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Last Friday Bloodstock festival announced the first wave of bands for their 2027 edition. You can read our full 2026 review now.

Ronnie James Dio Stage

Headliners

The Danish legends return to Bloodstock to unleash their occult metal complete with theatrics! With King Diamond’s iconic vocals and a setlist which will feature tracks from their upcoming (and long awaited) new album!

With what will be their debut at the festival, the high-energy German collective Electric Callboy fuses heavy metalcore with high-octane electronic dance music and pure comedy. Not to mention a whole heap of outfit changes!

After 20 years of music gothic giants Motionless In White will bring their massive live production for their only UK show of 2027. It will be their first ever European headline slot too!

Special Guests

The Louisiana sludge trailblazers Acid Bath will showcase their unique blend of doom, blues, and southern gothic atmosphere to Friday’s lineup.

If you want a heavy dose of folk-horror and fuzzed-out occult rock, then check out Saturday’s special guests Green Lung.

This will be a historic performance celebrating the lasting musical legacy of the late frontman Alexi Laiho and Finland’s melodic death metal heritage on Sunday. Children Of Bodom are not to be missed.

Other Acts

Devildriver will ensure there is plenty of circle pits with their relentless metal.

Four decades worth of southern-fried metal mixed with punk roots. Corrosion Of Conformity are going to sound delicious!

Swedish metalcore band Imminence continue to push boundaries, catch their set to see why.

If you love songs you could listen to in a beer hall then this is for you. Songs about fantasy sagas delivered in a power metal style. Wind Rose are very appealing!

With a combination of Thrash and Melodic Death Metal Sylosis will bring it!

Polish band Decapitated will show off their complex technical Death Metal with style.

All-female Norwegian Black Metal band Witch Club Satan are not to be missed. With theatrics aplenty get yourself there early for a good spot!

The we have another Scandi band in Hammerfall who showcase only the finest Swedish power metal anthems.

Fellow Swedes Hypocrisy are going to demonstrated exactly what three decades worth of mastering Death Metal looks like.

Three Swedish bands in a row! The Halo Effect are a supergroup that love to showcase their Melodic Death Metal sound.

Uk Thrash band Tortured Demon are going to turn the speed up!

Bringing with them humour from the Czech Republic is fast paced goregrind band Gutalax.

If you love your music with a side of crushing then downtuned band Humanity’s Last Breath are one to not miss!

Shaking the ground with their Doom Metal are going to be Liverpool based band Conan.

Sophie Lancaster Stage

Headliners

Madball are going to showcase over 35 years of authentic, uncompromised New York hardcore to blast open the weekend in style.

Closing out Friday will be Gaerea with their cinematic, deeply crushing black metal from Portugal.

Kanonenfieber are going to build a sonic wall of historical blackened death metal based on diaries from WWI.

Dethklok will close out the festival with their brand of Melodic Death Metal from the world of Metalocalypse.

Other Acts

• Pig Destroyer showcase chaos and intense vocals all the way form Virginia.

• Fulci — bring forth Old-school death metal inspired solely by Italian Zombie films.

• Dool — Show off their fantastic Dark Rock and Post Rock mix!

Tickets

You can buy tickets now over at the official Bloodstock website. A standard weekend ticket is £244.50 with other options such as arriving early available too. You can check out the VIP camping options here.

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