Bloodstock Open Air

Annual British heavy metal festival

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Bloodstock Open Air

Main stage

Genre| Heavy metal, extreme metal, hard rock
Dates| 2nd weekend in August
Location(s)| Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, UK
Years active| 2005–present
Founders| Paul Raymond Gregory, Vince Brotheridge
Capacity| 20,000
Website| www.bloodstock.uk.com

Bloodstock Open Air is a British heavy metal festival held annually at Catton Hall in Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, since 2005.

Originally held indoors for one day with two stages, the festival started in 2001 at the Derby Assembly Rooms and expanded over the years. It became an outdoor event in 2005. By 2019, it had five stages and a capacity of 15,000, and as of 2023, it welcomed 20,000 metalheads. [1]

## History

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Originally on one stage only, the festival expanded to incorporate a second stage in 2006. Known simply as The Unsigned Stage, it was designed to provide a platform for the next generation of metal talent to reach a wider audience. In 2010 it was renamed The New Blood Stage.

2007 saw further expansion with the addition of a third stage, originally called The Lava Stage, which in 2009 became the Sophie Lancaster Stage. In 2010 the capacity of this stage was increased and it became the festival's second stage.

Bloodstock Open Air was conceived as an extension of the original Bloodstock indoor festival which ran from 2001 until 2006 at Derby Assembly Rooms. After an amicable parting in 2006 with his business partner Vince Brotheridge, in 2006 Paul Gregory brought his daughters Vicky Hungerford, Rachael Greenfield and son Adam Gregory on board as directors.

In 2010, Heaven & Hell was scheduled to headline Bloodstock Open Air, but pulled out due to the death of singer Ronnie James Dio. The main stage at the festival was subsequently renamed as the "Ronnie James Dio stage" in tribute to him.

The 2020 festival was planned to be a celebration of "20 years of Bloodstock" however the festival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ticket holders were given the option either to have a refund on their ticket or to roll it over to the 2021 festival which saw three stages expanded to include an extra day.

Bloodstock has hosted numerous metal bands from the following countries/dependencies: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland (including Shetland Islands), Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Wales, and Guernsey.

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## Bloodstock UK Metalfest

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Bloodstock originally began as an indoor festival held in Derby Assembly Rooms which ran for six years, 2001 to 2006. In order to associate the festival roots with Derby, where founder Paul Gregory lives, the festival's mascot/logo was based on the tale of The Derby Ram; a beast so large that, when a butcher finally slaughtered it, he drowned in the Ram's blood. A competition was run to name the beast and 'S-tan' was selected, he has appeared on almost all Bloodstock artwork since only missing from the first three BOA festivals when the S-tan snake featured instead.

### 2001

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The first year was a one-day event headlined by Saxon, whom Paul Gregory had known personally since being commissioned to do the artwork for their 1984 Crusader album. Attendance for the festival topped 700 people and, despite taking an (expected) financial loss, a second festival was arranged for the following year.

Monday 28 May

Main Stage  | Darwin Stage

Saxon
Glenn Hughes
Blaze
Skyclad
Primal Fear
Dirty Deeds
Area 54
Shadowkeep

Orange Goblin
Return to the Sabbat
Freebase
Consumed
Underule
Evoke
Occupational Hazard
Bloodstream

### 2002

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2002 saw Blind Guardian headlining, again a band Paul Gregory knew through producing their artwork, which was their first UK show. Bringing metal acts to the UK for the first time become a regular occurrence for Bloodstock and the stronger line-up which also included Gamma Ray as second billing doubled the festival's attendance to approximately 1500.

Saturday 31 August

Main Stage  | Darwin Stage

Blind Guardian
Gamma Ray
Diamond Head
Threshold
Balance of Power
Freedom Call
Biomechanical

Return to the Sabbat
Bal-Sagoth
Elvenking
Primordial
Enemymaker 888
Twelvepointhead
Infobia

### 2003

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2003 brought the first of many expansions to the festival as it stretched across two days. The first day was headlined by a returning Saxon and the second by Nightwish whom like Blind Guardian the year before were playing their first UK show. Paul and Gregory had gone on tour with Saxon the previous year and it was then that Vince first saw Nightwish which convinced them they should be booked for the Bloodstock festival. This year also featured Edguy's first UK show as they were drafted in to replace HammerFall after guitarist Oscar Dronjak broke his arm in a motorcycle accident only weeks before the show. The full line-up was:

Friday 29 August

Main Stage

Saxon
Blaze
Power Quest
5th Man Down
Biomechanical

Saturday 30 August

Main Stage  | Darwin Stage

Nightwish
Paradise Lost
Edguy
Masterplan
Saracen
DragonForce
Illuminatus
Mercury Rain

Biomechanical
F.U.L.C.
Waylander
Fourwaykill
Invey
Bates Motel
Ninedenine
Cruel Humanity
Bumsnogger

### 2004

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2004 saw continued growth in attendance with the festival selling out and brought Gamma Ray back to headline the first day and Children of Bodom headlined the second day. The full line-up was:

Friday 3 September

Main Stage  | Femme Fatale Stage

Gamma Ray
Threshold
Sinergy
Illuminatus
Infobia

Season's End
Invey
Liquid Sky
Super Massive Object

Saturday 4 September

Main Stage  | Darwin Stage

Children of Bodom
Sonata Arctica
Primal Fear
Balance of Power
Evergrey
Edenbridge
Panic Cell
Intense

Fourway Kill
Cruachan
The Prophecy
Gutworm
Nowhere Near the Garden
Humanity
Seven Years Dead
Rezin 69

### 2005

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2005 was the first year which saw both the indoor and outdoor festivals running. HammerFall were booked to play, now with a headline slot on the first day, and Within Temptation headlined the second day. The full line-up was:

After Forever performing at Bloodstock 2005. Friday 2 September

Main Stage  | Battle Metal Stage

HammerFall
Stormwarrior
Metalium
Reckless Tide

Conquest of Steel
Warchild
Deliverance
Zillah

Saturday 3 September

Main Stage  | Darwin Stage

Within Temptation
Amon Amarth
After Forever
Bob Catley
Raven
Iron Savior
Suidakra
Season's End
Rise to Addiction

Cathedral
Soliloquy
Balance of Silence
Jesus Fix
Kingsize Blues
Kyrb Grinder †
Dreadnought
Mfkzt
Pro-jekt
Osmium

† Kyrb Grinder were not originally booked to play, but the band members were working at the festival and delays in the running of the Darwin stage left a gap, so they played a short sell to fill in the gap.

