Dimmu Borgir and Nightwish to bring pyros to Bloodstock

The Bloodstock team have confirmed that BOA 2008 headliners Nightwish and Dimmu Borgir will be bringing a full pyrotechnic-fuelled display to close their Bloodstock appearances.

Dimmu Borgir will take the stage at 10pm on Saturday 16th August, with Nightwish going on exactly 24 hours later at 10pm on the Sunday, at the UK’s only outdoor Metal Festival. Other attractions at Bloodstock include fairground rides, a metal market and metal karaoke open until the early hours.

Guest DJs, Guitar Hero 3 competition and an internet café add to the line-up of other attractions. Bands performing include Opeth, At The Gates, Iced Earth, Helloween, Moonsorrow and many more.

The full line up and running order is as follows:

Thursday 14th August - Lava Stage:

4 DJs of the Apocalypse plus special guest DJs
Bungle Junior
Seven Years Dead
Invasion
4 DJs of the Apocalypse + Bloodstock Karaoke

Friday 15th August:

Main Stage:
Saint Deamon
Evile
Praying Mantis
TYR
Akercocke
Destruction
Primal Fear
SoulFly
Helloween
Opeth

Unsigned Stage:
DeadFilmStar
Broken Faith
A470
Hospital of Death
Obsessive Compulsive
Son of Science
Firebrand Super Rock
Anger Management
The Dead Lay Waiting
Sorcerers Spell
From The Ashes

Lava Stage:
Guitar Hero 3 Competition
Pro-jeckt
OutcryFire
The Inbreds
4 DJs of the Apocalypse plus special guest DJs
Bloodstock Karaoke
4 DJs of the Apocalypse

Saturday 16th August

Main Stage:
Evil Scarecrow
Cloudscape
Rise To Remains
Eluveitie
Swallow the Sun
Communic
Moonsorrow
Napalm Death
Soilwork
Iced Earth
Dimmu Borgir

Unsigned Stage:
9 Days Down
Denounce
Witchsorrow
Empyreal Destroyer
Mantra
The Dirty Youth
Blood Island Raiders
The Defiled
Keltic Jihad
Hellfighter
Concept of Time
Metalloid
RSJ
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Lava Stage:
Guitar Hero 3 Competition
Fury UK
Sondura
4 DJs of the Apocalypse plus special guest DJs
Bloodstock Karaoke
4 DJs of the Apocalypse

Sunday 17th August

Main Stage:
Heaven’s Basement
Crowning Glory
Alestorm
Grand Magus
Mob Rules
Kataklysm
As I Lay Dying
Overkill
At The Gates
Nightwish

Unsigned Stage:
Cursed As Angels
Blasphemous Creation
De Profundis
Serotonal
Ravenage
N.G.T
Celtic Legacy
Ravens Creed
Ted Maul
Musta Talvi
Silent Descent
TessarecT

Lava Stage:
Guitar Hero 3 Competition
esOterica
Heaven’s Gate
Adam Bomb
Liquid Sky
4 DJs of the Apocalypse plus special guest DJs
Bloodstock Karaoke
4 DJs of the Apocalypse