Bloodstock Open Air

Bloodstock Open Air
Bloodstock Open Air Main Stage
Genre	Heavy metal, thrash metal, black metal, death metal, grindcore, hard rock
Dates	2nd weekend in August
Location(s)	Walton-on-Trent, England
Years active	2005 - present
Founded by	Paul Raymond Gregory and Vince Brotheridge
Website
www.bloodstock.uk.com

Bloodstock Open Air is a heavy metal festival held annually at Catton Hall in Walton-on-Trent, England, since 2005. Bands that have played at the festival over the years include Twisted Sister, Saxon, Morbid Angel, Anaal Nathrakh, Trivium, Watain, Emperor, Anthrax, Napalm Death, the Black Dahlia Murder, Megadeth, Obituary, Carcass, Within Temptation, Children of Bodom, Motorhead, Nile, Down, Suffocation, Alice Cooper, Kreator, Exodus, Machine Head, Slayer, Dying Fetus, Behemoth, Amon Amarth and Cannibal Corpse. Originally on one stage only, the festival expanded to incorporate a second stage in 2006. Known simply as The Unsigned Stage, it was designed to provide a platform for the next generation of metal talent to reach a wider audience. In 2010 it was renamed The New Blood Stage.

2007 saw further expansion with the addition of a third stage, originally called The Lava Stage which in 2009 became the Sophie Lancaster Stage. In 2010 the capacity of this stage was increased and it became the festival's second stage. This second stage is also used by The 4 DJs Of The Apocalypse, who provide DJ sets until the early hours of the morning.

Bloodstock Open Air was conceived as an extension of the original Bloodstock indoor festival which ran from 2001 until 2006 at Derby Assembly Rooms. After an amicable parting in 2006 with his business partner Vince Brotheridge, in 2007 Paul Gregory brought his daughters and son Vicky Hungerford, Rachael Greenfield and Adam Gregory on board as directors. "It was an obvious move for me," he explained, "as all of them had been working on the festival from its inception. They have brought their talents to the fore as the festival’s continued growth is very much due to their commitment."

In 2010, Heaven & Hell was scheduled to headline Bloodstock Open Air, but pulled out due to the death of singer Ronnie James Dio. The main stage at the festival was subsequently renamed as the "Ronnie James Dio stage" in tribute to him.

Bloodstock Indoor Festival

Bloodstock originally began as an indoor festival held in Derby Assembly Rooms which ran 6 years from 2001-2006. In order to associate the festival roots with Derby, where founder Paul Gregory lives, the festival's mascot/logo was based on the tale of The Derby Ram; a beast so large that, when a butcher finally slaughtered it, he drowned in the Ram's blood. A competition was run to name the beast and 'S-tan' was selected, he has appeared on almost all Bloodstock artwork since (only missing from the first 3 BOA festivals when the S-tan snake featured instead). The first year was a one-day event headlined by Saxon, whom Paul Gregory had known personally since being commissioned to do the artwork for their 1984 Crusader album. Attendance for the festival topped 700 people and, despite taking an (expected) financial loss, a second festival was arranged for the following year. The full line-up was:

Bloodstock 2001
Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Saxon Glenn Hughes Blaze Skyclad Primal Fear Dirty Deeds Area 54 Shadowkeep	Orange Goblin Return to the Sabbat Underule Evoke Occupational Hazard Freebase Bloodstream Consumed

2002 saw Bloodstock return with Blind Guardian headlining (again a band Paul Gregory knew through producing their artwork) which was their first UK show. Bringing metal acts to the UK for the first time has become a regular occurrence from Bloodstock and the stronger line-up (which also included Gamma Ray as second billing) doubled the festival's attendance to approximately 1500. The full line-up was:

Bloodstock 2002
Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Blind Guardian Gamma Ray Diamond Head Threshold Balance of Power Freedom Call Biomechanical	Return to the Sabbat Bal-Sagoth Elvenking Primordial Enemymaker 888 Twelvepointhead Infobia

