Bloodstock : 30 Bands Not To Miss - Tribulation

27. Tribulation - Ronnie James Dio stage - Sunday, August 13th around lunchtime.

We all like a bit of Goth metal! Every now and again over the decades it's become an essential component of our multifaceted world. But I promise you, you will not find Goth metal as heartbreakingly tender and mesmerising as the variant produced by Tribulation. This is Goth metal for the lost, lonely and forlorn and it talks to the insecurity that you will find at the heart of all of us.

They started off as a death metal band that over the years they have morphed into something much deeper, quintessential and ethereal. They have even survived the departure of their principal architect Jonathan Hultén. So if you want music that will make you simultaneously bang your head, cry into your beer and contemplate the very meaning of your existence, then you know where to be Sunday lunchtime.