Bloodstock Festival Archives

18 August 2017<23 September 2021

Bloodstock Festival 2017 Sunday – 13 August 2017

As usual the numbers are down a bit come Sunday morning, but this doesn’t stop Manc metal stompers Broken Teeth and South Wales death…

17 August 2017<23 September 2021

It’s the given task of Fallujah to provide the best of rude awakenings on a bright Saturday morning and they prove that they’re more…

16 August 2017<23 September 2021

As the summer festival season draws to a close, Hit The Lights travels to South Derbyshire to experience the 2017 edition of the continuing…

19 August 2012<8 October 2021

Kobra and the Lotus put on a great early morning main stage show. The lovely Kobra Paige and her band clearly possess a good…

18 August 2012<9 October 2021

Saturday morning at Bloodstock 2012 and both Benediction and I Am I provide portions of breakfast crunch on main stage, giving good accounts of…

17 August 2012<9 October 2021

The sun is shining, the beer is flowing, as a carnival of metal nutters descend upon Catton Hall in Derbyshire .. it’s day one…

21 August 2011<9 November 2021

If you ever want to see humanity at its most dishevelled – festival Sundays are the ultimate pits of personal, introspective remorse and self…

20 August 2011<10 November 2021

It’s widely accepted that the first band of any festival day are a good test for the PA, fortunate enough to be invited and…

19 August 2011<11 November 2021

It’s that time of year when hordes of metal fans proceed to the otherwise tranquil setting of Catton Hall in Derbyshire, for a weekend…

21 August 2010<25 June 2023

It’s midday, there’s glorious sunshine, and I’m in the middle of a field somewhere in Derbyshire. What more could I ask for? A German…

20 August 2010<25 June 2023

This is my first Bloodstock, the tenth anniversary of the festival. I’m here alone and in all fairness I’m not off to the best…