2003 brought the first of many expansions to the festival as it stretched across two days. The first day was headlined by a returning Saxon and the second by Nightwish whom like Blind Guardian the year before were playing their first UK show. Paul & Gregory had gone on tour with Saxon the previous year and it was then that Vince first saw Nightwish which convinced them they should be booked for the Bloodstock festival. This year also featured Edguy's first UK show as they were drafted in to replace HammerFall after guitarist Oscar Dronjak broke his arm in a motorcycle accident only weeks before the show. The full line-up was:

Bloodstock 2003
Main Stage (Friday)	Main Stage (Saturday)	Darwin Stage (Saturday)
Saxon Blaze Power Quest 5th Man Down Biomechanical	Nightwish Paradise Lost Edguy Masterplan Saracen DragonForce Illuminatus Mercury Rain	Biomechanical F.U.L.C. Waylander Fourwaykill Invey Bates Motel Ninedenine Cruel Humanity Bumsnogger

2004 saw continued growth in attendance with the festival selling out and brought Gamma Ray back to headline the first day and Children of Bodom headlined the second day. The full line-up was:

Bloodstock 2004
Main Stage (Friday)	Femme Fatale Stage (Friday)	Main Stage (Saturday)	Darwin Stage (Saturday)
Gamma Ray Threshold Sinergy Illuminatus Infobia	Season’s End Invey Liquid Sky Super Massive Object	Children of Bodom Sonata Arctica Primal Fear Balance of Power Evergrey Edenbridge Panic Cell Intense	Fourway Kill Cruachan The Prophecy Gutworm Nowhere Near the Garden Humanity Seven Years Dead Rezin 69

2005 was the first year which saw both the indoor & outdoor festivals running. HammerFall were booked to play, now with a headline slot on the first day, and Within Temptation headlined the second day. The full line-up was:

Bloodstock 2005
Main Stage (Friday)	Battle Metal Stage (Friday)	Main Stage (Saturday)	Darwin Stage (Saturday)
HammerFall Stormwarrior Metalium Reckless Tide	Conquest of Steel Warchild Deliverance Zillah	Within Temptation Amon Amarth After Forever Bob Catley Raven Iron Savior Suidakra Rise to Addiction	Cathedral Soliloquy Balance of Silence Jesus Fix Kingsize Blues Kyrb Grinder † Dreadnought Mfkzt Pro-jekt Osmium

† Kyrb Grinder weren't originally booked to play, but the band members were working at the festival and delays in the running of the Darwin stage left a gap, so they played a short sell to fill in the gap.

2006 was the last year an indoor festival was hosted allowing for full focus on the outdoor festival from then on. Primal Fear headlined day one with My Dying Bride headling day two and thus being the last ever band to play at Bloodstock as an indoor festival. The full line-up was:

Bloodstock 2006
Main Stage (Friday)	Darwin Stage (Friday)	Main Stage (Saturday)	Darwin Stage (Saturday)
Primal Fear Axel Rudi Pell Savage Circus Majesty Marshall Law	To-Mera Eden Steel Tormentor Captive Audio Awaken	My Dying Bride Deathstars Onslaught Brainstorm Machine Men Omnium Gatherum Sworn Amongst † Spellblast Illuminatus	Vanden Plas Deadfall Enemy Unknown Died Smiling Tourettes Syndrome † Beyond Afterlife Agankast Mael Mórdha Isaiah H.O.S.T.I.L.E. The Boy Will Drown

† Tourettes Syndrome had originally been booked to play the main stage. However, their flight was delayed and they didn't arrive in time. Sworn Amongst were bumped up from their scheduled Darwin Stage slot to fill the gap, and Tourettes Syndrome played on the Darwin Stage later in the day when they eventually arrived.

BOA 2005

Bloodstock Open Air 2005 was the first outdoor venture for the festival after selling out the indoor festival which had a maximum capacity of 2500. Catton Hall was selected as the venue to allow growth in size (up to 10,000) without losing the festival's established friendly atmosphere and also maintained its link to Derby. The festival featured only one stage which was headlined by Sebastian Bach (Friday) and Children of Bodom (Saturday).