### 2006

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2006 was the last year an indoor festival was hosted allowing for full focus on the outdoor festival from then on. Primal Fear headlined day one with My Dying Bride headlining day two and thus being the last ever band to play at Bloodstock as an indoor festival. The full line-up was:

Onslaught performing at Bloodstock in 2006 Friday 29 September

Main Stage  | Darwin Stage

Primal Fear
Axel Rudi Pell
Savage Circus
Majesty
Marshall Law

To-Mera
Eden
Steel Tormentor
Captive Audio
Awaken

Saturday 30 September

Main Stage  | Darwin Stage

My Dying Bride
Deathstars
Onslaught
Brainstorm
Machine Men
Omnium Gatherum
Sworn Amongst †
Spellblast
Illuminatus

Vanden Plas
Deadfall
Enemy Unknown
Died Smiling
Tourettes Syndrome †
Beyond Afterlife
Agankast
Mael Mórdha
Isaiah
H.O.S.T.I.L.E.
The Boy Will Drown

† Tourettes Syndrome had originally been booked to play the main stage. However, their flight was delayed and they did not arrive in time. Sworn Amongst were bumped up from their scheduled Darwin Stage slot to fill the gap, and Tourettes Syndrome played on the Darwin Stage later in the day when they eventually arrived.

## Bloodstock Open Air

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Bloodstock Open Air is the outdoor venture for the festival after selling out the indoor festival which had a maximum capacity of 2500. Catton Hall was selected as the venue to allow growth in size without losing the festival's established friendly atmosphere and also maintained its link to Derby.

### 2005

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The festival featured only one stage which was headlined by Sebastian Bach (Friday) and Children of Bodom (Saturday).

Main Stage

Friday 24 June  | Saturday 25 June

Sebastian Bach
Mostly Autumn
Breed 77
Gotthard
Panic Cell

Children of Bodom
Paradise Lost
Edguy
Masterplan
Evergrey
Humanity
Fourwaykill

### 2006

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Rage performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2006

Bloodstock Open Air 2006 brought in a second stage called simply "Unsigned Stage". This was to showcase new unsigned acts to a wider audience like the indoor festival did previously to on their second stage. Now backed by Wacken Open Air, the festival was able to attract more European metal bands to the line-up which was headlined by Edguy (Friday) and Stratovarius (Saturday). It was the last year which had both the indoor and outdoor festivals running together.

Friday 14 July

Main Stage  | Unsigned Stage

Edguy
Metal Church
Atheist
Nocturnal Rites
Rage
Pyramaze

Evile
Kingsize Blues
Headless Cross
Pitiful Reign
Nephwrack

Saturday 15 July

Main Stage  | Unsigned Stage

Stratovarius
Turisas
Bal-Sagoth
Ensiferum
Callenish Circle
Gorilla Monsoon
Season's End
Ashtar
19th Century

Deadweight
Sicfelt
State of Serenity
Nekkrosis
Kyrb Grinder
Spitting Blood
Beyond All Reason
Isaiah
Deadeye
Solace
Luna Pin
Phat Jerusalem
Cycle VI
Black River Project

### 2007

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Sinnergod performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2007.

Bloodstock Open Air 2007 brought further growth for the festival which now ran over three days and included three stages. The additional stage was named the Lava Stage and allowed more established but smaller acts to perform at the festival. Following a stronger marketing campaign which included advertisement within HMV and greater coverage in music media, attendance at the festival more than doubled from the previous year exceeding 5000 people. The festival's website also went through a major overhaul and the opportunity was given to unsigned bands to upload their videos. Following public voting, Costa Rican band Sight Of Emptiness won and were invited to open the main stage on Thursday. The three mainstage headliners were Testament (Thursday), Lacuna Coil (Friday) and In Flames (Saturday).

BOA 2007 took place from Thursday 16 August to Saturday 18 August. The line up was as follows:

Thursday 16 August

Main Stage  | Lava Stage

Testament
Firewind
Head On
Kiuas
Sight of Emptiness
Chris Slade

Beholder

Friday 17 August

Main Stage  | Unsigned Stage  | Lava

Lacuna Coil
Dark Tranquillity
Nevermore
Epica
Korpiklaani
Memfis
Wolf
Scar Symmetry
Voodoo Six
Exploder

Hexagram
Idiom
King Lizard
Sinocence
Forever Never
Cerebral Fix
Timefall
Enemo J
The Aftermath
Life Denied
Omen
Mindflow

Zenith
Blindsight

Saturday 18 August

Main Stage  | Unsigned Stage  | Lava Stage

In Flames
Arch Enemy
Sabbat
Dream Evil
Finntroll
Legion of the Damned
Benediction
Freedom Call
Rise to Addiction
Beyond All Reason

Terrathorn
Axis of Evil
Exit Ten
Trigger 9
Honey for Christ
Nemhain
Speed Theory
Nephwrack
Sinnergod
The Hollow Earth Theory
The Apostacy
Kobrakai
Hanging Doll

Rollin' Thunder
Headrush

### 2008

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Alestorm performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2008.

Bloodstock Open Air 2008 took place from Friday 15 August to Sunday 17 August.

Thursday 14 August

Lava Stage

Conquest of Steel
Bungle Jr

Friday 15 August

Main Stage  | Scuzz Stage  | Lava Stage

Opeth
Helloween
Soulfly
Primal Fear
Destruction
Akercocke
Týr
Praying Mantis
Evile
Saint Deamon

From the Ashes
Sorcerer's Spell
The Dead Lay Waiting
Anger Management
Firebrand Super Rock
Son of Science
Obsessive Compulsive
Hospital of Death
Broken Faith
A470
Deadfilmstar

The Inbreds
Invasion
Outcryfire
Pro-jekt

Saturday 16 August

Main Stage  | Scuzz Stage  | Lava Stage

Dimmu Borgir
Iced Earth
Soilwork
Napalm Death
Moonsorrow
Communic
Swallow the Sun
Eluveitie
Rise to Remain
Cloudscape
Evil Scarecrow

The Berzerker
RSJ
Metalloid
Concept of Time
Hellfighter
Keltic Jihad
The Defiled
Blood Island Raiders
The Dirty Youth
Mantra
Empyreal Destroyer
Witchsorrow
Denounce
9 Days Down

Sondura
Fury UK
Seven Years Dead

Sunday 17 August

Main Stage  | Scuzz Stage  | Lava Stage

Nightwish
At the Gates
Overkill
As I Lay Dying
Kataklysm
Mob Rules
Grand Magus
Alestorm
Crowning Glory
Heaven's Basement

TesseracT
Silent Descent
Musta Talvi
Ted Maul
Ravens Creed
Necrosadistic Goat Torture
Celtic Legacy
Ravenage
Serotonal
De Profundis
Blasphemous Creation
Cursed as Angels

Liquid Sky
Adam Bomb
Breedapart
Heaven's Gate
Esoterica

### 2009

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Equilibrium performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2009.

Bloodstock Open Air 2009 took place at Catton Hall from Friday 14 August to Sunday 16 August.

