Bloodstock Open Air
Location(s)	Derby, England
Years active	2005-present
Date(s)	Summer
Genre(s)	Metal.
Website

Bloodstock Open Air is a heavy metal festival held annually at Bloodstock in Derby, England since 2005. Image File history File links Bloodstock-logo. ... For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as; musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. ... Bloodstock can also refer to the industry of breeding and trading thoroughbred race horses. ... For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

2007 lineup

• Blind Guardian
• Korpiklaani
• Rise to Addiction
• Mendeed

A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Korpiklaani (Forest Clan in Finnish) is a folk metal band from Finland. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• Bloodstock
• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

Bloodstock can also refer to the industry of breeding and trading thoroughbred race horses. ... There are a large number of music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres. ...

External links

• Official website

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