BOA 2005 took place from Friday 24 June to Saturday 25 June and the line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday
Sebastian Bach Mostly Autumn Breed 77 Gotthard Panic Cell	Children of Bodom Paradise Lost Edguy Masterplan Evergrey Humanity Fourwaykill

BOA 2006

Bloodstock Open Air 2006 brought in a second stage called simply "Unsigned Stage" this was to showcase new unsigned acts to a wider audience like the indoor festival did previously to on their second stage. Now backed by Wacken Open Air the festival was able to attract more European metal bands to the line-up which was headlined by Edguy (Friday) & Stratovarius (Saturday). It was the last year which had both the indoor & outdoor festivals running together.

BOA 2006 took place from Friday 14 July to Saturday 15 July and the line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday
Edguy Metal Church Atheist Nocturnal Rites Rage Pyramaze	Stratovarius Turisas Bal-Sagoth Ensiferum Callenish Circle Gorilla Monsoon Season's End Ashtar 19th Century

Unsigned Stage
Friday	Saturday
Evile Kingsize Blues Headless Cross Pitiful Reign Nephwrack	Deadweight Sicfelt State Of Serenity Nekkrosis Kyrb Grinder Spitting Blood Beyond All Reason Isaiah Deadeye Solace Luna Pin Phat Jerusalem Cycle VI Black River Project

BOA 2007

Bloodstock Open Air 2007 brought further growth for the festival which now ran over three days and included three stages. The additional stage was named the Lava Stage and allowed more established but smaller acts to perform at the festival. Following a stronger marketing campaign which included advertisement within HMV and greater coverage in music media, attendance at the festival more than doubled from the previous year exceeding 5000 people. The festival's website also went through a major overhaul and the opportunity was given to unsigned bands to upload their videos. Following public voting, Costa Rican band Sight Of Emptiness won and were invited to open the main stage on Thursday. The three mainstage headliners were Testament (Thursday), Lacuna Coil (Friday) & In Flames (Saturday).

BOA 2007 took place from Thursday 16 August to Saturday 18 August. The line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Testament Firewind Head On Kiuas Sight of Emptiness Chris Slade	Lacuna Coil Dark Tranquillity Nevermore Epica Korpiklaani Memfis Wolf Scar Symmetry Voodoo Six Exploder	In Flames Arch Enemy Sabbat Dream Evil Finntroll Legion of the Damned Benediction Freedom Call Rise to Addiction Beyond All Reason

Unsigned Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday
stage closed	Hexagram Idiom King Lizard Sinocence Forever Never Cerebral Fix Timefall Enemo J The Aftermath Life Denied Omen Mindflow	Terrathorn Axis of Evil Exit Ten Trigger 9 Honey for Christ Nemhain Speed Theory Nephwrack Sinnergod The Hollow Earth Theory The Apostacy Kobrakai Hanging Doll

Lava Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Beholder	Zenith Blindsight	Rollin' Thunder Headrush

BOA 2008

Bloodstock Open Air 2008 took place from Friday 15 August to Sunday 17 August. The line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Opeth Helloween Soulfly Primal Fear Destruction Akercocke Týr Praying Mantis Evile Saint Deamon	Dimmu Borgir Iced Earth Soilwork Napalm Death Moonsorrow Communic Swallow The Sun Eluveitie Rise To Remain Cloudscape Evil Scarecrow	Nightwish At the Gates Overkill As I Lay Dying Kataklysm Mob Rules Grand Magus Alestorm Crowning Glory Heaven's Basement

Scuzz Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
From The Ashes Sorcerer's Spell The Dead Lay Waiting Anger Management Firebrand Super Rock Son Of Science Obsessive Compulsive Hospital Of Death Broken Faith A470 Deadfilmstar	The Berzerker RSJ Metalloid Concept Of Time Hellfighter Keltic Jihad The Defiled Blood Island Raiders The Dirty Youth Mantra Empyreal Destroyer Witchsorrow Denounce 9 Days Down	TesseracT Silent Descent Musta Talvi Ted Maul Raven's Creed Necrosadistic Goat Torture Celtic Legacy Ravenage Serotonal De Profundis Blasphemous Creation Cursed As Angels