Friday 14 August

Main Stage  | Unsigned Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Carcass
Arch Enemy
Saxon
Sodom
Katatonia
Municipal Waste
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Insomnium
Million Dollar Reload
Blitzkrieg

Vallenbrosa
The Green River Project
Gods of Hellfire
Blindfolds Aside
Alternative Carpark
Snakebite
Divine Chaos
Left to Bleed
Bloodshot Dawn
Bisonhammer
Ventflow

Pythia
Malefice
Godsized
Xerath

Blitzkrieg

Saturday 15 August

Main Stage  | Unsigned Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Cradle of Filth
Blind Guardian
Apocalyptica
Kreator
Enslaved
Candlemass
Entombed
The Haunted
Wolf
Battlelore
Uncle Rotter

The Saw Doctors
Severed Heaven
Hunted
Solsikk
O.M.T
Inner Eden
Sanctorum
Internal Conflict
Switchblade Scream
Niyah Sky
Nefarious
They Will Rise

The Rotted
Abgott
Arthemis
Celesty

Godsized
Celesty

Sunday 16 August

Main Stage  | Unsigned Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Europe
Satyricon
Amon Amarth
Moonspell
Turisas
Anathema
Equilibrium
Girlschool
Sabaton
Beholder

Nya
Into the Woods
Nightmare World
Biomortal
Sower
Primitive Graven Image
Long Time Dead
Triaxis
Annwn
Agonyst
Eibon la Furies

Eden's Curse
Tribe
Darkness Dynamite
Anterior

Beholder
Into the Woods

### 2010

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Gwar performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2010.

Bloodstock Open Air 2010 celebrated the festival's 10th anniversary, and took place between Friday 13 August and Sunday 15 August. The line up was as follows:

Thursday 12 August

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Desecration
Hospital of Death

Friday 13 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Opeth
Meshuggah
Sonata Arctica
Gorgoroth
Cathedral
Ensiferum
Rage
Ross the Boss
Black Spiders
Snakebite

Arceye
Credit to Dementia
Shrapnel
Splintered Soul
Senturia
Tempestora
Morgue Orgy
Grieve
Betraeus
Lordaeron
Under Blackened Skies

Powerwolf
Enforcer
Steelwing
Collapse

Betraeus
Sworn to Oath
Victor Smolski

Saturday 14 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Children of Bodom
Fear Factory
The Devin Townsend Project
Amorphis
Obituary
Edguy
Onslaught
Evile
Leaves' Eyes
Andromeda

The Whores
Reism
Chaos Asylum
Silas
Flayed Disciple
Aghast
Lithurgy
Zocalo
Achren
Echoes Fall
Burn the Hive

Sylosis
Benediction
Regardless of Me
Mordecai

Silas
Cosmic Vortex of Doom
Hanging Doll
Point Blank Fury

Sunday 15 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Twisted Sister
Cannibal Corpse
Bloodbath
Gojira
Gwar
Korpiklaani
Doro
Holy Moses
Suffocation
Bonded by Blood

Furyon
Core Project
Orestea
Stone Circle
Mutant
Extreme Od
Ishmael
Traces
Hekz
Neonfly
Old Corpse Road

Killing Machine
Winterfylleth
Witchsorrow
The Prophecy
Purified In Blood

Fury UK

* Heaven & Hell were booked to headline on Sunday, but pulled out due to Ronnie James Dio's continuing health issues.[3]
* Shortly after Heaven & Hell pulled out, Dio died. The main stage was later renamed the Ronnie James Dio stage in tribute to him.[4]
* Twisted Sister's headline slot was moved from Friday to Sunday to replace Heaven & Hell. Opeth were then booked to fill the Friday headline slot.
* Dream Evil were confirmed for the mainstage on Friday, but were forced to pull out due to "personal commitments".[5]
* Behemoth were confirmed for the mainstage on Friday, but pulled out due to the hospitalisation of frontman, Adam "Nergal" Darski.[6] Cathedral were announced as their replacements.
* The Sophie Lancaster stage was increased in size and became Bloodstock's second stage. It now plays host to larger, more well known bands, as well as DJs, karaoke, film showings, competitions and more.

### 2011

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Kreator performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2011.

Bloodstock Open Air 2011 took place at Catton Hall between Friday 12 August and Sunday 14 August 2011. This year the festival had over 10,900 visitors.

Thursday 11 August

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Steve Hughes
Jason Rouse
Beholder
Revoker
Xerath
Achren

Friday 12 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

W.A.S.P.
The Devin Townsend Project
Kreator
Coroner
Triptykon
Poisonblack
Forbidden
Wolf
The Defiled

Lawnmower Deth
October File
Byfrost
Arthemis
Romeo Must Die
Cerebral Bore
Imicus
Mortad

Brezno
Training Icarus
Cryostorm
Decimation
The Furious Horde
Saturnian
Rannoch
Primitai
Entro-P
Inner Fire
Shreddertron
Unknown Fear

Primitai
Alternative Carpark
Rannoch
Spires
Foul Body Autopsy

Saturday 13 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Immortal
Rhapsody of Fire
Therion
Wintersun
Ihsahn
Finntroll
Tarot
Grave Digger
Skeletonwitch

Keith Platt
Stephen Hill
Angel Witch
The Rotted
Deadly Circus Fire
Hammer of the Gods
Def-Con-One
Blake
Dripback

Intensive Square
Haerken
Pure Negative
Hostile Rising
Furyborn
Foul Body Autopsy
Impaled Existence
Uburen
Bury the Conscious
Soulsphere
Zombie Militia
Bludvera

Northern Oak
Obsessive Compulsive
Guardians of Andromeda
Fantasist
Avenge Thee + Naime

Sunday 14 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Motörhead
Morbid Angel
At the Gates
Exodus
HammerFall
Napalm Death
Primordial
1349
Hell

Steve Hughes
Jason Rouse
Criminal
Amaranthe
Power Quest
Survivors Zero
Hellish Outcast
Nemhain
Evil Scarecrow
Grand Ultra

Lifer
Achilla
Talanas
Northern Oak
Sanguine
Twilight's Embrace
Sacred Illusion
Akarusa Yami
Spires
Visitor
Wolfcrusher
Candid Iniquity

The Last in Line
Pig Iron
Inferno
Operation Error
Amaranthe

* Nevermore were booked for the Ronnie James Dio stage, but were removed from the official line up in July. No official explanation was released.
* Primevil were booked for the Sophie stage, but were later removed from the official line up. No explanation was released.

### 2012

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Alice Cooper performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2012

Bloodstock Open Air 2012 was scheduled to take place at Catton Hall between Thursday 16 August and Sunday 19 August 2012 (a week later than usual, owing to the festival organisers not wanting the festival to clash with the closing of the 2012 London Olympics); however, the dates were changed to between Thursday 9 August and Sunday 12 August.[7] This change was never officially explained.

