Editing Bloodstock

'''Bloodstock''' is the UK's premier metal fest. Started by Paul Gregory and Vince Brotheridge in 2001, it has gone from a small cult festival to a sold out internationally respected event.

It is held every September at the Assembly Rooms in Derby.

The festival can be held responsible for helping many European and British bands gain recognition, and in increasing the popularity of power metal in the UK.

==Line ups==

Many well known European bands have made their UK debut on the Bloodstock stage.

===2001===
*Saxon
*Glenn Hughes
*Blaze
*Skyclad
*Primal Fear
*Return To The Sabbat
*Orange Goblin
*+ more

===2002===
*Blind Guardian
*Diamond Head
*Gamma Ray
*Threshold
*Balance of Power
*Bal-Sagoth
*Return to the Sabbat
*Freedom Call
*Elvenking
*Primordial
*Biomechanical
*+ more

===2003===
*Nightwish
*Saxon
*Paradise Lost
*Blaze
*Edguy
*Saracen
*Masterplan
*Dragonforce
*Power Quest
*Biomechanical
*+ more

===2004===
*Children of Bodom
*Gamma Ray
*Sonata Arctica
*Primal Fear
*Threshold
*Sinergy
*Edenbridge
*Intense
*Fourwaykill
*Season's End
*+ more

===2005===
'''Assembly Rooms'''
*Within Temptation
*HammerFall
*Amon Amarth
*Cathedral
*Conquest of Steel
*After Forever
*Storm Warrior
*Bob Catley
*Season's End
*+ more<br>

In June 2005 Bloodstock held it's first '''open air''' event. Not a great success, but metal karaoke and an excellent atmosphere meant that everyone enjoyed it, and it looks set to grow into a true fixture on the European summer festival circuit, as the UK's answer to Wacken.

*Children of Bodom
*Paradise Lost
*Sebastian Bach
*Mostly Autumn
*Edguy
*Breed 77
*Gotthard
*Masterplan
*Evergrey
*Panic Cell
*Fourwaykill
*Humanity

===2006===

2006 looks set to be Bloodstock's strongest year yet. Dates have changed to avoid clashes, and the line up looks very strong, with headliners set to be announced imminently.

'''Assembly Rooms'''
*My Dying Bride
*Primal Fear
*Axel Rudi Pell
*Majesty
*Marshall Law
*Brainstorm
*Onslaught
*Machine Men
*+ more tbc

'''Open Air'''
*Metal Church
*Atheist
*Ensiferum
*Turisas
*Callenish Circle
*Nocturnal Rites
*Season's End
*Evile
*Headless Cross
*Pitiful Reign
*+ more tbc