With 2024's event underway and already laying claim as one of the biggest and best BLOODSTOCK's ever, festival HQ have set the wheels in motion of 2025's heavy metal juggernaut by announcing not one, not five, but nineteen bands for its hottest summer yet, including all headliners. BLOODSTOCK 2025 will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 7th-10th August.
Full info on how, when, and where to buy tickets - including cheapest options and when high demand VIP packages go on sale - can also be found below.
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BLOODSTOCK is thrilled to reveal Friday's headliner are the U.K. 's adopted sons, gargantuan riff goliaths TRIVIUM. Matthew K. Heafy declares, "We've always said that the U.K. is a second home to Trivium. It's where our band really took root way back in 2005 and our relationship with it has only grown deeper over time. Our headline set will span our entire 20 year history and we'll also celebrate 'Ascendancy' by bringing both the music and art to life. Bloodstock is the home of heavy metal in the UK and we're thrilled to once again be called upon to headline it along with two long time friends. We promise you this will be the biggest and best Trivium set you have ever seen!"
Saturday's headliners are none other than masters of metal and mayhem, MACHINE HEAD. Robb Flynn enthuses, "We honestly couldn’t be more stoked about hitting the stage at one of our favourite festivals to play. Bloodstock will forever hold a special place in our blackened hearts after our, now legendary, not-so-secret-secret-show on the Sophie Lancaster Stage back in 2022. That show, which marked our return to the live arena post-pandemic, was one of the hottest, wildest and most intense shows we’ve ever played on UK shores and we now want to recreate that magic again, and take it even higher in August 2025. Bloodstock, get ready because Machine F**ckin’ Head is coming to town and we want to see all you Head Cases lose it! BEERS UP!"
Sunday's headliners dazzled the world with a gold-medal performance at the Olympics opening ceremony just two weeks ago...the almighty GOJIRA! Last headlining BLOODSTOCK with an all killer no filler, jaw-dropping spectacle back in 2018, when Metal Hammer called them "one of the best bands on the planet," we can only dare imagine what the band will have in store for 2025. Keeping it succinct, Joe Duplantier states, "We are psyched to play Bloodstock again next year! Hold onto your socks, it’s gonna be brutal!!!” Of that there is surely no doubt.
Not content with unveiling the Ronnie James Dio stage headliners, BLOODSTOCK can also excitedly divulge all headliners for the Sophie Lancaster stage! Wrapping up Thursday night will be Nergal's bewitching side project, ME AND THAT MAN. Friday night concludes with impressive Canadian death metal behemoths KATAKLYSM. Sure to set sparks flying as they close Saturday's shenanigans, are STATIC-X! And there's nothing like some seminal 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 under TRIVIUM on Friday are influential black metal icons EMPEROR. Start your petition for a bonus Heafy x Ihsahn IBARAKI live track now.
Elsewhere on the RJD Friday bill you'll be able to catch the ever glorious, 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 and modern metal bruisers KUBLAI KHAN TX.
Joining the Ronnie James Dio line-up on Sunday will be melo-death squad THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, mediaeval metalheads FEUERSCHWANZ, theatrical dark rockers LORD OF THE LOST, and 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) and NWOBHM-meets-power-metal kings 3 INCHES OF BLOOD (Sunday). Friday's guest - and around another 100 bands across 2025's heavy metal party of the year - will be announced in the coming months!
TICKETS FOR 2025Weekend 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.
Wednesday early access is also available for those who want to max out their BLOODSTOCK experience - an early bird adult Wed-Sun ticket costs £200. There is no additional cost for children under 4, or aged 4-11, to arrive with a parent on Wednesday.
Early Birds @ Box Office on siteWed - Sun = £200Thu - Sun = £175Child Wed/Thu - Sun = £45Under age 4 = free
This is the cheapest way to buy a 2025 ticket, with no booking fee.
From 09:00 on 12th August, early bird tickets will be available online in the 2025 Ticket Store with a booking fee. Once early birds sell out, adult standard weekend tickets will increase to £199 + fees (£224 + fees inc early access). Child weekend tix will rise to £59 + fees once early bird’s sell out. Early access on Wednesday will also be available separately for £25 in case you want to purchase this at a later date.
Early Birds @ Ticket Store OnlineWed - Sun = £224 + feesThu - Sun = £199 + feesChild Wed/Thu - Sun = £59 + feesWed early access only = £25 + feesUnder age 4 = free
All Serpents Lair VIP and Campervan tickets will go on sale at 09:00 on 14th August.
Campervan tickets must be bought in addition to your festival ticket, and will be priced £120 without power / £240 with power. You do not need to buy these together, but must have both by the time of the festival.
VIP ticket pricing varies depending on the package. A limited number of VIP Patch Of Grass tickets will be available at the same time, 09:00 on 14th August, with a 6-month instalment plan to assist those who would prefer to spread out payments.
An instalment plan for standard weekend tickets will launch later in the year as usual.
Please note, early access on Wednesday is still under planning discussion for Serpents Lair VIP, accessible, and campervan campsites - stay tuned to socials for an update at a later date.
These are expected to sell out very quickly, so if you want one, be ready!
BLOODSTOCK’s 2025 Ronnie James Dio main stage headliners are TRIVIUM, MACHINE HEAD, and GOJIRA. Headlining the Sophie Lancaster stage will be ME AND THAT MAN, KATAKLYSM, STATIC-X, and OBITUARY. You'll also be able to see EMPEROR, LACUNA COIL, ORANGE GOBLIN, CREEPER, KUBLAI KHAN TX, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, FEUERSCHWANZ, LORD OF THE LOST, AUGUST BURNS RED, ALL FOR METAL, BREED 77, and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. Lots more will be announced in the coming months!
Get full festival information over at bloodstock.uk.com.
BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 7th-10th August 2025.
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