Thursday 9 August

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Viking Skull
Marionette
Bloodshot Dawn
Saturnian

Friday 10 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Behemoth
Dio Disciples
Watain
Sepultura
Iced Earth
Moonsorrow
Grand Magus
Freedom Call
Malefice

Dirty Sanchez
Alcest
Eastern Front
Pythia
Death Valley Knights
Derision
Sweet Savage
Primitai
Gonoreas
Commander in Chief

Fallen Fate
Infernal Creation
Kataleptic
Scare Tactics
Killer Hurts
Exile the Traitor
My Wooden Pillow
Cambion
Krepuskul
Warhorse
Waking Theo
Control the Storm
InComa

Absolva
Dave McPherson
Andraste
Dakesis
Skarlett Riot

Saturday 11 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Machine Head
Testament
Hatebreed
Sanctuary
Mayhem
Crowbar
Chthonic
I AM I
Benediction

Orange Goblin
Sight of Emptiness
Witchsorrow
Winterfylleth
Furyon
Rising Dream
Infernal Tenebra
Dripback
Savage Messiah
Splintered Soul

Gone Til Winter
Doomed
Reflection in Exile
Cosmic Vortex of Doom
Tempus Fusion
Bull Riff Stampede
Wretched Soul
Sublime Eyes
Father
The Conflict Within
Stormborn
Merciless Fail
Apollyon

I AM I
Dreamcatcher
Kyrbgrinder
Triaxis
From Ruin

Sunday 12 August

Ronnie James Dio Stage  | Sophie Lancaster Stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Alice Cooper
Dimmu Borgir
Paradise Lost
Anvil
Evile
The Black Dahlia Murder
Nile
Corrosion of Conformity
Kobra and the Lotus

Anaal Nathrakh
Headcharger
Demonic Resurrection
Nociferia
Ancient Ascendant
Crimes of Passion
Battalion
Flayed Disciple
Re-Armed

Airstryke
Blynd
Incinery
Shattered Skies
A Thousand Enemies
Huron
Reign of Fury
Dreamcatcher
Hakin
Sa-da-kO
Aethara
From Ruin
Seprevation

The Mercy House
Kobra and the Lotus
Orianthi
Splintered Soul
A Thousand Enemies

* Lock Up were booked to play on the RJD stage on the Friday, but were removed from the lineup. This was later confirmed on the official Bloodstock Twitter page due to logistical problems.
* Deicide were booked to play on the RJD stage on the Sunday, but ended up cancelling the whole European tour that BOA was a part of. Because of this Evile were moved from the Sophie Lancaster Stage to the Ronnie James Dio Stage to fill the void.
* Anthrax were announced for BOA 2013 before Machine Head's Headline set

### 2013

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Sabaton performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2013

Bloodstock Open Air 2013 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 8 August and Sunday 11 August.

Thursday 8 August

Sophie Lancaster stage

Tragedy
Ravenage
OAF
Bull-Riff Stampede
Motherload

Friday 9 August

Ronnie James Dio stage  | Sophie Lancaster stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

King Diamond
Accept
Voivod
Municipal Waste
Dark Funeral
Firewind
Ex Deo
Death Angel
Earthtone9

Scar Symmetry
Xentrix
Xerath
Cypher 16
Skiltron
The Prophecy
Shrapnel
Bloodbound
Absolva
The Way of Purity

Mair
Craniation
Fahran
Second Rate Angels
Karybdis
Prosperina
Nocturna
Warpath
Left Unscarred
Shoel Afterlife
Rezinwolf
Cruel Humanity
This Is Turin

Mitchel Emms
Ravenage
Wraith
Mia Klose
Resin

Saturday 10 August

Ronnie James Dio stage  | Sophie Lancaster stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Lamb of God
Avantasia
Sabaton
Gojira
Kataklysm
Hell
3 Inches of Blood
Beholder
Stormbringer

Last In Line
Power Quest*
NeonFly
Mael Mordha
Scarab
Betraeus
Vanderbuyst
Sworn Amongst
Unfathomable Ruination

The Infernal Sea
Skreamer
One for Sorrow
Dishonour the Crown
Ten Cent Toy
Internal Conflict
In the Hills
Gehtika
XII Boar
Diesel King
Mask of Judas
Elithia
Fallen Riot

Incassum
Awake By Design
The Earls of Mars
Ballsdeep
Cavorts

Sunday 11 August

Ronnie James Dio stage  | Sophie Lancaster stage  | New Blood Stage  | Jägermeister Stage

Slayer
Anthrax
DevilDriver
Exodus
Amorphis
Fozzy
Sacred Mother Tongue
Whitechapel
Gama Bomb

Dying Fetus
Wolfsbane
Belphegor
Breed 77
Gormathon
Evil Scarecrow
Bossk
RSJ
Grifter
States of Panic
Lifer

Bludger
Amulet
Merciless Terror
Bound By Exile
Negligence
Eridium
Fury
Line of Fire
NeonHalo
Kremated
Oceanis
Scar City
Black Emerald

Phil Campbell's All Starr Band
Betraeus
Andy James
The Bastard Sons
Operation Error

Pritchard vs Dainton, Andrew O'Neill & Full Contact Medieval Tournament Combat also appeared at the festival.

*Power Quest's final show before disbanding.

### 2014

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Avatar performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2014.

Bloodstock Open Air 2014 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 7 August and Sunday 10 August.

The line-up was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Down
Dimmu Borgir
Hatebreed
Triptykon
Prong
Flotsam and Jetsam
Primordial
Entombed A.D.
Bloodshot Dawn

Emperor
Carcass
Children of Bodom
Lacuna Coil
Crowbar
Orphaned Land
Decapitated
Shining
Evil Scarecrow

Megadeth
Amon Amarth
Saxon
Obituary
Avatar
Biohazard
ReVamp
Aborted
Arthemis

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Jaldaboath
Monument
Incinery
Gehtika
Ballsdeep

Rotting Christ
Skyclad
Diabolical
Winterfylleth
Deals Death
Zerozonic
De Profundis
Krokodil
Aghast!
Cambion
Gurt

Hellyeah
Sister Sin
Battleaxe
Blood Red Throne
Obsidian Kingdom
Conquest of Steel
The Mercy House
Old Corpse Road
Profane Omen
The King Is Blind
Babylon Fire

Satan
Graveyard
Collibus
Krow
Stormzone
Stahlsarg
Voices
Morgue Orgy
Haerken
October File
Aaron Keylock

New Blood Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Jackknife Seizure
Jonestown
Angerman
Dog Tired
Hogslayer
Sinpathetic
Alone with Wolves
Oakhaart
Brutai
Abhorrent Decimation
No Sin Evades His Gaze
Convincing Clearity
Goat Leaf

All Consumed
Cacodaemonic
Warcrab
The Canyon Observer
Phantom
Metaprism
Resin
Born of the Jackal
Synaptik
The Threat
Darkeye
Reprisal
Back Down or Die

The Self Titled
Once Upon
Kill All the Gentlemen
Scordatura
Stoneghost
Today the Sun Dies
Psykosis
Leatherneck
Akbal
Eradikator
Unseen Prophecy
King Goat
Byzanthian Neckbeard

Jägermeister Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Aceldama
King Creature
Undersmile
Ten Foot Wizard
Cadence Noir

Alzir
Orphaned Land Acoustic
Massive Wagons
The Darkhorse
The Amorettes

enkElination
Ded Orse
The Heretic Order
Rabid Bitch of the North
Resin Acoustic

Prior to Lamb Of God's set at Bloodstock 2013, Emperor were announced for the 2014 event.
Phil Campbell's All Starr Band were booked to headline Thursday on the Sophie stage but withdrew 2 weeks before the festival due to Phil's Motörhead commitments.
Due to Graveyard's flight being delayed, Graveyard and Avatar swapped slots at last minute.

