Mad About Rock

  The Metal 2 The Masses tour returns in 2024! BLOODSTOCK’s initiative to give emerging bands a step up and also support grassroots venues, kicks off on 10th May, with 30 regions and 6 countries participating. The fun begins in Belfast and rolls down through Dublin and back to England, Scotland, and Wales, taking in Norway and Poland along the way. The tour wraps up in Coventry on 15th July, with all the regional winners from the finals being revealed in due course. Check out the local events below and get along to your nearest event to support the headliners of tomorrow! BLOODSTOCK is also thrilled to announce a collaboration with Timothy Taylor’s Hopical Storm as the official Metal 2 The Masses sponsor for 2024. Expect to see them on site and lend their name to the Hopical Storm New Blood Stage! To celebrate the new partnership, BLOODSTOCK’s very own S’tan popped by their brewery to greet the team… watch here . Today also marks the first batch of bands selected to showcase their ...

  With just 73 days left between now and festival weekend, things are hotting up at BLOODSTOCK HQ, especially on the New Blood front! With the Metal 2 The Masses finals well underway around the country, the winning band in each region is locking in and BLOODSTOCK is excited to share nine more lucky developing bands who’ll be performing on the New Blood stage at Catton Park this August. Winning the Leicester heat and grabbing a Friday slot are the progressive tech/death collective, VOIDWALKER . Familiarise yourself by checking out their 2022 track ‘Tar Stained Lips’ over at their Bandcamp page . The Manchester heat victors, the genre-twisting SQUARE WILD , won Prog Magazine’s ‘Best Unsigned Band’ poll last year. Watch their video for ‘Hounds’ and find out why. Also winning a Friday slot are the East Anglia final top dogs, URIDIUM . If you love your old school classic metal sound, these could be one for you. Check out ‘Fire & Lies’ taken from their debut EP, ‘In For The Kill’. ...

  Following the release of their debut EP, 'Effigies of Time', Ambrius have revealed a new video for the track 'Breathe'. 'Breathe' is laid bare to remind anyone who hears it going through hard times to stay strong. The song's lyrics are inspired from the perspective of someone whose country has been invaded, causing everything they cherished to be taken away or destroyed for others gain and greed. Ambrius delivers important reflection and observation with clarity in what are unimaginable times for so many. The new track is an example of the fierce and cathartic nature of what is one of the most impressive metal underground debuts this year. While Ambrius is most likely a new heavy metal band you've yet to discover, that is set to change with the group announced for Bloodstock's New Blood stage this August. Featuring former members of metal acts Oakhaart and Tempestora, the Gloucester metallic cohort has spent time honing lessons learnt and applied...