BLOODSTOCK REVEALS FINAL BANDS FOR 2025 & MORE ON SITE ENTERTAINMENT DETAILS


With only a little over 3 weeks to go until it’s time to make your annual pilgrimage to Catton Park for BLOODSTOCK, let’s reveal the final bands performing this year… and a few more details on other cool on site entertainments too!

With this last wave of Metal 2 The Masses winners now locked in, 2025’s BLOODSTOCK lineup is complete — and it’s packed with underground heroes! From thrash to tech-death to ambient metalcore, these new additions to the Timothy Taylor New Blood Stage prove once again that the future of heavy music is in very safe and very loud hands.

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DEFTONES ANNOUNCE 2026 EU/UK ARENA TOUR IN SUPPORT OF HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM ‘PRIVATE MUSIC’


Multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Sacramento band Deftones are set to return to arenas across Europe and the UK in early 2026 in support of their forthcoming 10th studio album, private music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. Pre-order the album HERE.

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70000TONS OF METAL ANNOUNCES DESTINATION CHANGE + INITIAL LINEUP FOR 2026 SAILING


70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, has announced a change in the destination for its 2026 voyage. The upcoming edition of the festival at sea, taking place from January 29 to February 2, 2026, will now sail from Miami, Florida to Nassau, the Bahamas aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas.

Originally planned to return to Labadee, Haiti, the decision to reroute the journey was made out of an abundance of caution and with the well-being of all Sailors, artists, and crew as the top priority.

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RAVEN BLACK Unleashes Nightmarish NEW Single “THIS LITTLE PIGGY” A Dark Carnival of Power, Pain and Purge


The twisted, theatrical metal maestros RAVEN BLACK return with their most sinister sonic offering yet:

“This Little Piggy”, a blood-curdling single that drags listeners screaming through a chaotic swirl of power, vengeance, and grotesque reckoning. Out now on all streaming platforms,

“This Little Piggy” marks a vicious new chapter in the band’s macabre mythology.

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PUSHING VERONICA Unleashes Explosive New Single “WASTED”


Prepare to get obliterated in the best way possible—PUSHING VERONICA is back with a vengeance, dropping their blistering new single “WASTED”, a riotous, no-holds-barred anthem drenched in fury, hooks, and unapologetic chaos. The track is now available on all major streaming platforms.

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Introducing: JON BABIN Emerges with a Quadruple Shot of Sonic Fire with Debut Singles “You’re So Rude,” “I Shouldn’t Be Alone Tonight,” “Angel Hair,” and “Belladonna” Signal the Arrival of a Bold New Voice 


A storm is brewing on the horizon of the alternative-pop scene, and his name is JON BABIN. The singer-songwriter, producer, and sonic architect steps boldly into the spotlight with four explosive debut singles — “You’re So Rude,” “I Shouldn’t Be Alone Tonight,” “Angel Hair,” and “Belladonna” — each one a world unto itself, yet unmistakably stitched together by Babin’s unmistakable style and raw vulnerability.

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