Bloodstock
Location(s)	Derby, England
Years active	2001 - present
Founded by
Date(s)	Various - Usually September
Genre(s)	Metal.
Website

Bloodstock can also refer to the industry of breeding and trading thoroughbred race horses. See Thoroughbred

Bloodstock is an annual metal music festival held over two days in The Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. The event features big-name mainstream, underground and new bands split between two stages, as well as a 'Metal Market' offering general genre merchandise (such as T-Shirts and jewelry) and CDs. The festival is well known for showcasing international bands for the first time in the UK, and have debuted, amongst others, Blind Guardian and Nightwish. A separate spin off open-air festival called Bloodstock Open Air was launched in 2005 to complement the indoor version. Image File history File links Bloodstock-logo. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ...

The festival usually takes place over the first weekend in September each year, but in 2006 the event was moved to the last weekend (29-30 September). Bloodstock attracts metal music fans of all ages and also has an enthusiastic attendance from members of several media organisations including national broadsheet newspaper, the Daily Telegraph. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ...

Bloodstock also offers fans the opportunity to meet the bands at signing sessions and socialise at a number of bars within the Assembly Rooms complex. The festival organisers offer programmes and official T-Shirts for sale.

Nightwish giving autographs at Bloodstock Festival in 2003

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Line-ups

2001 (28th May)

Great Hall - Area 54; Dirty Deeds; Glenn Hughes; Primal Fear; Saxon; Shadowkeep; Skyclad Glenn Hughes Born in Cannock, England on August 21, 1952, Glenn Hughes, also known as The Voice of Rock, is a bassist and vocalist who fronted Finders Keepers in the 1960s and the British funk rock band, Trapeze, in the early 1970s before moving on in 1973 to join forces... Primal Fear is a German power metal/heavy metal band formed in 1997 by Ralf Scheepers (Vocals/Ex-Gamma Ray), Mat Sinner ( Bass and Vocals/SINNER), Stefan Leibing and Tom Naumann (Guitars). ... Saxon are a British heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. ... The lineup at the time of the Folkémon album. ...

Darwin Suite - Bloodstream; Consumed; Evoke; Freebase; Occupational Hazard; Orange Goblin; Return To The Sabbat; Underule Orange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom. ...

2002 (31st August)

Great Hall - Balance Of Power; Biochemical; Blind Guardian; Diamond Head; Freedom Call; Gamma Ray; Threshold This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Diamond Head Diamond Head are a British heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. ... Freedom Call is a German power metal band formed in 1998. ... Gamma Ray is a power metal band from north of Germany, founded by former Helloween guitarist, singer and songwriter Kai Hansen. ... Threshold is a progressive metal band , formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s. ...

Darwin Suite - Bal-Sagoth; Elvenking; Enemymaker888; Infobia; Primordial; Return To The Sabbat; Twelvepointhead Bal-Sagoth are a Symphonic Black Metal band from Yorkshire, England. ... Elvenking is a folk/power metal band from Italy. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

2003 (30th August)

Main Hall - DragonForce; Edguy; Masterplan; Nightwish; Paradise Lost; Saracen DragonForce are a British power metal band formed in London, England in 1999. ... Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... For the Oasis album, see The Masterplan. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band formed in 1988 in Halifax, England. ...

Darwin Suite - Bates Motel; Biomechanical; Bumsnogger; Cruel Humanity; Fourwaykill; Fulc; Illuminatus; Invey; Ninedenine; Waylander Biomechanical is an English Metal band, founded in London during the Summer of 2001. ... Waylander is a Irish band influential in the realms of Celtic metal and folk metal. ...

2004 (3rd - 4th September)

Main Hall (3rd September) - Gamma Ray; Illuminatus; Infobia; Sinergy; Threshold Gamma Ray is a power metal band from north of Germany, founded by former Helloween guitarist, singer and songwriter Kai Hansen. ... Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland, formed in an effort to present a balls-out female-fronted metal band to the world, by American vocalist Kimberly Goss, who was keyboarding for Dimmu Borgir at the time, and In Flames lead guitarist Jesper Strömblad in 1998. ... Threshold is a progressive metal band , formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s. ...

Darwin Suite (3rd September) - Invey; Liquid Sky; Season's End; Super Massive Object Liquid Sky are an English progressive metal band from Manchester, UK. Their music combines progressive and symphonic elements, drawing influences from a wide variety of bands like Lacuna Coil, Paradise Lost, Dream Theater and Soilwork. ... Seasons End logo Seasons End promotional photo (circa September 2005) Seasons End are a British band formed in 1998 of six members, and based in Hampshire. ...