Lava Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Conquest Of Steel Bungle Jr	The Inbreds Invasion Outcryfire Pro-jekt	Sondura Fury UK Seven Years Dead	Liquid Sky Adam Bomb Breedapart Heaven's Gate Esoterica

BOA 2009

Bloodstock Open Air 2009 took place at Catton Hall from Friday 14 August to Sunday 16 August. The line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Carcass Arch Enemy Saxon Sodom Katatonia Municipal Waste Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Insomnium Million Dollar Reload Blitzkrieg	Cradle of Filth Blind Guardian Apocalyptica Kreator Enslaved Candlemass Entombed The Haunted Wolf Battlelore Uncle Rotter	Europe Satyricon Amon Amarth Moonspell Turisas Anathema Equilibrium Girlschool Sabaton Beholder

Unsigned Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Vallenbrosa The Green River Project Gods of Hellfire Blindfolds Aside Alternative Carpark Snakebite Divine Chaos Left To Bleed Bloodshot Dawn Bisonhammer Ventflow	The Saw Doctors Severed Heaven Hunted Solsikk O.M.T Inner Eden Sanctorum Internal Conflict Switchblade Scream Niyah Sky Nefarious They Will Rise	Nya Into The Woods Nightmare World Biomortal Sower Primitive Graven Image Long Time Dead Triaxis Annwn Agonyst Eibon la Furies

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Pythia Malefice Godsized Xerath	The Rotted Abgott Arthemis Celesty	Eden's Curse Tribe Darkness Dynamite Anterior

BOA 2010

Bloodstock Open Air 2010 celebrated the festival's 10th anniversary, and took place between Friday 13 August and Sunday 15 August. The line up was as follows:-

Ronnie James Dio Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Opeth Meshuggah Sonata Arctica Gorgoroth Cathedral Ensiferum Rage Ross the Boss Black Spiders Snakebite	Children of Bodom Fear Factory The Devin Townsend Project Amorphis Obituary Edguy Onslaught Evile Leaves' Eyes Andromeda	Twisted Sister Cannibal Corpse Bloodbath Gojira Gwar Korpiklaani Doro Holy Moses Suffocation Bonded by Blood

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Desecration Hospital of Death	Powerwolf Enforcer Steelwing Collapse	Sylosis Benediction Regardless Of Me Mordecai	Killing Machine Winterfylleth Witchsorrow The Prophecy Purified In Blood

New Blood Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Arceye Credit To Dementia Shrapnel Splintered Soul Senturia Tempestora Morgue Orgy Grieve Betraeus Lordaeron Under Blackened Skies	The Whores Reism Chaos Asylum Silas Flayed Disciple Aghast Lithurgy Zocalo Achren Echoes Fall Burn The Hive	Furyon Core Project Orestea Stone Circle Mutant Extreme Od Ishmael Traces Hekz Neonfly Old Corpse Road

• Heaven & Hell were booked to headline on Sunday, but pulled out due to Ronnie James Dio's continuing health issues.
  • Shortly after Heaven & Hell pulled out, Dio died. The main stage was later renamed the Ronnie James Dio stage in tribute to him.
  • Twisted Sister's headline slot was moved from Friday to Sunday to replace Heaven & Hell. Opeth were then booked to fill the Friday headline slot.
• Dream Evil were confirmed for the mainstage on Friday, but were forced to pull out due to "personal commitments".
• Behemoth were confirmed for the mainstage on Friday, but pulled out due to the hospitalisation of frontman, Adam "Nergal" Darski. Cathedral were announced as their replacements.
• The Sophie Lancaster stage was increased in size and became Bloodstock's second stage. It now plays host to larger, more well known bands, as well as DJs, karaoke, film showings, competitions and more.

