One week to go, one week to go. So let’s give you the second of our promised duo of bands that we absolutely love at ROCKFLESH Towers. This is an act that we have singularly championed since we first heard “Serpent & Spirit” back in those far gone covid days. Ladies and Gentlemen our number seven is the almighty Urne.
Read MoreThis is your “Get your tent out of storage” alarm and don’t forget to give it a good airing to ensure that it is not heaving in Mold from last year. It is also time to start purchasing your alcohol supplies and deciding which snacks you are going to survive on all week. Bloodstock is calling and we are ready to answer. So let’s have number eight in our list….
Read MoreYes, this list is a personal choice and yes it is gloriously subjective. There is a number of main stage and Sophie headliners we won’t be featuring because we believe that there are better bands further down the running order that need the spotlight turned on them. And if you don’t agree than go and set up your own review website. Today and tomorrow’s entries are probably ROCKFLESH favourite ...
Read MoreWe are in the TOP 10! The Ten bands that you need to see at Bloodstock which means that it is TEN days (count them) until the stages open up. Yes we know some of you mad buggers will be there from Wednesday but we are counting from the moment that the bands start as opposed to when the die-hards start drinking. So the sh*t is now real and we are almost home. So let’s go with the band that we ...
Read MoreYou may think we are just another compliant media hyperbole provider that bigs up Bloodstock Festival because that is what we are told to do. That couldn’t be further from the truth. All of ROCKFLESH’s small but dedicated team are long term Bloodstock devotees long before we started covering it for you the dear reader. This is our chief writer Stewart’s 17th Bloodstock after he first visited ...
Read MoreAnd we are back, back again with another of our technicolour recommendations for you to catch at this year’s Bloodstock. This time around we are talking about an act that has shown real resilience as well as harking back to the metallic flavours that birthed this very festival. Yes, we give you
Read MoreYou hear that sound? It’s the blast of guitars and beats of drums as Bloodstock is just around the corner and the enormity of its sound is echoing towards us. This is the big one. The 25th Anniversary. And they have pulled out all the stops. It will be immense. They have even opened up the mainstage to give us four days of widescreen mayhem. The bill is so very varied this year and stretches ...
Read MoreEvery sleep brings us closer. We are now a mere two weeks away. Two weeks till we are busy enjoying the beast of Bloodstock whilst marvelling at the new XXL Sophie stage and the ingenious repositioning of the EMP stage. It is so close… But till then let us release another of ROCKFLESH’s heartfelt testimonies about the bands playing. Here is no 14 and it’s a heavy weight…
Read MoreYep we are not going away till we have drunk all your beer and unapologetically overhyped the bands we are really excited about at this years Bloodstock Festival.
Four stages of the best metal on the planet, what isn’t there to get unhealthily excited about? And here we go with another recommendation – No 15 incoming….
Read MoreAnother rotation of the sun and another entry into are indomitable run down of the bands that you need to leave the Lemmy bar for. These are the ones you need to set an alarm on your smart watch for, these are the ones you will feel pretty stupid if you find yourself missing. And of course look out for your ROCKFLESH boys as well. Our Stewart on the access platform beating his stick like Yoda ...
Read MoreAh there you are. What took you? We have another entry in our astonishingly diverse list of the bands you need to be boring your campsite mates about as you struggle to put up your tent. This time around we've got you a Doozer. A UK debut by a legendary act. By unpopular demand Vicki has finally managed to get this bunch of German retrobates over the border into our lives. So we give you.
Read MoreAnother day and another entry into our countdown of the bands that those of you lucky enough to be a Bloodstock need to see. As I'm sure you're all aware we, here at ROCKFLESH Towers are as much fans as we are media (un) professionals. So this list isn't some PR approved love in, its genuinely the bands we are really excited about seeing. Let’s have another one.
Read MoreOk ok, let’s have another piece of metallic goodness as we here at ROCKFLESH Towers hype you up in advance of the 25th edition of Bloodstock. Rockflesh.com will be there all weekend reviewing every band on the Ronnie James Dio and Sophie stages and interviewing number of your and our heroes. A good proportion of our team will also be in fancy dress and more about that later in another edition ...
Read MoreIt's now so near that you can smell it. After this weekend you have only two more to get through before it is our beloved Bloodstock. So our unconventional conventionalists, it is time to regale you with another of ROCKFLESH’s bands you need to see. If anyone now deserves the slot at this year's festival it is this lot.
Read MoreThe days are creeping nearer to the big B, O and A. So let's give you another one of the ROCKFLESH crew’s ones to watch. Today it's all about the might, majesty and magic of old school death metal.
Read MoreHere we go. Our third bloodstock one to watch. This one continues Bloodstock’s heartfelt tradition of presenting us with bands we never thought we would ever see live again.
Read MoreSo lets have our second entry in the bands our team at ROCKFLESH think you should see and lets give you the first of your FOUR main stage headliners (four count them daddy-o)
Read MoreHere we go, here we go! ROCKFLESH now traditional and always relevant treaty of the bands you have to see at this year’s Bloodstock Festival. These are the ones you need to bang straight down the front for and not back at your tent sculling large lagers. This year, we have 24 nuggets of metal goodness for you. 24 glorious acts that back at ROCKFLESH Towers make the hairs on our collective necks ...
Read MoreSadly the weather gods have been less kind as we emerge bleary-eyed from our pits on Sunday morning. There is a distinct threat of a light drizzle as we head into the arena for yet another day of musical madness. However, in typical English summer fashion the moment we put our raincoats on and gather our battle brollies the sun comes out again. This leaves numerous punters standing around feeling uncomfortably sweaty and slightly foolish until a break in the action allows us to shed our waterproof outer layers.
Read MoreSaturday is glorious weatherwise, with the heat of the sun tempered by a gentle breeze. It’s all calm and lovely and summery – well it is until the music starts. With tonight’s headliners being the grandfathers of British thrash Onslaught, the lineup has been curated to match. With just a few exceptions, today’s lineup is brutal, showing that Call of the Wild can do heavy.
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