FINAL COUNTDOWN TO BLOODSTOCK! 8 DAYS TO GO!! NEW GREEN INITIATIVES INCLUDE PRIZES FOR COLLECTING CUPS, CAMPSITE COMPETITIONS, & SOLAR POWERDON’T MISS BLOODSTOCK’S BLACK ICE-CREAM BLOODSTOCK is gearing up for their best-ever festival and the countdown is ON! There’s just over a week to go, ‘til the marauding metal hordes thunder …
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PUT YOUR QUESTIONS TO BLOODSTOCK, PLUS LORNA SHORE, BEHEMOTH, GWAR, AND MALEVOLENCE IN FACEBOOK LIVE GUEST SERIES STARTING THIS THURSDAY BLOODSTOCK can finally declare that 2022’s biggest metal weekender is next month! So to whet your appetite further, here are thirteen more bands (lucky for some) you’ll be able to catch at …
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IRON MAIDEN EXHIBITION AT BLOODSTOCK EIGHT WEEKS TO GO! There are now just 8 weeks to go ’til BLOODSTOCK 2022! HQ is in a frenzy getting the infrastructure together and locking in the last of the slots. There’s still another batch of Metal 2 The Masses bands to come and plenty more info about …
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Over halfway there! With just 168 days to go before the marauding metal hordes charge through the gates of Catton Park, BLOODSTOCK has its last batch of Sophie Lancaster Stage bands to announce. It’s also ‘Last Call’ time for the Deposit Scheme, where you can pay over 6 smaller instalments (full details below). Artists for …
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If you’re anything like us, you can’t wait to be back in the green fields of Catton Park watching some world-class heavy metal at BLOODSTOCK – and we’re well over halfway there! Is it too soon to start a count down yet?! (136 days to go, in case you were wondering… yes, …
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BLOODSTOCK’S 2022 ‘METAL 2 THE MASSES’ PROGRAMME REVS UP BLOODSTOCK’s hugely popular, grassroots-supporting ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ scheme gives unsigned and DIY bands the chance of being part of the BLOODSTOCK festival experience. After the festival’s biggest and most successful year in 2021 – an absolute triumph in the face of adversity – …
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After 2021’s most successful event to date and in celebration of Halloween, BLOODSTOCK is excited to announce a swath of bands for 2022’s Catton Park heavy metal party, including their final main stage headliner! The mighty BEHEMOTH will bring their spectacular production to close out the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Friday. Nergal tells …
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BLOODSTOCK REVEALS MORE NEW BLOOD & JAGER STAGE BANDS! Are you getting excited to be at BLOODSTOCK in just 10 weeks time? Started planning which bands are on your “must-see” list yet? Here are twelve more bands for you to consider, added to Thursday’s line-up on the New Blood stage, chosen from online submissions. …
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It’s Dublin on a Saturday night in May. There’s more than 350 people rammed into Fibber Magees and that can only mean one thing. It’s time for the Metal 2 The Masses Ireland Final 2017. Throughout the first half of this year thirty five bands have been whittled down to the last …
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It’s April 29th 2017, the night of the biggest fight of the century. Expectations are high as to who will deliver the goods on the big stage as the combatants touch gloves and the bell rings. Yeah, it’s time for Dublin to decide what two bands will complete the final …
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BLOODSTOCK has six more bands lined up for the Sophie Lancaster stage and four lucky bands win slots on the New Blood stage to celebrate the start of the ‘Metal To The Masses’ finals. Landing slots on the Sophie Lancaster stage are Leeds metal trio BLIND HAZE, Italian power/classic metal outfit, …
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The rollercoaster ride that has been Metal 2 The Masses Ireland 2017 reached the semi-final stages last weekend and PlanetMosh was strapped into the carriage once again to see which bands could hold on tight enough to secure a place in that one last foray on the way to Bloodstock. …
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BLOODSTOCK are very excited to announce GHOST as their Saturday night headliner! This will be GHOST’s first ‘ritual’ at BLOODSTOCK and watching their amazing stage show after dark is sure to be quite the religious experience! Check out a taster of what might be in store via this clip from …
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Hot on the heels of the Irish rugby team obliterating English dreams at the Aviva stadium, we shuffled down to Fibber Magees to see the next quartet of bands going head to head at Metal 2 the Masses Ireland. Would one of the outfits begin an unbeaten streak tonight on …
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Saturday night saw the 5th instalment of this years Metal 2 The Masses showcase at Fibber Magees in Dublin. With one band unable to play the playing field was reduced to 4 groups vying for a place in the semi final. First up are M2TM returnees Antidotes. Fronted by Stephen …
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#BOA ANNOUNCEMENT ⚡ FOUR bands added to the BLOODSTOCK 2017 LINE-UP! BLOODSTOCK is powering ahead with even more bookings for 2017! We’ve four more to get you excited for August’s best metal weekender… German thrash legends KREATOR shred their way on to BLOODSTOCK’s main stage this Summer in Saturday’s …
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PlanetMosh dropped into Fibber Magees on Saturday night for the latest round of Metal 2 The Masses Ireland. On paper it was an interesting prospect with a few genres being represented, from Black Metal through to Rock n Roll. Drawing the opening slot (by choice) was Horrenda. This extreme metal …
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By way of a late Valentines Day gift, BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to announce 3 more bands for 2017’s event! ARCH ENEMY will be joining us as Sunday’s special guests. Get a taste of their Swedish melodeath with the live video for ‘War Eternal’, shot at Wacken 2016 and check out …
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Saturday night saw the second heat of Metal 2 The Masses Ireland take place at Fibber Magees and with 4 new bands to the competition (of the 5) taking part, it was a night of new discoveries and crunching rock and metal. With the straws drawn, Dublin metal troop Outbreak …
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As 2017 settles in, four more brutal bands are locked in for August’s best metal weekender; BLOODSTOCK! Swedish metal marauders, SOILWORK are confirmed for a main stage slot at Catton Park. Frontman Björn ‘Speed’ Strid tells us “We are really thrilled to return to UK soil after a killer mini-tour …
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