Forward of subsequent month’s fest, Bloodstock have added 17 new names (actually) to their 2025 line-up.
With their annual Steel 2 The Lots finals wrapping up, they’ve revealed most of the rising band’s who’ll grace the Timothy Taylor New Blood stage in Catton Park, with much more to return. So, with out additional ado, prepare for: tealdeer, Rascal and Backseat Juliet on Friday; Symbyote, Adfeilion, Prodigal, Zebulon, Mantis Defeats Jaguar, Mechromorph, Head Dent and Unnatural Order on the Saturday; and Ocean Planet, Rizen, Headcount, Koba, Dominated By Raptors and Unhealthy Earth closing proceedings on Sunday.
Elsewhere, Bloodstock have revealed that forthcoming film Metal Donkeys goes to start filming on the pageant, utilizing the location for exterior scenes (the inside bits will happen at Ok.Ok.’s Metal Mill). From the thoughts of author/director Richard Stanley, it’s about ‘three small-time crooks employed to steal a robust artefact from a mysterious rock star at a large pageant. When their heist goes unsuitable, they unleash a malignant Afro-Caribbean entity trapped contained in the artefact – a demon that events its means by the pageant crowd, threatening to finish the world. Because the chaos spirals, the teenagers should rally a ragtag band of heroes to cease the demon and restore cosmic steadiness.’
“The celebs have aligned to conjure this dream into manifestation, an ideal storm of steel, martial arts and cosmic horror, precision calibrated to burn its means into the brains of an entire new era of steel followers,” explains Richard. “It makes me vastly completely happy to be again within the UK and to be returning to my cultural roots with this supernaturally charged psychedelic hand grenade, freely impressed by a real-life misadventure from my youthful years. Given the present state of the nation, I firmly imagine Metal Donkeys is strictly what Britain each wants and deserves…”
Try the up to date Bloodstock 2025 line-up poster beneath.