Bloodstock Open Air 2026 live in Walton-on-Trent

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Bloodstock Open Air — Großbritanniens größtes unabhängiges Metal-Festival in Catton Park. Headliner 2026: Saxon, Lamb of God, Slaughter to Prevail und Judas Priest.

Festival Days

Day 4

Sun, Aug 9

Lineup

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

Judas Priest

Metal

Judas Priest is a heavy metal band formed in Birmingham, England. They are one of the most influential and important...

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...

Saxon

Metal

New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends formed in 1977. With classics like "Wheels of Steel" and "Denim and Leather,"...

Slaughter To Prevail

Metalcore, Metal

Slaughter to Prevail is a deathcore band formed in 2014 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Their sound incorporates elements of...

Sepultura

Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal

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

Testament

Metal, Thrash Metal

Testament is a thrash metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are considered one of the leaders of...

Death Angel

Thrash Metal

Death Angel is a pioneering thrash metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Filipino-American...

Municipal Waste

Thrash Metal

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

Body Count

Metal, Thrash Metal, Hardcore

Body Count is a US crossover thrash / rap metal band from Los Angeles, founded in 1989 by rapper Ice-T. Notable albums...

Biohazard

Hardcore, Metal

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

Black Label Society

Metal, Rock

Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band founded in 1998 in Los Angeles by Zakk Wylde, the former guitarist...

Northlane

Metal, Metalcore

Northlane is a progressive metalcore band formed in Sydney, Australia. Their sound incorporates elements of djent.

Bleed From Within

Metalcore, Metal

Bleed From Within is a Scottish metalcore band from Glasgow, founded in 2005. Notable albums include 'Era', 'Fracture'...

Orbit Culture

Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Orbit Culture is a melodic death metal band formed in Eksjö, Sweden. Their sound incorporates elements of groove metal.

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...

Vended

Metal, Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Vended is an American nu metal/metalcore band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2018. The line-up includes sons of...

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...

Nevermore

Thrash Metal, Metal

Nevermore is an American progressive and thrash metal band formed in 1991 in Seattle by vocalist Warrel Dane and...

Kittie

Metal

Kittie is a Canadian band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. They are known for being one of the first all-female bands...

SKYND

Industrial, Gothic, Metal

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

Battlesnake

Metal, Rock

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

Party Cannon

Death Metal

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

Graphic Nature

Metalcore, Metal

Graphic Nature is a British metalcore band from Kent. They release their records via Rude Records.

Inhuman Nature

Hardcore

Inhuman Nature are a British crossover thrash and hardcore band from London, formed in 2017. Led by vocalist Chris...

Imperial Age

Metal

Imperial Age is a symphonic metal band formed in 2010 in Moscow. The group releases its records via the Roar! Rock of...

The Scratch

The Scratch is an Irish band from Dublin known for combining acoustic guitars with metal and Celtic punk influences.

Urne

Doom Metal, Metalcore, Metal

Urne is a British metal band formed in 2018. Hailing from the UK, they blend elements of progressive metal, sludge, and...

Castle Rat

Doom Metal

Castle Rat is an American doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2019. Known for their 'medieval fantasy doom...

Bootyard Bandits

Bootyard Bandits are a country metal band from Worcester, formed in 2019 by ex-members of The Defiled and Heaven's...

Evil Scarecrow

Metal

Evil Scarecrow is a five-piece metal band from Nottingham, combining heavy metal with theatrical comedy and elaborate...

Heavysaurus

Metal

Heavysaurus is a Finnish heavy metal band formed in 2009. The band plays heavy metal music geared towards children. The...

Cryptopsy

Metal, Death Metal

Cryptopsy is a brutal death metal band formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1988, originally under the name Necrosis....

Wednesday 13

Metal, Punk

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

Leprous

Progressive Metal, Metal

Leprous is a Norwegian progressive rock and metal band formed in 2001 in Notodden, fronted by vocalist and keyboardist...

Carpenter Brut

Synthwave, Industrial

Carpenter Brut is a French darksynth project by Franck Hueso from Poitiers. He is known for the 'Trilogy' EP series and...

200 Stab Wounds

Metal, Death Metal

200 Stab Wounds is a brutal death metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 2019, the band consists of Steve Buhl,...

Shining

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

The Hell

Hardcore

The Hell is an English metalcore/beatdown hardcore band from Watford. The members perform masked, as the lineup often...

Black Spiders

Rock

Black Spiders are an English hard rock band from Sheffield, formed in 2008. Their riff-driven sound blends classic rock...

Mushroomhead

Metal, Industrial, Nu-Metal

Mushroomhead is a US industrial and nu-metal band formed in 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, known for their masked live shows...

Sanguisugabogg

Death Metal, Metal

Sanguisugabogg is a brutal death metal/deathgrind band formed in 2018 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Alunah

Doom Metal

Alunah is a doom metal/stoner rock band from Birmingham, formed in 2006, merging the tradition of Saint Vitus with...

Blood Countess

Black Metal

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

Outergods

Death Metal, Grindcore

Outergods are an extreme metal band from Nottingham, formed in 2020/2021, fusing death metal, black metal and grindcore...

Noisepicker

Noisepicker is a British duo from South London, formed by Harry Armstrong (also of Orange Goblin) and drummer Kieran...

Flayed Disciple

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Flayed Disciple is a British death/thrash metal band from Taunton, Somerset, formed in 2008, blending Bay Area thrash...

