Sagoth, Callenish Circle, Edguy, Ensiferum, Gorilla Monsoon, Metal Church, Nocturnal Rites, Pyramaze, Rage, Seasons End, Stratovarius, Turisas

Unsigned Stage - Beyond All Reason, Deadeye, Deadweight, Evile, Headless Cross, Kingsize Blues, KyrbGrinder, Nephwrack, Pitiful Reign, Sicfelt, Solice, State of Serenity

2005 (Indoor)

Great Hall - After Forever, Amon Amarth, Bob Catley, HammerFall, Iron Savior, Metalium, Raven, Reckless Tide, Rise to Addiction, Seasons End, Suidakra, Stormwarrior, Within Temptation

Darwin Suite - Balance Of Silence, Cathedral, Conquest Of Steel; Deliverance, Dreadnought, Jesus Fix, Kingsize Blues, Kyrb Grinder, Mfkzt, Projekt, Soliloquy, Warchild, Zillah

2005 (Outdoor)

Main Stage - Breed 77, Children of Bodom, Edguy, Evergrey, FOURWAYKILL, Gotthard, Humanity, Masterplan, Mostly Autumn, Panic Cell, Paradise Lost, Sebastian Bach

2004 (Indoor)

Great Hall - Balance Of Power, Children of Bodom, Edenbridge, Evergrey, Gamma Ray, Illuminatus, Infobia, Intense, Panic Cell, Primal Fear, Sinergy, Sonata Arctica, Threshold

Darwin Suite - Cruachan, Fourwaykill, Gutworm, Humanity, Invey, Liquid Sky; Nowhwere Near The Garden, Rezin 69, Season's End, Seven Years Dead, Super Massive Object, The Prophecy

2003 (Indoor)

Grat Hall - DragonForce, Edguy, Masterplan, Mercury Rain, Nightwish, Paradise Lost, Saracen

Darwin Suite - Bates Motel, Biomechanical, Bumsnogger, Cruel Humanity, Fourwaykill, Fulc, Illuminatus, Invey, Ninedenine, Waylander

2002 (Indoor)

Great Hall - - Balance Of Power, Biochemical, Blind Guardian, Diamond Head, Freedom Call, Gamma Ray, Threshold

Darwin Suite - Bal-Sagoth, Elvenking, Enemymaker888, Infobia, Primordial, Return To The Sabbat, Twelvepointhead

2001 (Indoor)

Great Hall - Area 54, Dirty Deeds, Glenn Hughes, Primal Fear, Saxon, Shadowkeep, Skyclad

Darwin Suite - Bloodstream, Consumed, Evoke, Freebase, Occupational Hazard, Orange Goblin, Return To The Sabbat, Underule

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My Blog

NAPALM DEATH CONFIRMED FOR BLOODSTOCK !!!

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that UK grindcore legends NAPALM DEATH have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.Napalm Death's origins stretch right back to 1982 when the ...
Posted by Bloodstock on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:14:00 PST

Destruction confirmed for BOA (with comments from Schmier!)

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that German thrash legends DESTRUCTION have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.Destruction were formed in 1982 with a line-up of vocalist/b...
Posted by Bloodstock on Tue, 20 May 2008 10:10:00 PST

Akercocke confirmed for BOA

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that London black/death metal outfit AKERCOCKE have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008.Akercocke were formed in 1997 by vocalist/guitarist ...
Posted by Bloodstock on Tue, 13 May 2008 02:16:00 PST

Grand Magus confirmed for BOA

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Swedish true metal trio GRAND MAGUS have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008. Grand Magus were formed by vocalist Janne 'JB' Christoffe...
Posted by Bloodstock on Sat, 03 May 2008 03:38:00 PST

Keltic Jihad confirmed for BOA

Conceived in 2004, the original concept of Keltic Jihad was finally realised in May 2007 when Nottingham based guitarist Kev McCarthy was joined by fellow musicians Rod Boston, Damien Lee, Tom Clarke,...
Posted by Bloodstock on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:52:00 PST

Alestorm confirmed for BOA

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that Scottish folk/power metallers ALESTORM have been added to the bill for BOA 2008.Alestorm were formed in Perth in 2004 as a two-piece under the name Bat...
Posted by Bloodstock on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:26:00 PST

Nightwish confirmed for BOA

NIGHTWISH CONFIRMED FOR BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2008!The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have been confirmed for BOA 2008. Along with fellow headliners...
Posted by Bloodstock on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:38:00 PST

Are YOU the GUITAR HERO 3 of 2008?

are YOU the GUITAR HERO 3 of 2008?If so, you've just got to compete for the title of....&&&"Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2008 - Guitar Hero 3"Ok&&&..this is your big chance to show the world that Guit...
Posted by Bloodstock on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:41:00 PST

Crowning Glory confirmed for BOA

The Bloodstock team are pleased to announce that uk metal outfit CROWNING GLORY have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2008 and will be opening the main stage on Sunday 17TH August . Forg...
Posted by Bloodstock on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:43:00 PST

Calling all Music Venues, Promoters & Metal Bands!!

Calling all Music Venues, Promoters & Metal Bands!!The UK's premier Metal Festival - Bloodstock Open Air  takes place in Derbyshire from 15-17 August 2008 and they're on the look out for the next Iro...
Posted by Bloodstock on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:57:00 PST