### 2015

[edit]

Savage Messiah performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2015.

Bloodstock Open Air 2015 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 6 August and Sunday 9 August.[8]

The lineup was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Trivium
Sabaton
Overkill
Ihsahn
Enslaved
Belphegor
Armored Saint
Raging Speedhorn
Nuclear Assault

Within Temptation
Opeth
Death DTA
Dark Angel
Napalm Death
Korpiklaani
1349
Xerath
Savage Messiah

Rob Zombie
Black Label Society
Cannibal Corpse
Ensiferum
Sepultura
Pro-Pain
Orange Goblin
Wolf
Agalloch

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

ArnoCorps
Red Rum
Desecration
Metaprism
Reign of Fury

Delain
Conan
I AM I
Hang the Bastard
Fire Red Empress
Ne Obliviscaris
Re-Animator
Messiah's Kiss
Bast
Oaf
Silas

Fleshgod Apocalypse
Jettblack
Planet of Zeus
Burgerkill
Mordred
Battalion
Godsized
Jasad
Ethereal
Ageless Oblivion
Anihilated
Pist

Godflesh
Onslaught
Trepalium
Lawnmower Deth
Destrage
Saille
Ol Drake
Alunah
Villainy
Dead Label
The Izuna Drop
Triaxis

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Hexis
Piss Viper
Diatessaron
Blackened Ritual
King Leviathan
Forgotten Remains
Countless Skies
We Are the Catalyst
Mutagenocide
XVII
Kryocell
Loft
Mortishead

Victorian Whore Dogs
Sumer
From Eden to Exile
Akarusa Yami
Bloodyard
Codex Alimentarius
Soulborn
Martyr De Mona
Chaos Trigger
Mastiff
Overoth
Deified
Amethyst

Wretched Toad
Burden of the Noose
Scarred
Left for Red
By Any Means
Taken By the Tide
Animator
Obey
Spirytus
Incipit
Tombstone Crow
Hell's Gazelles
Skarthia

Jägermeister Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Witch Tripper
City of Thieves
The Parallax Method
The Mighty Wraith
Winter Storm
Foul Body Autopsy

Hanowar
Morass of Molasses
Knock Out Kaine
Circle Spectre Haunting
Pig Iron
Divine Solace

Hell Puppets
Snowblind
Blind Haze
Endeavour
Bigfoot
Killer Hurts

VIP Bar Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday
|  |

Ozzbourne again

The sideshow Pritchard vs Dainton also appeared at the festival. The historical battle re-enactment group Battle of the Nations UK have been confirmed.

After Sabaton's set, Venom were announced for the 2016 festival. Also, on the Sunday, Behemoth were announced for BOA 2016 as well.

### 2016

[edit]

Satyricon performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2016

BOA 2016 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 11 and Sunday 14 August 2016.

The lineup was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Twisted Sister
Behemoth
Venom
Corrosion of Conformity
Misery Loves Co.
Stuck Mojo
Evil Scarecrow
Gloryhammer
Hark

Mastodon
Gojira
Paradise Lost
Fear Factory
Rotting Christ
Akercocke
Vallenfyre
Kill II This
Cambion

Slayer
Anthrax
Symphony X
DragonForce
Satyricon
Metal Allegiance
Unearth
Heart of a Coward
Ghost Bath

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Phil Campbell's All Starr Band
Psykosis
Sumer
Karybdis
Sublime Eyes

Diamond Head
Beyond the Black
Beholder
XII Boar
Foetal Juice
The Charm the Fury
Meta-Stasis
Anti-Clone
Brutai
Boss Keloid
Fury

Acid Reign
Shining
Bull-Riff Stampede
One Machine
Misanthrope
Vodun
The King Is Blind
This Is Turin
The Raven Age
Mage
The Heretic Order

Goatwhore
Pythia
Memoriam
Vektor
Whispered
Derange
Witchsorrow
Divine Chaos
Krysthla
Sanguine
Desert Storm

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Exhumation
Agrona
The Crawling
Triverse Massacre
End of Salvation
Burning the Dream
Vehement
Garganjua
Husk
Seed of Sorrow
Souls of Jack Ketch
Redeye Revival
Witch Tripper

Poseidon
The Face of Ruin
Regulus
Mordrake
After The Abduction
Conjurer
Famyne
Ramage Inc
Vendetta
Heriot
Ten Ton Slug
Bearfist
Black Ink Sun

Gutlocker
Footprints in the Custard
Valous
Chronicles
The John Doe's Burial
Firebomb
Rabid Bitch of the North
Art of Deception
I Saw the World Burn
Far from History
Kahtet
Pteroglyph
Visions of Disfigurement

Jägermeister Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Two Tales of Woe
Vrona
Fuelled Hate
Chasing Dragons
The Hyena Kill
Isarnos

Vicious Nature
Vice
Broken
Zlatanera
Pulverise
Cybernetic Witch Cult

Attica Rage
Dirty King
Sodomized Cadaver
Aklash
Outright Resistance
Jukebox Monkey

### 2017

[edit]

Megadeth performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2017

BOA 2017 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 10 and Sunday 13 August 2017.

The lineup was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Amon Amarth
Blind Guardian
Testament
Decapitated
Soilwork
Devilment
Whitechapel
Chelsea Grin
Forever Still

Ghost
Kreator
Hatebreed
Municipal Waste
Annihilator
King 810
Havok
Winterfylleth
Fallujah

Megadeth
Arch Enemy
Skindred
Hell
Brujeria
Obituary
Possessed
Venom Prison
Broken Teeth

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Battle Beast
Wind Rose
The Infernal Sea
Gurt
Ramage Inc

Inquisition
Lionize
Shrapnel
Black Moth
Season's End
Dendera
Morass of Molasses
Corpsing
Endeavour
Internal Conflict
Iron Rat

Macabre
Xentrix
OHHMS
Red Rum
Florence Black
GODS
Abhorrent Decimation
The One Hundred
Kroh
Eradikator
Blind River

Wintersun
Bossk
Arthemis
Criminal
ONI
Wolfheart
Puppy
Courtesans
Wretched Soul
Blind Haze
GraVil

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Nordjevel
Mantra
Blood Oath
Enslavement
Seek Solace in Ruin
Devil's Playground
Raze the Void
Blood Thread
Ashen Crown
Thuum
Embodiment
K-Lacura
Merithian

Dakesis
zhOra
Decrepit Monolith
Hoofknuckle
Malum Sky
Ba'al
Solar Sons
Infected Dead
Raised By Owls
Titan Breed
Reaper
Hundred Year Old Man
Ward XVI

Blaakyum
Vorbid
Mist
Na Cruithne
Netherall
Prognosis
Shrouded
Sentience
Torqued
Heathen Deity
Seething Akira
Battalions
Switchblade City

Jägermeister Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Hanowar
Biggus Riffus
Trendkill
Hung Daddy
Electric Mother

Departed
Twisted Illusion
Tales of Autumn
Bangover
SpyderByte

Voodoo Blood
Unitra
Silverchild
Atragon
Everest Queen

VIP Bar Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Darth Elvis and the Imperials
Manidu

Steak
Noisepicker

Black Shot Rose
Orphan Gears

### 2018

[edit]

Evergrey performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2018

BOA 2018 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 9 August and Sunday 12 August 2018.

