Bloodstock Open Air has shared pro-shot video of Knocked Loose live at the 2023 festival. Watch their performance of “Everything Is Quiet Now!” The band will kick off a huge run of tour dates and festivals this spring with Show Me The Body and Loathe. Continue reading
Watch pro-shot footage of Meshuggah’s iconic headline turn at Bloodstock Open Air 2023. Meshuggah is still in the midst of a world tour. Check our our coverage of Bloodstock Open Air here.
SATURDAY
With the weather nothing like the crispy oven-cooked hellfire of last year’s Summerpocalypse, Bloodstock is a much happier place this year, and not even the first downpour of the weekend can dampen the spirits. Especially as today is Corpse-paint Day where everyone is invited to daub themselves in black and white make-up and become angry badgers for the next few hours.
A lot has changed in the twenty years since my first Bloodstock. What began as a relatively small indoor gathering in the middle of Derby city centre now welcomes around fifteen thousand metal fans from around the world annually. From two days, two halls, a signing room, and a “Metal Market” to four days, four stages, a signing tent, art gallery, gaming zone, and curiosities such as Viking battles and even early morning Heavy Metal Aerobics sessions, the changes to Bloodstock have been gradual but necessary.