Main Hall (4th September) - Balance Of Power; Children of Bodom ; Edenbridge; Evergrey; Intense; Panic Cell; Primal Fear; Sonata Arctica This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Edenbridge is a band from Austria, specialising in symphonic metal, with minor neo-classical metal sounds in some songs. ... Evergrey is a Progressive Metal/Power Metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Primal Fear is a German power metal/heavy metal band formed in 1997 by Ralf Scheepers (Vocals/Ex-Gamma Ray), Mat Sinner ( Bass and Vocals/SINNER), Stefan Leibing and Tom Naumann (Guitars). ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ...

Darwin Suite (4th September) - Cruachan; Fourwaykill; Gutworm; Humanity; Nowhwere Near The Garden; Rezin 69; Seven Years Dead; The Prophecy Cruachan is the name of an Irish Celtic metal band founded in 1992 by Keith Fay after the end of Minas Tirith which existed since 1989. ... Gutworm are a British extreme metal band from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, formed in 1999. ... The Prophecy is a Progressive doom metal band from Yorkshire in England. ...

2005 (2nd - 3rd September)

Main Stage (2nd September)]] - HammerFall; Metalium; Reckless Tide; Stormwarrior Joacim Cans HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Metalium is a power metal band from Hamburg, Germany. ... Stormwarrior is a speed metal band from Germany that was formed in 1998 by vocalist and guitar player Lars Ramcke and drummer Andre Schumann, adding later in the same year guitarist Scott Bolter and bass player Tim Zienert. ...

Darwin Stage (2nd September) - Conquest Of Steel; Deliverance; Warchild; Zillah Deliverance is an American Christian Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, and Power Metal band which later shifted into more of a Progressive Metal outfit that is led and was founded by Jimmy P. Brown II in 1985. ...

Main Stage (3rd September) - After Forever; Amon Amarth; Bob Catley; Iron Saviour; Raven; Rise To Addiction; Season’s End ; Suidakra; Within Temptation After Forever is a Symphonic metal band from the Netherlands, which relies on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. ... Amon Amarth is a viking-themed melodic death metal band from Sweden founded in 1990 in Tumba, named after a location in J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth. ... Bob Catley is a British musician, perhaps best known as the lead singer of the rock band Magnum. ... Raven is a band associated with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, that formed in 1975. ... SuidAkrA is a melodic death metal band from Germany, formed in 1994. ... Within Temptation is a metal band from the Netherlands. ...

Darwin Stage (3rd September) - Balance Of Silence; Cathedral; Dreadnought; Jesus Fix; Kingsize Blues; Mfkzt; Projekt; Soliloquy Cathedral are a heavy metal/doom metal band from Coventry, England // The band was founded in 1989 by Lee Dorrian (a former member of Napalm Death), Mark Griff Griffiths (a former Carcass roadie) and Garry Gaz Jennings (formerly of Acid Reign). ... Dreadnaught are a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia. ... Not to be Confused with Projekt or Project Pitchfork Pro-jekt are an electrogoth band, and they also sometimes describe themselves as Gothic metal. ...

2006 (29th September)

Main Hall - Axel Rudi Pell; Deathstars; Illuminatus; Machine Men; Majesty; Marshall Law ; My Dying Bride; Omnium Gatherum ; Primal Fear; Tourettes Syndrome Axel Rudi Pell (Born June 27, 1960) is a german guitar wizard, playing melodic speed/power metal. ... Deathstars is an industrial band formed in Sweden in January 2000, known as Swordmaster prior to a change in direction and name. ... Originally starting life as an Iron Maiden cover band, Machine Men are a Finnish band who specialise in playing traditional, melodic heavy metal. ... Majesty is a Heavy/Power Metal band from Germany. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Omnium Gatherum are a melodic black/death metal band band from Finland. ... Primal Fear is a German power metal/heavy metal band formed in 1997 by Ralf Scheepers (Vocals/Ex-Gamma Ray), Mat Sinner ( Bass and Vocals/SINNER), Stefan Leibing and Tom Naumann (Guitars). ...