BOA 2011

Bloodstock Open Air 2011 took place at Catton Hall between Friday 12 August and Sunday 14 August 2011. This year the festival had over 10,900 visitors. The line up was as follows:-

Ronnie James Dio Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
W.A.S.P. The Devin Townsend Project Kreator Coroner Triptykon Poisonblack Forbidden Wolf The Defiled	Immortal Rhapsody of Fire Therion Wintersun Ihsahn Finntroll Tarot Grave Digger Skeletonwitch	Motörhead Morbid Angel At The Gates Exodus Hammerfall Napalm Death Primordial 1349 Hell

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Steve Hughes Jason Rouse Beholder Revoker Xerath Achren	Lawnmower Deth October File Byfrost Arthemis Romeo Must Die Cerebral Bore Imicus Mortad	Keith Platt Stephen Hill Angel Witch The Rotted Deadly Circus Fire Hammer of the Gods Def-Con-One Blake Dripback	Steve Hughes Jason Rouse Criminal Amaranthe Power Quest Survivors Zero Hellish Outcast Nemhain Evil Scarecrow Grand Ultra

New Blood Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Brezno Training Icarus Cryostorm Decimation The Furious Horde Saturnian Rannoch Primitai Entro-P Inner Fire Shreddertron Unknown Fear	Intensive Square Haerken Pure Negative Hostile Rising Furyborn Foul Body Autopsy Impaled Existence Uburen Bury The Conscious Soulsphere Zombie Militia Bludvera	Lifer Achilla Talanas Northern Oak Sanguine Twilight's Embrace Sacred Illusion Akarusa Yami Spires Visitor Wolfcrusher Candid Iniquity

Jägermeister Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Primitai Alternative Carpark Rannoch Spires Foul Body Autopsy	Northern Oak Obsessive Compulsive Guardians of Andromeda Fantasist Avenge Thee & Name	The Last In Line Pig Iron Inferno Operation Error Amaranthe

• Nevermore were booked for the Ronnie James Dio stage, but were removed from the official line up in July. No official explanation has yet been released.
• Primevil were booked for the Sophie stage, but were later removed from the official line up. No explanation has yet been released.

BOA 2012

Bloodstock Open Air 2012 was scheduled to take place at Catton Hall between Thursday 16 August and Sunday 19 August 2012 (a week later than usual, owing to the festival organisers not wanting the festival to clash with the closing of the 2012 London Olympics); however, the dates were changed to between Thursday 9 August and Sunday 12 August. This change was never officially explained. The line-up was as follows:-

Ronnie James Dio Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Behemoth Dio Disciples Watain Sepultura Iced Earth Moonsorrow Grand Magus Freedom Call Malefice	Machine Head Testament Hatebreed Sanctuary Mayhem Crowbar Chthonic I AM I Benediction	Alice Cooper Dimmu Borgir Paradise Lost Anvil Evile The Black Dahlia Murder Nile Corrosion of Conformity Kobra and the Lotus

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Viking Skull Marionette Bloodshot Dawn Saturnian	Dirty Sanchez Alcest Eastern Front Pythia Death Valley Knights Derision Sweet Savage Primitai Gonoreas Commander in Chief	Orange Goblin Sight of Emptiness Witchsorrow Winterfylleth Furyon Rising Dream Infernal Tenebra Dripback Savage Messiah Splintered Soul	Anaal Nathrakh Headcharger Demonic Resurrection Nociferia Ancient Ascendant Crimes of Passion Battalion Flayed Disciple Re-Armed

New Blood Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Fallen Fate Infernal Creation Kataleptic Scare Tactics Killer Hurts Exile The Traitor My Wooden Pillow Cambion Krepuskul Warhorse Waking Theo Control The Storm InComa	Gone Til Winter Doomed Reflection in Exile Cosmic Vortex Of Doom Tempus Fusion Bull Riff Stampede Wretched Soul Sublime Eyes Father The Conflict Within Stormborn Merciless Fail Apollyon	Airstryke Blynd Incinery Shattered Skies A Thousand Enemies Huron Reign of Fury Dreamcatcher Hakin Sa-da-kO Aethara From Ruin Seprevation

Jägermeister Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Absolva Dave McPherson Andraste Dakesis Skarlett Riot	I AM I Dreamcatcher Kyrbgrinder Triaxis From Ruin	The Mercy House Kobra and the Lotus Orianthi Splintered Soul A Thousand Enemies

• Lock Up were booked to play on the RJD stage on the Friday, but were removed from the lineup. This was later confirmed on the official Bloodstock Twitter page due to logistical problems.
• Deicide were booked to play on the RJD stage on the Sunday, but ended up cancelling the whole European tour that BOA was a part of. Because of this Evile were moved from the Sophie Lancaster Stage to the Ronnie James Dio Stage to fill the void.
• Anthrax were announced for BOA 2013 before Machine Head's Headline set

BOA 2013

Bloodstock Open Air 2013 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 8 August and Sunday 11 August.