The lineup was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Judas Priest
Emperor
Kamelot
Lovebites
Bloodbath
Wednesday 13
Memoriam
Onslaught
Feed the Rhino

Gojira
Cannibal Corpse
Alestorm
Combichrist
Venom Inc.
Septicflesh
Orden Ogan
Power Trip
Nailed to Obscurity

Nightwish
At the Gates
DevilDriver
Mr. Big
Jasta
Fozzy
Amaranthe
Evergrey
Monument

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Arkona
Bloodshot Dawn
Skiltron
Fire Red Empress
Hundred Year Old Man

Doro
Bleed From Within
Suicidal Tendencies
Ingested
De Profundis
Reprisal
Sodomized Cadaver
Godthrymm
Fahran
Mortishead
Deity's Muse

Orphaned Land
Exhorder
With the Dead
Voyager
A Forest of Stars
Vola
Conjurer
Dead Label
Weight of the Tide
Limb
Forgotten Remains

Watain
Pallbearer
Act of Defiance
Mantar
Demonic Resurrection
Underside
Sangre
Alien Weaponry
King Leviathan
Uncured
Doomsday Outlaw

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

King Bison
Trivax
Body Harvest
Sertraline
Underdark
A Ritual Spirit
Seven Hells
Kinasis
Pelugion
Vulgore
Democratus
Garshkott
Turbyne

Earthbound
Luna's Call
Psychotype
Valafar
Aonia
Equinox
Oracle

Negative Thought Process
Ashborn
Cadence Noir
Kilonova
The Brood

Srd
Servers
Sellsword
Skybrudd
Dead Before Mourning
Barbarian Hermit
This Place Hell
Obzidian
Ethyrfield
Crawlblind
Drudge
Autocracy
Imminent Annihilation

Jägermeister Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

The Heretic Order
Kamikaze Test Pilots
Untamed
Callus
Damaged Reich

Voodoo Sioux
Luke Appleton
Sinocence
Alpha Omega
Cranial Separation

Gemma Fox
Abduction
True Believer
Def Goldblum
Dawn of Anubis

VIP Bar Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Vital Idol

Season of the Witch
Gator Bait
Metalhead

Spires
Pop-Up Puppet Cinema
Brule
Ten Foot Wizard

Peter Holland
Kapsel
Rekovered

### 2019

[edit]

Dee Snider performing live at Bloodstock Open Air in 2019

BOA 2019 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 8 August and Sunday 11 August 2019.

The announced lineup was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Sabaton
Powerwolf
Tesseract
Children of Bodom
Soulfly
Metal Church
Death Angel
Xentrix
Incite

Parkway Drive
Anthrax
The Wildhearts
Thy Art Is Murder
Evil Scarecrow
Swallow the Sun
Cancer Bats
Krysthla

Scorpions
Queensrÿche
Cradle of Filth
Dee Snider
Hypocrisy
Soilwork
Ross the Boss
Aborted
All Hail The Yeti

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Rotting Christ
Ten Ton Slug
Footprints in the Custard
Blind River
Barbarian Hermit

Grand Magus
Raging Speedhorn
Countless Skies
Sulpher
Karybdis
Damnation's Hammer
BongCauldron
Def Con One
Blasphemer
Control the Storm
Zealot Cult

Taake
Divine Chaos
Black Shuck
3 Headed Snake
Helheim
Dust Bolt
Red Method
Guardians of Time
Lotus Eater
Odd Crew
The Parallax Method

Eluveitie
Batushka
Bloodred Hourglass
Violblast
Crescent
Boss Keloid
Wheel
Solitary
Witch Tripper
Harbinger
Resin

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Anakim
Saurr
Gaia
Widows
MARW
Pravitas
Blind Divide
The Hope Burden
Tomorrow is Lost
Midnight Prophecy
Grand Elder
Death by Ki
Xero

Master's Call
Deformation of Man
Lock Horns
Djinova
Voidlurker
Empire Warning
Voluntas
Grief Ritual
Scars of Remembrance
Reaper X
Goat Monsoon
Stormcast
Inferiem

The Lazys
Damim
Leadrobot
Sethiest
Golden Core
Lost In Lavender Town
Fear Bound
Aesect
Take Refuge
Elyrean
Bastard
Fallen Temples
28 Double
Fractions

Jägermeister Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Skypilot
Beggar
Graves
Eyes of the Raven
Sophie Sparham

Daybreaker
Foul Body Autopsy
Black Falcon
Pemphigoid

Womenowar
Jailbirds
Victus
Jackal's Backbone
Crimson Tusk

VIP Bar Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

The Essence of Springsteen

Heavy Duty
The Brothers Keg
NPKR

Gorilla
Disgraceland
Slay Duggee

Forged In Black
The Lost Boys

Dimmu Borgir were booked to play the Ronnie James Dio stage on Sunday but pulled out due to illness, they were replaced by Batushka.

Code Orange were booked to play the Ronnie James Dio stage on Saturday but pulled out and were replaced by The Wildhearts.

Shvpes were booked to play the Sophie Lancaster stage on Saturday but pulled out and were replaced by Lotus Eater.

Generation Kill were booked to play the Sophie Lancaster stage on Saturday but pulled out and were replaced by Divine Chaos who were also moved up to the Special Guest slot as Skeletal Remains had to pull out as their ferry was cancelled due to bad weather.

Due to windy conditions, the Ronnie James Dio stage was unsafe for use on the Saturday evening, leading to Cradle of Filth being moved to the Sunday, taking Batushka's slot, with Batushka being moved to the Sophie Lancaster Stage, resulting in The Lazys being moved to the New Blood Stage. As well as this, Parkway Drive's and Anthrax's performances were both delayed until the Stage was deemed safe to use.