Darwin Stage - 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 Deadfall is an up and coming British Thrash Metal band from Nottingham, England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mael Mórdha is a Gaelic Doom Metal band from Ireland. ... Sworn Amongst are a thrash metal band from Kingston upon Hull, England. ... To-Mera are a progressive metal band from Surbiton, Surrey in the UK. The band play a technical and challenging style of metal characterised by long songs, multiple time changes, and rich female vocals. ... Vanden Plas is a German progressive metal band, based in Kaiserslautern and founded in the late 1980s. ...

( Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival 16th 17th 18th August 2007)

Bloodstock Open Air Metal Festival tickets - Catton Hall, Derbyshire - August 16 to 18, 2007

Bloodstock Open Air was established in 2005 to expand upon the original idea of Bloodstock Indoor whilst offering a broader spectrum of bands and bringing more diversity to fans, all the while keeping it undeniably metal in the Bloodstock tradition!

Bloodstock will bring you the very best in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Showcasing bands from all over the world, covering all aspects of the Hard Rock and Heavy Metal scene... Black, Death, Rock, Goth, Power, Industrial, Thrash, Prog... As well as supporting the next generation of Metal with unique stages dedicated to unsigned and up and coming talent.

There will be three stages bringing you over 40 bands - international metal market - beer tent with metal karaoke and loads more still to be announced so metal fans keep a close eye on this one. The capacity for this event is 10,000

Line up: In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Arch Enemy, Testament, Nevermore, Dark Tranquillity, Dream Evil, Sabbat, Epica, Korpiklaani, Wolf, Kiuas, Memfis, Firewind, Head On, Finntroll, Beyond All Reason, Rise To Addiction, Benediction, Legion Of The Damned... Plus much, much more!

Event information Doors open at 12.00 noon on August 16 First act on stage at 13.00

Event ends at 23.59 on August 18 All times are need to be confirmed

No age restrictions No dress code Venue information Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, DE12 8LN

Catton Hall is located centrally within the triangle of 3 East Midlands towns, Lichfield, Burton On Trent By Rail or National Express Bus then Shuttle Service Make your way to Birmingham New Street railway station. From Birmingham New Street station take the train to Lichfield City . This journey should take approx. 35 Minutes. Lichfield station is 7 miles from Catton Hall and is about 15-20 minutes drive. BLOODSTOCK will provide a mini-bus shuttle from Lichfield City railway station to Catton Hall, This Shuttle service will also be available on Sunday morning to return campers to Lichfield Station By Air Catton Hall is 20 miles from either Birmingham or Nottingham East Midlands Airport . 60 miles from Manchester and 130 miles from Heathrow By Car From the North: Follow the M1 Southbound and exit onto the A38 at Junction 28, heading West for Burton / Birmingham. Keep travelling until you pick up the B-O-A directions, which will exit you at the Alrewas / Rugely / Tamworth A513 turnoff. Follow the road for 1 mile to the railway bridge and then turn immediately left after the bridge. Then follow the map directions here

From the West or South (a): From the M5 (from the West) or the M40 (from London), take the M42 Northbound. Between Junctions 8 and 9 take the M6 toll road and exit at T4 onto the A38 Northbound. Follow the B-O-A road signs, which will exit you at the Alrewas/ Rugely/ Tamworth A513 turnoff. Follow the road for 1 mile to the railway bridge and then turn immediately left after the bridge. Catton Hall is 1.5 miles along this road on the left, shortly after the Lodge House and ' South Derbyshire ' sign

From the South (b): Take the M1 from London, and exit at Junction 24, following the A50 to Stoke. After a few miles you will exit onto the A38 to Burton. Follow the B-O-A road signs, which will exit you at the Alrewas/ Rugely/ Tamworth A513 turnoff. Follow the road for 1 mile to the railway bridge and then turn immediately left after the bridge. Catton Hall is 1.5 miles along this road on the left, shortly after the Lodge House and ' South Derbyshire ' sign

This venue has disabled access - please contact the venue directly for specific details

www.bloodstock.uk.com

See also

• Bloodstock Open Air
• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

At last..I hear you say... after loads of competitions, cds sent in, phone calls made and well basically lots of unsightly begging to the Bloodstock personnel...here we have the full line up for BOA 2007..and as you can see...we've encompassed loads of different types and styles of Metal. Having secured a brilliant combination of established, emerging and current talent ensures that Bloodstock’s tradition of bringing you the best show for the best value with the most friendly atmosphere continues…… Bloodstock Open Air is a heavy metal festival held annually at Bloodstock in Derby, England since 2005. ... There are a large number of music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres. ...