The line-up was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
King Diamond Accept Voivod Municipal Waste Dark Funeral Firewind Ex Deo Death Angel Earthtone9	Lamb of God Avantasia Sabaton Gojira Kataklysm Hell 3 Inches of Blood Beholder Stormbringer	Slayer Anthrax DevilDriver Exodus Amorphis Fozzy Sacred Mother Tongue Whitechapel Gama Bomb

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Tragedy Ravenage OAF Bull-Riff Stampede Motherload	Scar Symmetry Xentrix Xerath Cypher 16 Skiltron The Prophecy Shrapnel Bloodbound Absolva The Way Of Purity	Last In Line Power Quest* NeonFly Mael Mordha Scarab Betraeus Vanderbuyst Sworn Amongst Unfathomable Ruination	Dying Fetus Wolfsbane Belphegor Breed 77 Gormathon Evil Scarecrow Bossk RSJ Grifter States of Panic Lifer

New Blood Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Mair Craniation Fahran Second Rate Angels Karybdis Prosperina Nocturna Warpath Left Unscarred Shoel Afterlife Rezinwolf Cruel Humanity This is Turin	The Infernal Sea Skreamer One For Sorrow Dishonour The Crown Ten Cent Toy Internal Conflict In The Hills Gehtika XII Boar Diesel King Mask of Judas Elithia Fallen Riot	Bludger Amulet Merciless Terror Bound By Exile Negligence Eridium Fury Line of Fire NeonHalo Kremated Oceanis Scar City Black Emerald

Jägermeister Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Mitchell Emms Ravenage Wraith Mia Klose Resin	Incassum Awake By Design The Earls of Mars Balls Deep Cavorts	Phil Campbell's All Starr Band Betraeus Andy James The Bastard Sons Operation Error

Pritchard vs Dainton, Andrew O'Neill & Full Contact Medieval Tournament Combat also appeared at the festival.

*Power Quest's final show before disbanding.

BOA 2014

Bloodstock Open Air 2014 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 7 August and Sunday 10 August.

The line-up was:

Ronnie James Dio Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Down Dimmu Borgir Hatebreed Triptykon Prong Flotsam and Jetsam Primordial Entombed A.D. Bloodshot Dawn	Emperor Carcass Children of Bodom Lacuna Coil Crowbar Orphaned Land Decapitated Shining Evil Scarecrow	Megadeth Amon Amarth Saxon Obituary Avatar Biohazard ReVamp Aborted Arthemis

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jaldaboath Monument Incinery Gehtika Balls Deep	Rotting Christ Skyclad Diabolical Winterfylleth Deals Death Zerozonic De Profundis Krokodil Aghast! Cambion Gurt	Hellyeah Sister Sin Battleaxe Blood Red Throne Obsidian Kingdom Conquest of Steel The Mercy House Old Corpse Road Profane Omen The King Is Blind Babylon Fire	Satan Graveyard Collibus Krow Stormzone Stahlsarg Voices Morgue Orgy Haerken October File Aaron Keylock

New Blood Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jackknife Seizure Jonestown Angerman Dog Tired Hogslayer Sinpathetic Alone With Wolves Oakhaart Brutai Abhorrent Decimation No Sin Evades His Gaze Convincing Clearity Goat Leaf	All Consumed Cacodaemonic Warcrab The Canyon Observer Phantom Metaprism Resin Born Of The Jackal Synaptik The Threat Darkeye Reprisal Back Down or Die	The Self Titled Once Upon Kill All The Gentlemen Scordatura Stoneghost Today The Sun Dies Psykosis Leatherneck Akbal Eradikator Unseen Prophecy King Goat Byzanthian Neckbeard

