Bloodstock Open Air 2026 live in Walton-on-Trent

Friday, August 7, 2026

Bloodstock Open Air — the UK's biggest independent metal festival in Catton Park. 2026 headliners: Saxon, Lamb of God, Slaughter to Prevail and Judas Priest.

Festival Days

Day 1

Thu, Aug 6

Day 2

Fri, Aug 7

Lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 379 songs

Lineup and set times are subject to change — please verify on the official festival website.

Ronnie James Dio

Lamb of God

Metal, Metalcore

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 1994. Known for their groove-laden and...

Ronnie James Dio

Sepultura

Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Sepultura is a metal band formed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They emerged from the Brazilian metal scene, initially...

Ronnie James Dio

Municipal Waste

Thrash Metal

Municipal Waste is an American crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2000. They've released seven...

Ronnie James Dio

Biohazard

Hardcore, Metal

Biohazard is a pioneering American hardcore band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1987. They were one of the first to...

Ronnie James Dio

Fit for an Autopsy

Fit for an Autopsy is a deathcore band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 2008. The band has released seven studio...

Ronnie James Dio

Life Of Agony

Metal, Hardcore

Life of Agony is an alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1989. The band's original lineup included...

Ronnie James Dio

SKYND

Industrial, Gothic, Metal

SKYND is an industrial rock duo formed in Sydney in 2017, consisting of the enigmatic vocalist SKYND and...

Ronnie James Dio

Party Cannon

Death Metal

Party Cannon is a slam death metal band from Dunfermline, Scotland, formed in 2010, who coined the term "Party Slam"...

Ronnie James Dio

Battlesnake

Metal, Rock

Battlesnake is an Australian metal band from Sydney, formed in 2017. Their fantasy- and sci-fi-inspired style blends...

Sophie Lancaster

Wednesday 13

Metal, Punk

Wednesday 13 is the horror punk and metal project of American singer Joseph Poole. He first rose to prominence as...

Sophie Lancaster

Shining

Shining is a Norwegian avant-garde band from Oslo, formed in 1999 by saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby as an acoustic jazz...

Sophie Lancaster

Neckbreakker

Death Metal, Metal

Danish death/groove metal band from Silkeborg, formed in 2024, delivering neck-snapping heaviness with crushing grooves...

Sophie Lancaster

Seething Akira

Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Seething Akira is a six-piece electronic nu-core band from Portsmouth, formed in 2012, fusing electronic elements with...

Sophie Lancaster

Excrementory Grindfuckers

Grindcore

Excrementory Grindfuckers are a German grindcore band with a long history in the European extreme metal underground,...

Sophie Lancaster

Hidden Intent

Thrash Metal

Hidden Intent is a thrash metal trio from Adelaide, Australia, formed in 2011, playing '80s-style thrash influenced by...

Sophie Lancaster

Sellsword

Metal

Sellsword is a power/heavy metal band from York, formed in 2013, describing their style as "Mercenary Metal" and...

Sophie Lancaster

Hammer

Death Metal

Hammer is a five-piece extreme metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 2018, combining death metal, groove metal...

Sophie Lancaster

Blood Countess

Black Metal

Blood Countess is a black metal band from Darlington, Northern England, formed in 2018, with themes revolving around...

Sophie Lancaster

Gurt

Doom Metal

Gurt is a sludge metal band from London, formed in 2010, known in the UK underground for thick, groovy sludge riffs and...

New Blood

Meet Your Maker

Metalcore

Meet Your Maker are a metalcore band from the English Midlands (Coventry). They pair crushing breakdowns with soaring...

New Blood

Atarka

Death Metal, Metal

Atarka are a quintet from Birmingham playing heavy, groove-tinged melodic death metal laced with black metal and...

New Blood

Bailed Out

Hardcore

Bailed Out are a five-piece hardcore band from Leeds.

New Blood

Concrete Age

Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

Concrete Age are an ethnic death/thrash metal band formed in 2011 in the North Caucasus and later relocated to London,...

New Blood

Microtonal

Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

Microtonal are a death/thrash metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

New Blood

Regicide

Thrash Metal, Metal

Regicide are a thrash/groove metal band from Essex (East Anglia) with hardcore influences.

New Blood

Temples on Mars

Progressive Metal, Rock

Temples on Mars are a London-based alternative progressive rock band formed in 2017 by former members of Agent, The...

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Void Below

Death Metal, Doom Metal, Metal

Void Below are a death/doom metal band from the western edge of Cumbria, rooted in old-school death metal with...

Jägermeister

VANITAS

BROILERS Tribute

Punk

Broilers tribute band.

New Blood

Thrash Mob

Thrash Metal, Metal

Thrash Mob is a British thrash metal band formed in late 2025 that played its first shows in January 2026. Rooted in...

Jägermeister

Soulride

Metal

Soulride are a heavy metal band from Coventry, founded in 2008 by Polish musicians living in England. On "Murder Act"...

New Blood

Carrier

Metalcore

Carrier is a metalcore band from Plymouth, Devon, formed in 2017. Blending melodic 2010s metalcore with a heavier,...

Jägermeister

After Smoke Clears

Metalcore, Metal

After Smoke Clears are a four-piece metalcore band from South London who fuse tech metal, groove metal, nu-metal and...

New Blood

Archaea

Metal, Rock

Archaea is a hard rock and heavy metal quintet from Liverpool, formed in 2021 and emerging on the live circuit in 2024....

Jägermeister

Change Persona

Punk

Change Persona are a melodic punk/punkcore band from South London and Surrey who have played together for over a...

Jägermeister

Untamed Silence

Rock

Untamed Silence are a rock band from Whitby in North Yorkshire, formed in 2019, whose heavy rock is shaped by melodic...

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Venue

Catton Park

Walton-on-Trent

Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent

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