With three stages over three days…turn up or weep. This is the one to say…”I was there” 54 bands. 2 nights of Metal Karaoke. 4 resident djs. I extraordinary Festival. Ladies, Gentlemen, Metal Heads and purveyors of good music and chilled Festivals everywhere. We bring you Bloodstock Open Air 2007.

BOA 2007 Main Stage bands provide probably our strongest line up to date. 25 bands of undeniable pedigree strut their stuff to bring you the ultimate magnificent metal that only the UK’s premier Metal Festival can bring.

Our Unsigned Stage features a cross section of UK wide bands all representing their Metal passion with the usual full on performances that you’d expect from BOA bands.

The Lava Stage (Lava? Metal Rock...nice one Paul!) offers resident hosts – the 4 DJS of the Apocalypse - providing the right vibes throughout BOA 2007. Along with prime slot bands and the usual Karaoke all washed down with the "new improved" bar, The Lava Stage is set to boil over and engulf all who dare enter……..

THURSDAY 16 AUGUST 2007 Bloodstock Main Stage

5:00pm - 5:30pm BLOODSTOCK UNSIGNED COMPETITION WINNER 6:00pm - 6:40pm KIUAS 7:10pm - 7:50pm HEAD ON 8:20pm - 9:00pm FIREWIND 9:30pm - 11:00pm TESTAMENT

Bloodstock Unsigned Stage NOT IN OPERATION –

Lava Stage 2:00pm - 2:00am 4 DJ’s of The Apocalypse 11:30pm - 1:00am Beholder

FRIDAY 17 AUGUST 2007 Bloodstock Main Stage

11.00am - 11.30am To Be Confirmed 12:00pm - 12:30pm EXPLODER 1:00pm - 1:40pm WOLF 2:10pm - 2:50pm MEMFIS 3:20pm - 4:00pm KORPIKLAANI 4:30pm - 5:10pm DAMAGE CONTROL 5:40pm - 6:20pm EPICA 7:00pm - 8:00pm NEVERMORE 8:30pm - 9:30pm DARK TRANQUILLITY 10:00pm - 11:30pm LACUNA COIL

Bloodstock Unsigned Stage

12:45pm -1:15pm Mindflow 1:30pm - 2:00pm Omen 2:15pm - 2:45pm Life Denied 3:00pm - 3:30pm The Aftermath 3:45pm - 4:15pm Enemo J 4:30pm - 5:00pm Timefall 5:15pm - 5:45pm Cerebral Fix 6:00pm - 6:30pm 6:45pm - 7:15pm Sinocense 7:30pm - 8:00pm Bloodstock unsigned winner 8:15pm - 8:45pm Idiom 9:00pm - 9:30pm Total Rock TV COMP

Lava Stage

12:00am - 2:00 am 4 DJ’s of The Apocalypse 7:45pm - 8:15 pm Blindsight 9:15pm - 9:45 pm Zenith 11:45pm - 1:30am Metal Karaoke

Saturday 18 AUGUST 2007 Bloodstock Main Stage

11:00am - 11:30am BEYOND ALL REASON 12:00pm - 12:30pm RISE TO ADDICTION 1:00pm - 1:40pm FREEDOM CALL 2:10pm - 2:50pm BENEDICTION 3:20pm - 4:00pm LEGION OF THE DAMNED 4:30pm - 5:10pm FINNTROLL 5:40pm - 6:20pm DREAM EVIL 7:00pm - 8:00pm SABBAT 8:30pm - 9:30pm ARCH ENEMY 10:00pm - 11:30pm IN FLAMES

Bloodstock Unsigned Stage

12:45pm - 1:15pm Kobrakai 1:30pm - 2:00pm The Apostacy 2:15pm - 2:45pm Hollow Earth Theory 3:00pm - 3:30pm Sinnergod 3:45pm - 4:15pm Nephwrack 4:30pm - 5:00pm Speed Theory 5:15pm - 5:45pm Nemhain 6:00pm - 6:30pm Honey For Christ 6:45pm - 7:15pm Trigger 9 7:30pm - 8:00pm EXIT Ten 8:15pm - 8:45pm Slot for Bloodstock unsigned winner 9:00pm - 9:30pm Terrathorn

Lava Stage

12:00am - 2:00 am 4 DJ’s of The Apocalypse 7:45pm - 8:15 pm Headrush 9:15pm - 9:45 pm To Be Confirmed 11:45pm - 1:30am Metal Karaoke

Regards

Bloodstock Team www.bloodstock.uk.com

External links

• Official web site