Bloodstock
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Bloodstock Festival
Bloodstock is the UKs 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
Within Temptation
HammerFall
Amon Amarth
Cathedral
Conquest of Steel
After Forever
Storm Warrior
Bob Catley
Season's End
+ more
Bloodstock Open Air
In June 2005 Bloodstock held it's first open air event. Not a great success, but metal kareoke 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.
Line-Up
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
Primal Fear
Axel Rudi Pell
Marshall Law
Brainstorm
Onslaught
Machine Men
+ more tbc
Open Air
Atheist
Ensiferum
Nocturnal Rites
Season's End
+ more tbc
