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Announcing… BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING


Be part of BLOODSTOCK history!! Will you be one of the very first to bear witness to BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING this December?! This brand new, one-day edition of the premier heavy metal summer weekender is set to debut this festive season on 6th December 2025. Raising the roof at the fabled KK’s Steelmill in Wolverhampton, this not-to-be-missed headbanger’s extravaganza will begin at 2pm in order to pack in as much high quality metal as possible. 

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22 MORE ARTISTS ADDED TO DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2025 


Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, has today added a further wave of 22 artists to an already stellar line up for its 22nd edition in 2025. The new additions include Rise AgainstOpethMyles KennedyShinedownAWOLNATIONPower TripHatebreedPalaye RoyaleMunicipal Waste and more. This year’s festival will take place on 13-15 June 2025 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. General tickets are on sale now at www.downloadfestival.co.uk

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INTRODUCING DOWNLOAD FAMILY : JOIN THE INNER CIRCLE NOW FOR DOWNLOAD UPDATES AND MONTHLY PERKS


Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, have today announced the Download Family. Community is at the heart of Download, so this is a chance for the festival to give back to the people who make it what it is. The Download Family has been created in order to give the inner circle monthly perks in the lead up to the festival and beyond. Join the Family by signing up here: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/family.

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Desertfest London announces day splits and 15 new artists


Desertfest London have announced day-splits along with 15 more bands for 2025 in a line-up that promises to take its audience on a cosmic trip across the heavy realms this Spring in the heart of Camden Town.
 
The latest artists to join the 2025 fold include French celestial psych-metal trio Slift, seminal Swedish stoner rock trailblazers Lowrider, and Polish doom smokers Dopelord, making a long-awaited return to the Desertfest stage since their last appearance in 2018.

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FESTIV(AL) NEWS THIS DECEMBER FROM BLOODSTOCK


Ho ho ho! Let’s get the festive season into full swing with some more festival news. The weather might be getting colder, but BLOODSTOCK fever is hotting up, with day tickets now available plus today’s latest band announcement revealing the final bands joining the Sophie Lancaster stage in August 2025.

Fourteen more bands are lined up to make your festival weekend go with a bang. Handling Thursday’s opening night party duties with aplomb, will be high intensity deathcore beasts DEADFLESH from Hertfordshire, original BLOODSTOCK indoor alumnus FOURWAYKILL, and Belgium’s power trio GNOME

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Desertfest London announces 20 new artists for 2025


The time has come for our next artist announcement! We are over the moon to welcome Seattle veterans of drone n doom EARTH as our third 2025 headliner, joining Zeal & Ardor and Elder. This appearance marks the band’s first UK show in 5 years as well as their first time on the DF London stage. 

Arkansas doom quartet Pallbearer will join our stacked Saturday line up at Roundhouse, while homegrown local heroes Conan will make their long awaited return to Desertfest London. 

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