Bloodstock has announced the first batch of bands set to perform at the festival’s 2027 edition – check out all the names below.
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Next year, the annual heavy metal music bash will return to its home of Catton Park, Derbyshire, which over the weekend was headlined by Saxon, Lamb of God, Slaughter To Prevail and Judas Priest.
In Bloodstock tradition, the first wave of names for next year was revealed on the Ronnie James Dio Stage right after Municipal Waste’s performance on Friday (August 7).
Next year, Mercyful Fate will hit that very same stage on Friday night (August 5 2027). The band, who last headlined in 2022, said they were “honoured and looking extremely forward to playing Bloodstock again, last time was awesome, and this time with a brand new album out, finally!”.
The following night will see Electric Callboy make their Bloodstock debut as headliners, with the German metalcore band saying: “Our first ever Bloodstock. Heavy music, questionable outfits, and thousands of metalheads.
Sounds like a perfect fit to us. We’re in. See you there!”.
Wrapping things up on Sunday are Motionless In White, marking their only UK show of 2027. “We were told that we are one of the most requested bands to perform at your legendary festival,” Chris Motionless said of the slot.
Bloodstock have also confirmed the headliners for the Sophie Lancaster stage, with Madball playing on Thursday, Gaerea on Friday and Kanonfieber on Saturday. Meanwhile, rounding off the whole fest off on Sunday are Dethklok, with other acts including Dool, Pig Destroyer and Fulci.
As well as those names, they’ve also a slate of special guests set for on the Ronnie James Dio each day. Friday will see a set from Acid Bath, with Green Lung taking the slot on Saturday, and Children Of Bodom on Sunday.
Joining them on the line-up are Devildriver, Corrosion of Conformity, Imminence, Wind Rose, Sylosis, Decapitated, Witch Club Satan, Hammerfall, Hypocrisy, The Halo Effect, Tortured Demon, Gutalax, Humanity’s Last Breath and Conan.
VIP, campervan, and instalment payment options for Bloodstock 2027 opened today (August 12), including a newly added second luxury camping area, the Serpent’s Lair VIP Sanctuary – you can find your tickets here.
NME went along to the festival back in 2019, and described it as a “bona fide, properly mega, weekend-long-hyper-riot, where metal and rock reveals the broadness of its brilliance and everyone who plays the main stage has loads and loads of fire”.
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