Words by James Halstead and Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. Following on from the two previous days of metal mayhem, capped off on Saturday night by black metal icons Emperor, the Bloodstock Open Air devotees roused their weary bones for one final very worthwhile assault on their senses. If you’d like to catch up…
Words by James Halstead & Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. After some tremendous performances from the likes of Prong, Hatebreed and headliners Down on day one of the 2014 edition of Bloodstock, it was time to head back into the arena at Catton Hall for more metal mayhem on day two of the festival…
Want to re-live some of the best bits of one of the highlights of 2014? Or alternatively, if you missed it first time around, want a taster of what occurred at Bloodstock Open Air 2014? Whichever category you fall into, we recommend you tune into Scuzz this weekend for the best of the action from…
Words by James Halstead & Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. It’s reached the waning end of Summer in the UK once again so that means one very important thing to the UK metal community – it’s time for the Bloodstock Open Air Festival. The 2014 instalment of BOA had one of the most impressive…
It’s Bloodstock Open Air time once again! Rock Sins is sending a contingent of the team to Bloodstock festival so thought we’d get James to make a list of the really awesome things to do and see that you might have missed about Bloodstock. Just to make it better for you. Aren’t we nice… Beer Because, let’s…
Those of you heading to Catton Hall for the festivities that only Bloodstock Open Air can bring will be delighted to know that the organisers have just confirmed plans for Bloodstock 2014’s after hours entertainment. The arguable highlight is after Emperor have delivered their monumental headline set on Saturday night, the wannabee Hoglan’s, Mustaine’s, Burton’s…
Hot on the heels of the last Download Festival announcement (read that here), Bloodstock have responded with a new set of bands of their own, and as per usual, there are some gems in this group of bands. One of the pioneers of modern hardcore, this Bloodstock Festival band announcement is headed by Biohazard. With…
Another week and another three excellent bands join the cast at Bloodstock Open Air Festival’s 2014 instalment. Following on from last week’s announcement of Amon Amarth joining the fray, their Defenders Of The Faith IV partners in metal, British extreme metal legends Carcass are also joining the line up at BOA 2014. Carcass will serve…
Catching up on some rather important news from last week that we didn’t quite have time to update our readers with when it was revealed, there are three more fantastic bands now on the line for Bloodstock Open Air 2014! First of all, and one of Rocksins’ favourite metal bands of any sub-genre, the mighty…
Well, after a week’s worth of Download announcements, The team at Bloodstock Open Air 2014 have responded in some style with a new quartet of bands for BOA who will really bring the metal to Catton Hall in some style. First up are New Orleans sludge metal legends Crowbar. With Kirk Windstein recently stepping down…
Following in the footsteps of their big four thrash metal brothers Slayer, Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2014 are thrilled to announce Megadeth as the final headliners for the festival. Joining New Orleans stoner metal icons Down and black metal legends Emperor, Megadeth complete what is arguably the most formidable trio of Bloodstock Festival headliners ever!…
The people at Bloodstock Open Air Festival are really spoiling us for the 2014 installment of the festival. Not only have they given us first the mighty Emperor and then the legendary stoner metal of Down as two of the headliners, they’ve now gone and added another three quality acts to the event. First up…
