As far as first festival line up announcements go, Bloodstock Open Air Festival have smashed it out of the park with their opening blast of bands for 2025. In their opening 19 band salvo, Bloodstock have revealed all three main stage headliners for next years festival and a viking boat load of other good stuff…
A decade is a long time for a project to come together. Though when you and your creative counterpart are in bands such as TRIVIUM and EMPEROR, the wait can be forgiven. Nevertheless, we can finally indulge our curiosity in IBARAKI’s Rashomon. Fuelled by Matt Kiichi Heafy’s multifaceted journey of self-discovery, Rashomon is steeped in…
With the weather changing it’s mind on the opening day of Bloodstock Open Air 2018 more times than Neymar making dives at this Summer’s World Cup, our foray into Catton Hall found metalheads of all kinds from the shirtless to those somewhat more weather proof. It felt oddly appropriate then that our first musical encounter…
It’s that time of the year again when Bloodstock Open Air is almost upon us, so we’ve dedicated the return of our weekly spotify playlist to the UK’s favourite metal festival for the metal purists. With headliners Nightwish, Gojira and Judas Priest (who feature twice, because, let’s face it, who doesn’t love a double dose…
Well Bloodstock really aren’t screwing around are they? Not only did they manage to land Judas Priest after years of trying, they’ve only gone and landed flippin’ Emperor as their special guests! The black metal royalty, led by Ihsahn will make their second appearance at BOA and first since they headlined in 2014. Not just…
Needless to say, I have most definitely slacked and avoided a LOT that I shouldn’t have this year. Not surprisingly to those that know me, my attendance at gigs has almost evaporated in recent years, especially when you consider at one point in my life I was frequenting 4-5 gigs a week… What is surprising…
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…
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…
How do you follow the announcement that the most legendary of black metal bands, Emperor, are going to be the first headliners for your festival? How about by changing things up and getting one of the finest sludge / stoner metal bands the world has ever seen! That’s right, the legendary Down with the one…
In what may be the dream of numerous metal fans all across the UK and beyond, in an announcement made on site at 2013 Bloodstock Open Air Festival a few minutes ago, the first headliners for next years edition of the festival are none other than the recently reactivated black metal legends Emperor! This announcement…