### 2020

[edit]

BOA 2020 was due to take place at Catton Hall between Thursday, 6 August and Sunday, 9 August 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The announced lineup at the time of postponement was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

Devin Townsend
Skindred
Phillip H. Anselmo & The Illegals
Dark Tranquillity
Sacred Reich
Acid Reign
Svalbard
Lost Society

Behemoth
Paradise Lost
Bury Tomorrow
Vio-lence
Jinjer
Sylosis
Toxic Holocaust
Conjurer
Savage Master

Judas Priest
Saxon
Gloryhammer
Orange Goblin
Life of Agony
Diamond Head
Butcher Babies
Idle Hands

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday  | Friday  | Saturday  | Sunday

The Night Flight Orchestra
Nekrogoblikon
The Crawling
Raised By Owls
Anakim

Bloodywood
Soen
Bossk
Exhumed
Necrot
Dog Tired

Cattle Decapitation
Memoriam
Ramage Inc
Winterfylleth
Viscera
Bailer
Sharks In Your Mouth
Video Nasties

Hatebreed
Unleash the Archers
Blasphemer
Green Lung
Black Tongue
Wolf Jaw
Vexed
Pist
Liberty Lies
Grave Lines

The Black Dahlia Murder were booked to play the Ronnie James Dio stage on Sunday but pulled out of all European summer shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### 2021

[edit]

Fury performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2021

BOA 2021 took place at Catton Hall between Wednesday 11 August and Sunday 15 August 2021. This is an extra day to the usual length of the festival owing to the postponement of the 2020 event.

Bloodstock Open Air 2021

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage

stage closed

stage closed

Devin Townsend
Skindred
The Wildhearts
Venom Prison
Higher Power
Acid Reign
Svalbard
Divine Chaos
Foetal Juice

Kreator
Cradle of Filth
Paradise Lost
While She Sleeps
Malevolence
Wargasm
Conjurer
Borstal

Judas Priest
Saxon
Gloryhammer
Therapy?
Orange Goblin
Bleed From Within
Diamond Head
Bloodshot Dawn
Seidrblot

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Onslaught
Beholder
Raised By Owls
Ward XVI
Anakim

Lawnmower Deth
Punk Rock Factory
The Crawling
King Witch
Famyne
Forlorn World
Seething Akira
Urne
Luna's Call
Ashen Crown
Thunderous Jones
Fury

Napalm Death
Conan
Evile
Raging Speedhorn
Shrapnel
Primitai
Garganjua
Dog Tired
Agrona
Deified
King Creature

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons
Memoriam
Ramage Inc
Winterfylleth
Viscera
XL-Life
Bailer
King Goat
Terra IV
Video Nasties
Netherhall

Evil Scarecrow
Black Spiders
Necronautical
Green Lung
Black Tongue
Wolf Jaw
Vexed
Pist
Liberty Lies
Grave Lines
Internal Conflict

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage

stage closed

Kurokuma
Battle Born
As The World Dies
Pemphigoid
Godeater
The Best Medicine
Slave Steel
Casket Feeder
Riptide
Solcura
Odysseus
Halveksia

Colpocleisis
Broken Jaw
Elder Druid
Sail
Sound of Origin
Beyond Salvation
Desolation
Beyond Extinction
Insurgent
Pearler
Severenth
Terminal Sun

Hanowar
Abduction
Grey Stag
The Ghoules
Nassau
Hawxx
Cottonmouth
Iron Tooth
Ascaris
Kinzoku
A Horse Called War
Black Atlas

Ghosts of Atlantis
Strangle Wire
Frozen In Shadows
Deitus
South of Salem
Fellowship
The Injester
This is Endless
Hybridize
Son of Boar
Words That Burn
Sorceress of Sin
Wired

Jägermeister Stage

stage closed

Ghosts Of Men
Milliner
Axiom
Master Charger
Bad Earth
King Corpse
Shackled
Tortured Demon

Häxan
Godless Suns
Ale of Adam
Black Emerald
Wall

Mountain Caller
Primitai
Lowen
The New Sun
Zookeeper

Gemma Fox
Boycott the Baptist
Trilobite
The Howling Tides
Spectral Darkwave

VIP Bar Stage

Heavy Metal Cabaret

Popestars

Heavy Duty
Chestburster
The Hyper Bowl
Slay Duggee

Daxx and Roxane
Heavy Metal Cabaret
Chris Ryan/Sam Rhodes/Dan Vallender
Forged In Black (acoustic)

Electric Funeral
Forged In Black
Andrew O'Neill
Alan Brown (acoustic)

Brian Blessed appeared at the festival on Sunday 15 August 2021, Brian announced Saxon onto the stage on the Sunday evening.

Loathe were scheduled to perform on the Ronnie James Dio stage on Friday 13 August 2021 but they pulled out due to a member testing positive for COVID-19, they were replaced by Higher Power

Sylosis were scheduled to perform on the Ronnie James Dio stage on Saturday 14 August 2021 but due to Josh Middleton having to self isolate after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19 at an Architects album release show, they were forced to pull out of the festival.

### 2022

[edit]

Sister Shotgun performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2022

Bloodstock 2022 took place from 11 to 14 August 2022. 17 bands were announced, including headliners Lamb of God and Saturday Ronnie James Dio stage headliner Mercyful Fate.

* Life of Agony had to pull out due to a medical emergency,[9] resulting in Skarlett Riot taking a slot on the main stage.
* On the Friday, Machine Head played an hour-long unannounced set on the Sophie Lancaster Stage[10]

Bloodstock Open Air 2022

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage

stage closed

Behemoth
Testament
Exodus
Gwar
Doyle
Bloodywood
Sorcerer
Heart Of A Coward
Red Method

Mercyful Fate
Dimmu Borgir
Bury Tomorrow
Jinjer
Sylosis
Lorna Shore
Spirit World
Lost Society
Baest

Lamb of God
Killing Joke
Dark Funeral
Cattle Decapitation
Venom Inc.
Vio-lence
Butcher Babies
Vended
Skarlett Riot

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Dark Tranquillity
Nekrogoblikon
Nanowar of Steel
Mother Vulture
Thuum
Basement Torture Killings

Sleep Token
Avatar
Eyehategod
Heathen
Discharge
Machine Head
Party Cannon
Thrown into Exile
Inhuman Nature
Crepitation

Malevolence
Ferocious Dog
Samael
Ingested
Blood Youth
Defects
Cyhra
Cage Fight
Pupil Slicer
Mastiff
Sister Shotgun

The Night Flight Orchestra
Belphegor
Strigoi
Ill Niño
Orbit Culture
Heriot
Noctem
Guilt Trip
Desert Storm
Pelugion

New Blood Stage

stage closed

Tumandoomband
Fyresky
Mechanized
Verminthrone
Pariah
Fornoth
Haint
Catalysis
Existentialist
I Fight Bears
Ireosis
Nømadus
Hellfekted

Viction
Tribe Of Ghosts
Imperium
Collapse The Sky
Headpress
Novacrow
Steel Mage
Ambrius
Cast in Tephra
Portrayal of Ruinn
Draconian Reign
Silen
Collected

Torus
Denali
Must Kill
Sulvain
Karma's Puppet
Apollyon
Drip Fed Empire
Unburier
Devastator
Desenser
Callous Hands
Sweet May
Prolapse A.D.

Jagermeister Stage

stage closed

Syncolima
Certain Death
Swamp Coffin
Vulgar Dissection

The Kunts
Master Charger
Solar Sons
BOZ
Warlock A.D.

