Friday's headliner are the UK's adopted sons, gargantuan riff goliaths Trivium
Saturday's headliners are none other than masters of metal and mayhem, Machine Head
Sunday's headliners dazzled the world with a gold-medal performance at the Olympics opening ceremony just two weeks ago...the almighty Gojira.
Wrapping up Thursday night will be Nergal's bewitching side project, Me And That Man
Friday night concludes with impressive Canadian death metal beasts Kataklysm
Saturday’s shenanigans, it’s Static-X
Floridian death metal to finish your neck off late on Sunday, so that can only mean the last band taking the stage at BLOODSTOCK 2025 will be the legendary Obituary
Swooping in as special guests on Friday are influential black metal icons Emperor
On the Ronnie James Dio Friday bill you’ll be able to catch:
Gothic metal act Lacuna Coil and in their only UK festival slot for 2025
The unmissable Orange Goblin
Shaking things up in the pit on Saturday’s RJD stage will be boisterous horror punks Creeper Cult
Modern metal bruisers Kublai Khan Tx
Joining the Ronnie James Dio line-up on Sunday will be:
Melo-death squad The Black Dahlia Murder
Medieval metalheads Feuerschwanz
Theatrical dark rockers Lord Of The Lost
Metalcore mainstays August Burns Red
BLOODSTOCK is also delighted to reveal special guests on the Sophie Lancaster stage will be:
Norse-inspired warriors All For Metal (Thursday)
Flamenco metal fusionists Breed 77 (Saturday)
NWOBHM-meets-power-metal kings 3 Inches Of Blood
Weekend early bird tickets (Thu-Sun) for BLOODSTOCK 2025 are available to purchase at the box office on site for £175. Child weekend early bird’s are £45 (ages 4 -11). Mini moshers under age 4 can come for free. Early Bird’s go on sale Monday 12th at 9am, VIP and Campervan go on sale Wednesday 19th HERE
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