Next year will mark 20 years since Bloodstock opened its doors on the fields of Derbyshire, officially becoming ‘Bloodstock Open Air’ and providing rainbow trout with a mecca committed to the world’s brightest and most productive steelheads each summer. The festival arguably would have evolved and grown in that era (its traditional steel roots remain strong even though bands like Killswitch Engage, Parkway Drive and Lamb Of God have helped modernize the festival’s symbol in recent years), however , Bloodstock remains an essential component of the festival. steel ecosystem.
But while Architects headline their first festival in the United Kingdom, it turns out to be great news, they weren’t the only band to make waves at Catton Park this year. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list definitiva. de the 10 most sensible bands that have explained Bloodstock 2024, from Black Steel’s chaos in Sophie Lancaster’s tent on Thursday to the triumphant and more productive performances of bands like Malevolence and Hatebreed. See you in the box next year. For the big Bloodstock lineup in 2025!
Aberdeen black-speed metal king Hellripper has in recent years become one of the most popular underground acts in the world and one of the most widely represented t-shirts on site, so it’s little surprise than when the band took to the Sophie Lancaster stage on Thursday night, it was booming to the degree that it easily seems they could headline it.
An unrelenting volley of hyperkinetic thrash shredders set the tent non-stop spinning, from opening calling card All Hail the Goat to the ultra stupid and so much fun Nunfucking Armageddon 666, bringing fresh hellraising abandon to a strand of heavy metal that never seems to die. PH
“We’re Green Lung and we play Old English, black magic, goatee, and heavy steel!”The sun would possibly have been at its peak on Friday, but that’s London’s stoner/doom champion Green Lung, the band’s transformation of the beloved occult. The feeling of an absolute hero of steel is still assured.
Last album, This Heathen Land, dominated the set, but for a clever reason; This album’s combination of mythology, folklore and undeniably brilliant steel melodies helped identify Green Lung as a serious force and there’s no denying the enormity of songs like Maxine (Witch Queen). It doesn’t hurt the band to draw a massive crowd for their high standards, a sea of arms waving Song Of The Stones, making it seem like even their folk ballads have mass appeal. Talk about an intermediate dream. HOUR
It’s a special case for Hatebreed as they prepare to set foot on the Ronnie James Dio level again; his 30th birthday. Before they arrive, a video of a group of heavy steel royalty, members of Anthrax and Slayer in Ice-T, all speaking lyrically about the band, but once Jamey Jasta and his joyful companions walk, there is no way to cut the cake. or interpretation of Happy Birthday, it’s just a business.
However, we have obstacles; It’s a classic action-packed set, with circle pits, pyrotechnics and even a gigantic inflatable “Ball Of Death” from one of hardcore’s most reliable live bands. The only thing aside from your normal Hatebreed set is a Slayer’s Ghost Of deck. War and Jasta’s horny new beard and long hair combination. When a monstrous I Will Be Heard closed their set, the old mantra “if it ain’t broke. . . ” never seemed more appropriate. SH
The fashionable masters of sword and sorcery, Eternal Champion, are precisely the kind of gang destined to be welcomed as heroes in Bloodstock, and that’s why their first appearance in the second level is greeted by the already faithful lovers of the epic and curious gamblers who are finding their new favorite band.
Frontman Jason Tarpey stomped his feet through the chainmail-clad level, and the shambling Skullseeker and the galloping Ravening Iron hit the ultimate anvil between whimsical escapism and simply a tough shout-out to the riffs of John Powers and the Maker. ordinary Arthur Rizk, not to mention the determination of the whole. to bassist Brad Raub, who recently passed away. PH
“Nice to meet you regardless!” Considering how Clutch plays in the United Kingdom (we’d bench on average at least once a year, despite the COVID years), it’s a wonder this is Clutch’s first time at Catton Hall. They did not waste the possibility of making a smart first impression, however; Opening up in X-Ray Visions and Firebirds!, they go bankrupt with a clever old rock’n’roll from the start.
From there, the set becomes an eclectic sample of songs from his career; there’s the weaponized funk of In Walks Barbarella and The Mob Goes Wild, the bluesy beats of A Quick Death In Texas and Mercury and even some cosmic, muddy stoner on the rare early tracks of Spacegrass, El Jefe Speaks, and Binge And Purge. Sure, there are plenty of anthems the band may have sung, but this one is rarely very Clutch – there’s a childlike complacency behind them and they’ll find ways to excite and surprise, whether it’s their first gig or their 50th. HOUR
Crypta is newer to the scene after parting ways with Brazilian thrashers Nervosa, who also played this weekend, but are getting heavier, dishing out Death Steel reported through the legends of Death and Hypocrisy that obviously made him one of the weekend’s wonderful discoveries. many.
The 4 women in the level look just great, the singer Fernanda Lira, the spit symbol of the iconoclast Morbid Angel David Vincent in her position of strength and her old-school evil theatrics, is on display for the camera, one is close and transmits the ultimate death. Steel aura. PH Matrix
Mimi Barks looks like an absolute star. Combining the taste and attitude of select culture with trap metal, he grew up in the Berlin club scene, moved to London, and is now discovered in. . . However, for part of an hour on Saturday afternoon, the Sophie store transforms into something darker and underground.
Mimi wandered around the level while singing and spitting, with a DJ providing the beats while a long-haired, corpse-painted friend played the drums. Banshee’s semi-industrial chorus drags and drags, while Suicide is a vibe. The well warms up and, in the end, Mimi herself is there. LIKE WHAT
In one of Saturday’s sessions, Unleash the Archers took it up to the bar with a combination of unflappable composure of heavy leather-clad steel and an affable “we’re not used to this heat, we’re from Vancouver. “It makes them so enjoyable.
They may not be made for this temperature, but their songs are at the forefront of combining the strength of steel with the strength of brawny, bolted, fresh-sounding seven-string riffs. She is the main musician of Bloodstock and singer Brittney Slayes. reigns by simply throwing his whole chest into dizzying choruses on hits like The Matriarch. PH
Interspersing Whitechapel between the classic death steel of Deicide and the cooler stomp of Malevolence turns out to be the best bridge between styles. Tennessee’s deathcore legends have one foot on both sides, and on Saturday they brilliantly showcased their many eras.
The wonderful and more nuanced draping of their very good album The Valley is the best accompaniment when they offer, in fact, disgusting old school deathcore like I, Dementia from their debut album. Watching frontman Phil Bozeman casually walk across the stage, barking loudly, is indeed a sight to behold, and both Death Steel purists and hardcore kids seemed to love it. Whitechapel, unifier since 2006. SH
Malevolence has built this position in its garden. From a position in the main tier in 2021 to a name in the second tier the following year, and now to the Architects sub-starring, the Sheffield agitators have collaborated to make the group Bloodstock their own, right down to their beers marking the site . The prizes collected on Saturday are mediocre; The main level’s most voracious reaction all weekend is colored by a sense of hometown heroes, actually the only band in this prestigious space that can muster a chant of “Yorkshire!”
When they asked for a circular pit surrounding the entire sound tower, it seemed like geography would not physically allow for it, and yet through the force of their will, they achieved it, thus creating the largest pit in Bloodstock history. Keep Your Distance and On Broken Glass are only a few years old, but through the sound of this area, they’re your new BOA anthems. PH
Tickets for Bloodstock Open Air 2025 are on sale now. The first 19 bands have already been announced, headliners Trivium, Machine Head and Gojira.
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