Acid Throne
Tooms
Deadlock Saints
Lore Of The Woodman

VIP Bar Stage

stage closed

Through Hell Into Paradise
Mezzotint

Heavy Metal Cabaret
Martin Feral

Rekovered
Caleb H

### 2023

[edit]

Royal Republic performing at Bloodstock Open Air in 2023

Bloodstock Festival 2023 took place on 10–13 August 2023. 8 bands were announced after Testament's set in 2022, including headliners Killswitch Engage and Megadeth.

Bloodstock Open Air 2023

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage

stage closed

Killswitch Engage
In Flames
Heaven Shall Burn
Fit for an Autopsy
Gatecreeper
Sacred Reich
Hate
Wytch Hazel
Witchsorrow

Meshuggah
Triptykon performing Celtic Frost
Knocked Loose
Abbath
Crowbar
Employed to Serve
Royal Republic
Urne
Seething Akira

Megadeth
KK's Priest
Sepultura
Ugly Kid Joe
Decapitated
Tribulation
All Hail the Yeti
Uuhai
Dead Label

Sophie Lancaster Stage

SKYND
Visions of Atlantis
King 810
Frozen Soul
The Violent Inzident

Candlemass
Bossk
Gaerea
Fury
Zetra
Pest Control
The Enigma Division
Black Coast
Wolfbastard
Bloodyard

Brothers of Metal
Trollfest
Gutalax
Casketfeeder
Skin Failure
Dakesis
Tribe of Ghosts
The Grey
Tortured Demon
Ambrius

Biohazard
Zeal & Ardor
Embodiment
Church of the Cosmic Skull
Invisions
Cobra the Impaler
Tuskar
Stengah
Overthrone

New Blood Stage

stage closed

Street Soldier
HEADPRESS
Moon Reaper
Square Wild
Voidwalker
LOKUST
Arms to Oblivion
Uridium

Nakkeknaekker
Soothsayer
DROWND
Broken Calling
DeadBlondeStars
Extort
Vice
Swarms
Ofnus

.bHP
Lavein
Acid Age
Outergods
Sentient
Godeth
Skypilot
Nameless
Sanguinem
Elimination

Jagermeister Stage

stage closed

Hidden Intent
Dunes
Deathfiend
Wildheat
This Summit Fever

Water Lines
Muddi Brooke
Pryma
Repulsive Vision
Daybreaker

Iron Altar
Past The Fall
Skies Turn Black
Dead Air
Those Once Loyal

VIP Bar Stage

Guns 2 Roses

Motörwrecked
Dave McPherson
Lauren Jennifer

101% Pantera
Lewis Floyd Henry

Popestars

Russkaja were scheduled to perform but disbanded prior to the festival. Anthrax, Whitechapel, Nonpoint, Unto Others, Striker, Eyes and DevilDriver were also scheduled to perform but withdrew from the festival.

Helloween were scheduled to perform on the Sunday, but were forced to withdraw due to Michael Kiske contracting acute laryngitis. KK's Priest were announced as their replacement.[11]

### 2024

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Bloodstock Festival 2024 took place from August 8th to August 11th, 2024. 14 bands were announced after the In Flames set in 2023, including headliners Amon Amarth and Architects.

Bloodstock Open Air 2024

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage

stage closed

Opeth
Clutch
Hatebreed
Enslaved
Rotting Christ
Grand Magus
Green Lung
Nervosa
Desert Storm

Architects
Malevolence
Whitechapel
Deicide
Unleash the Archers
Forbidden
Crypta
Ignea
Deitus

Amon Amarth
Carcass
Flogging Molly
The Night Flight Orchestra
Septicflesh
Beast in Black
Soen
Cultura Tres
Raised by Owls

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Evergrey
Hellripper
South of Salem
Tailgunner
Acid Age

Igorrr
The Vintage Caravan
Eternal Champion
Darkest Era
Wolf
Haliphron
Exist Immortal
DeathCollector
Burner
Haxan

Korpiklaani
Sylosis
Combichrist
Asomvel
Red Rum
Mimi Barks
Ludovico Technique
Enemies Everywhere
Unpeople
Cauldron

Satyricon
Infected Rain
Xentrix
Sadus
Ankor
Grove Street
Moon Reaper
Osiah
Awake by Design

Hopical Storm New Blood Stage

stage closed

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EMP Stage

stage closed

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VIP Bar Stage
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### 2025

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19 bands were announced at 2025's festival including all three Ronnie James Dio Stage headliners and all four Sophie Lancaster Stage headliners after Clutch's set.

Bloodstock Open Air 2025

Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage

stage closed

Trivium
Emperor
Lacuna Coil
Orange Goblin
Paleface
Flotsam and Jetsam
Shrapnel
Famyne
Konvent

Machine Head
Ministry
Fear Factory
Kublai Khan
Creeper
Heriot
Warbringer
The Spirit
Cage Fight

Gojira
Mastodon
Lord of the Lost
The Black Dahlia Murder
Feuerschwanz
August Burns Red
Rivers of Nihil
One Machine
Ghosts of Atlantis

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Me And That Man
All For Metal

Kataklysm
Nailbomb
High Parasite
Eihwar
Shade Empire
My Diligence

Static-X
Breed 77
Undeath
Neonfly
Phoenix Lake
Waterlines

Obituary
3 Inches of Blood
Thrown
Siglos
Spirit Adrift
Dogma
Wall

Hopical Storm New Blood Stage

stage closed

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EMP Stage

stage closed

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VIP Bar Stage
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## See also

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* List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ "Bloodstock Open Air 2019". eFestivals. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
2. ^ "Bloodstock Festival Staff Quit Jobs, Cancel Streaming over Talent Booker's Transphobic Remarks". 15 October 2021.
3. ^ [1] HEAVEN AND HELL CANCEL ALL SUMMER APPEARANCES FOR 2010 - Official Bloodstock Announcement
4. ^ [2] MESHUGGAH CONFIRM ONLY UK APPEARANCE OF 2010 - Official Bloodstock Announcement
5. ^ [3] SWEDISH SUPERGROUP BLOODBATH CONFIRM FIRST AND ONLY UK APPEARANCE AT BLOODSTOCK 2010 - Official Bloodstock Announcement
6. ^ [4] BEHEMOTH FORCED TO CANCEL - CATHEDRAL STEP UP TO REPLACE THEM - Official Bloodstock Announcement
7. ^ "BLOODSTOCK 2011 HUGE SUCCESS - 2012 TICKETS ON SALE NOW - Bloodstock Metal News". Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-31. BLOODSTOCK 2011 HUGE SUCCESS - 2012 TICKETS ON SALE NOW - Official Bloodstock Announcement
8. ^ "Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2015: Review of this year's event". Derby Telegraph. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
9. ^ "Update on @BLOODSTOCKFEST #lifeofagony". Retrieved 15 August 2022.
10. ^ Hammerpublished, Metal (12 August 2022). "Machine Head just played a secret set at this year's Bloodstock festival". loudersound. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
11. ^ "HELLOWEEN Unable to Perform at Bloodstock 2023; kk's PRIEST Steps in".

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