Jägermeister Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Aceldama King Creature Undersmile Ten Foot Wizard Cadence Noir	Alzir Orphaned Land Acoustic Massive Wagons The Darkhorse The Amorettes	enkElination Ded Orse The Heretic Order Rabid Bitch of the North Resin Acoustic

Prior to Lamb Of God's set at Bloodstock 2013, Emperor were announced for the 2014 event.
Phil Campbell's All Starr Band were booked to headline Thursday on the Sophie stage but withdrew 2 weeks before the festival due to Phil's Motörhead commitments.
Due to Graveyard's flight being delayed, Graveyard and Avatar swapped slots at last minute.

BOA 2015

Bloodstock Open Air 2015 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 6 August and Sunday 9 August.

The confirmed lineup is:

Ronnie James Dio Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Trivium Sabaton Overkill Ihsahn Enslaved Belphegor Armored Saint Raging Speedhorn Nuclear Assault	Within Temptation Opeth Death DTA Dark Angel Napalm Death Korpiklaani 1349 Xerath Savage Messiah	Rob Zombie Black Label Society Cannibal Corpse Ensiferum Sepultura Pro-Pain Orange Goblin Wolf Agalloch

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
ArnoCorps Red Rum Desecration Metaprism Reign of Fury	Delain Conan I AM I Hang the Bastard Fire Red Empress Ne Obliviscaris Re-Animator Messiah's Kiss Bast Oaf Silas	Fleshgod Apocalypse Jettblack Planet of Zeus Burgerkill Mordred Battalion Godsized Jasad Ethereal Ageless Oblivion Annihilated Pist	Godflesh Onslaught Trepalium Lawnmower Deth Destrage Saille Ol Drake Alunah Villainy Dead Label The Izuna Drop Triaxis

Jägermeister Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Witch Tripper City of Thieves The Parallax Method The Mighty Wraith Winter Storm Foul Body Autopsy	Hanowar Morass of Molasses Knock Out Kaine Circle Spectre Haunting Pig Iron Devine Solace	Hell Puppets Snowblind Blind Haze Endeavour Bigfoot Killer Hurts

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Hexis Piss Viper Diatessaron Blackened Ritual King Leviathan Forgotten Remains Countless Skies We Are The Catalyst Mutagenocide XVII Kryocell Loft Mortishead	Victorian Whore Dogs Sumer From Eden to Exile Akarusa Yami Bloodyard Codex Alimentarius Soulborn Martyr De Mona Chaos Trigger Mastiff Overoth Deified Amethyst	Wretched Toad Burden of the Noose Scarred Left for Red By Any Means Taken By The Tide Animator Obey Spirytus Incipit Tombstone Crow Hell's Gazelles Skarthia

The sideshow Pritchard vs Dainton is also scheduled to appear at the festival. The historical battle re-enactment group Battle of the Nations UK have been confirmed.

After Sabaton's set, Venom were announced for the 2016 festival. Also, on the Sunday, Behemoth were announced for BOA 2016 as well.

BOA 2016

BOA 2016 is scheduled to take place a Catton Hall between Thursday 11 and Sunday 14 August 2016. The first band announcements were made at the 2015 festival.

The confirmed lineup is:

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Twisted Sister Behemoth Venom	Mastodon Gojira Paradise Lost Fear Factory Dragonforce Rotting Christ	Slayer Anthrax Symphony X Satyricon

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		Acid Reign

Jägermeister Stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday

Hobgoblin New Blood Stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday

Behemoth will be performing their 2014 album The Satanist in its entirety.

Mastodon was announced as the first 2016 headliner on October 11, 2015, on the BBC Radio 1 rock show.

Twisted Sister were announced as playing their last ever UK show as Friday's headliner on October 16, 2015, via Metal Hammer's Facebook page.

Satyricon will be performing their 3rd album Nemesis Divina in its entirety

See also

• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

External links

• Official website
• The 4 DJs Of The Apocalypse website
• Official Ticket Outlet for Festival