Bloodstock announce 10 bands for 2023, including two headliners

Bloodstock have already confirmed 10 bands for next year’s line-up – including two headliners, Killswitch Engage and Megadeth!

August 14, 2022

Words:: Emily Carter

During this weekend’s 2022 edition of Bloodstock, the festival confirmed 10 bands – including two headliners – for next year’s fest.

The mighty Killswitch Engage and Megadeth have been revealed to top the bill at the August 10 – 13 event, and they’ll be joined on the main stage in the day by DevilDriver, Fit For An Autopsy, Knocked Loose, Decapitated and Gatecreeper.

Elsewhere, Zeal & Ardor will headline the Sophie Lancaster Stage, and there’ll be sets from King 810 and Unto Others – with more announcements on the way.

Read this: “I don’t think anyone is who they are onstage when they’re offstage”: Meet the real Adam D

Check out more:

Killswitch Engage King 810 Megadeth Knocked Loose Decapitated Zeal & Ardor Fit For An Autopsy Bloodstock Unto Others

Now read these

The Cover Story

Killswitch Engage: “We’ve got more in common than we do differences as human beings”

Armed with barnstorming single Forever Aligned, Killswitch Engage are back at it again with new album This Consequence. In a world-exclusive first interview with Kerrang!, frontman Jesse Leach and guitarist Adam D lift the lid on their ninth LP, overcoming their personal struggles, the impossible power of love, and why division is never the answer…

News

Killswitch Engage return with brand-new album, This Consequence

Six years on from 2019’s Atonement, Killswitch Engage will be releasing This Consequence in February: “It’s the exact record we needed to make…”

Reviews

Album review: Cult Of The Lamb – Hymns Of The Unholy

An all-star line-up turn the smash indie game’s futuristic soundtrack into sublime metal bangers.

News

Killswitch Engage announce North American tour: “We will be playing a solid amount of new songs, as well as old”

Joined by Kublai Khan TX, Fit For A King and Frozen Soul, Killswitch Engage are going on “a tour to be remembered” in 2025.

News

Members of Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Polyphia and more reimagine Cult Of The Lamb soundtrack

“There’s a natural link between the game’s themes and heavy metal music…” Several scene superstars have teamed up for the Hymns Of The Unholy EP – a reimagining of Cult Of The Lamb’s soundtrack.

News

Black Stone Cherry drop new collab with Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach

Hear Killswitch man Jesse Leach on Black Stone Cherry’s new version of Out Of Pocket – their “damn good rock’n’roll song” from 2023 album Screamin’ At The Sky.

News

Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Alice Cooper, I Prevail and more join Sonic Temple line-up

Sonic Temple’s 2025 line-up is getting even bigger, with the festival announcing who else will be joining Metallica, Rob Zombie and Alice In Chains…

Reviews

The big review: Bloodstock 2023

Welly boots, wild weather and neck-wreckage: Catton Hall once again hosts the heaviest weekend of the summer. This is Bloodstock Open Air 2023…

Check out more:

Now read these

Killswitch Engage: “We’ve got more in common than we do differences as human beings”

Killswitch Engage return with brand-new album, This Consequence

Album review: Cult Of The Lamb – Hymns Of The Unholy

Killswitch Engage announce North American tour: “We will be playing a solid amount of new songs, as well as old”

Members of Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Polyphia and more reimagine Cult Of The Lamb soundtrack

Black Stone Cherry drop new collab with Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach

Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Alice Cooper, I Prevail and more join Sonic Temple line-up

The big review: Bloodstock 2023

The best of Kerrang! delivered straight to your inbox three times a week. What are you waiting for?