Acid Throne

Doom Metal

Acid Throne is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Norwich, formed in 2021, combining the heft of doom with the attack...

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...

Mantis Defeats Jaguar

Mantis Defeats Jaguar is a four-piece band from the Black Country in the West Midlands, heavily shaped by hip-hop,...

Thrown Into Exile

Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Metal

Thrown Into Exile is a metalcore band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2011, the group blends elements of thrash...

Excrementory Grindfuckers

Grindcore

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

Hidden Intent

Thrash Metal

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

Sellsword

Metal

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

Neckbreakker

Death Metal, Metal

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

Seething Akira

Metalcore, Nu-Metal

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

Hammer

Death Metal

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

Stampin' Ground

Metalcore, Hardcore

Stampin' Ground are a metallic hardcore band from Cheltenham, England, formed in 1995, whose thrash-infused sound...

Bound In Fear

Death Metal

Bound In Fear is a deathcore band from Farnham, Surrey, formed in 2016, regarded as one of the most extreme voices in...

Imperium

Thrash Metal

Imperium is a five-piece thrash/groove metal band from South-West London, combining crushing riffs and precise grooves...

Froglord

Doom Metal

Froglord is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Bristol, formed in 2020 as a one-man project and later expanded into a...

Viking Skull

Metal, Rock

Viking Skull is an English heavy metal/hard rock band from Corby, formed in 2002 by members of Raging Speedhorn....

Dream State

Metalcore

Dream State is a dynamic Welsh post-hardcore and metalcore band hailing from South Wales, formed in 2014. Blending...

Trivax

Black Metal

Trivax is an extreme/black metal band founded in 2009 by singer-guitarist Shayan in Tehran, where metal is banned. In...

Atarka

Death Metal, Metal

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

Bailed Out

Hardcore

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

Chained Saint

Thrash Metal, Metal

Chained Saint are a young thrash metal band from Parkland, Florida, formed in 2022. Their debut album "Blindside" was...

Chekhov's Gun

Chekhov's Gun are a five-piece from Edinburgh playing theatrical, blackened groove-based metal drawing on progressive,...

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,...

Dead Bait

Dead Bait are an independent metal band from Cambridge, formed in 2021, known for their abrasive, noise-leaning sound.

Descendancy

Metalcore, Metal

Descendancy are a metalcore band from Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Imbrium

Progressive Metal, Metal

Imbrium are a dark prog metal band featuring former members of Dreamcatcher, Memoreve and The Defiled.

Imperial Demonic

Black Metal, Metal

Imperial Demonic are a melodic black metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, begun in 2021 as the solo project of...

Joakem

Progressive Metal, Metal

Joakem are a progressive metal band from Limassol, Cyprus, formed in 2018 and led by composer, vocalist and keyboardist...

Ka'aper

Death Metal, Metal

Ka'aper are a melodic death metal band of Russian and Ukrainian musicians based in Cyprus, with concepts inspired by...

Microtonal

Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

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

Overpower

Thrash Metal, Hardcore, Metal

Overpower are a crossover thrash / hardcore band from Bristol, fusing classic thrash riffing in the vein of Metallica...

Regicide

Thrash Metal, Metal

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

Sunk

Doom Metal, Metal

Sunk are a doom metal band from England's South Coast, with a blues- and psychedelia-tinged sound rooted in a pure...

Technologist

Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Metal

Technologist are a five-piece progressive metal band from Manchester with a strong death metal streak. Their concept...

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...

Thrasherwolf

Thrash Metal, Metal

Thrasherwolf are a four-piece thrash metal band from London, formed in 2016 by frontman Daniel Lucas and guitarist Jack...

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...

Aethoria

Rock

Aethoria are a five-piece hard rock band from Suffolk in the East of England, built on huge riffs and the commanding...

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...

Cancel The Transmission

Rock

Cancel The Transmission are a Welsh hard rock band formed in Caerphilly in 2015, delivering catchy, riff-driven rock...

Change Persona

Punk

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

Dosed

Hardcore, Punk

Dosed are a hardcore/crossover thrash band from Newport, Wales. Their releases include the "Jaw Breaker E.P.".

Following The Signs

Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Following The Signs are a metal band from Cork City, Ireland, formed in 2018, blending crushing metalcore with nu-metal...

Goat Major

Doom Metal, Metal

Goat Major are an occult doom/stoner metal trio from Wales, formed by Jammie Arnold, Simon Bonwick and Tom Shortt....

Soulride

Metal

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

Stitched

Hardcore, Metal

Stitched are a beatdown hardcore band from the Black Country in the West Midlands whose sound draws on death metal,...

Tempest Saint

Metal

Tempest Saint are a traditional metal band from Hertfordshire and London, formed in 2023, channelling the NWOBHM...

The Cartoon Cartel

The Cartoon Cartel are a British power trio featuring Blind River guitarist Dan Edwards, drummer Mark Sharpless and...

Troll Mother

Doom Metal, Metal

Troll Mother are a power sludge duo from the south coast of England, combining the crushing slowness of doom with the...

Untamed Silence

Rock

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

WREX

WREX are an alternative rock duo from Brighton, made up of vocalist Mae Seaton and guitarist/co-vocalist George...

VANITAS

BROILERS Tribute

Punk

Broilers tribute band.

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Venue

Catton Park

Walton-on-Trent

Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent

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