My line-up for Bloodstock 2015

[Danroush]

I'm fully aware there's a few oddities, such as Kreator headlining being a bit of a push amongst others, but made it a while back (also meaning bands have grown and shrunk since I made this) out of my taste at the time and it fits the thread so meh

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Apart from Kreator I prefer the line-up we already have!

It's got folk (eluveitie, ensiferum, turisas) thrash, (kreator, megadeth, xentrix, 3IOB), power (sabaton, powerwolf, dream evil), and bits n bobs from other genres too

I'll concede there's a bit much melodeath and light stuff for most people's liking, and not much of the extreme stuff, but it's still fairly well mixed with a bit of doom (swallow the sun) and other fairly heavy stuff like gojira and dimmu, along with some heavily requested bands like Hell and Kalmah. Probably should throw behemoth in there though.


As I said though, personal wishlist lineup as opposed to a genuine suggested lineup

[Warlock]

I'm fully aware there's a few oddities, such as Kreator headlining being a bit of a push amongst others, but made it a while back (also meaning bands have grown and shrunk since I made this) out of my taste at the time and it fits the thread so meh

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Apart from Kreator I prefer the line-up we already have!

It's got folk (eluveitie, ensiferum, turisas) thrash, (kreator, megadeth, xentrix, 3IOB), power (sabaton, powerwolf, dream evil), and bits n bobs from other genres too

I'll concede there's a bit much melodeath and light stuff for most people's liking, and not much of the extreme stuff, but it's still fairly well mixed with a bit of doom (swallow the sun) and other fairly heavy stuff like gojira and dimmu, along with some heavily requested bands like Hell and Kalmah. Probably should throw behemoth in there though.


As I said though, personal wishlist lineup as opposed to a genuine suggested lineup

Fair enough, think it was the lack of Death and Black Metal that put me off :p and I'm not really into Folk, Melo or Power, probablly a good mix for alot of people though!

[houston4044]

friday RJD
1 Nightwish
2 In Flames
3 Bloodbath
4 Suicide Silence
5 Delain
6 Trigger The Bloodshed
7 Waylander
8 Darkane
9 Red Rum

Sophie
1 Audrey Horne
2 Atilla
3 Svart Crown

Saturday RJD
1 Devin Townsend
2 Arch Enemy
3 Venom
4 Epica
5 Soilwork
6 Terror
7 Animals As Leaders
8 Blaze Bayley
9 Desolated

Sophie
1 Devilment
2 M-pire of Evil
3 Red Seas Fire

Sunday RJD
1 Blind Guardian
2 Kreator
3 Kamelot
4 Alestorm
5 Dragonforce
6 Skyforger
7 Rotten Sounds
8 Born of Osiris
9 Toxic Holocaust

Sophie
1 Exhumer
2 Origin
3 SSS

[Kanwulf]

Atilla.......

[houston4044]

Atilla.......

I'll be honest, I couldn't think of a small band around their size that'd appeal to Suicide Silence fans, although I didn't listen to them before I put it up. Just listened to proving grounds and wow! Get 'em booked BOA!










For the love of god don't BOA, I regret putting them on a hypothetical poster

[Kanwulf]

Thank god for that

[Smerphy]

Friday -
Meshuggah
Edguy
Ghost
Karnivool
Enslaved
Grand Magus
Gloryhammer
Satan
Black Moth

Sophie -
Clutch
A Pale Horse Named Death

Saturday -
Dream Theater
Kvelertak
Hell
Converge
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Wovenhand
Jess and the Ancient Ones
Atlantean Kodex
Horisont

Sophie -
Saint Vitus
SubRosa

Sunday -
Faith No More
Blind Guardian
Between the Buried and Me
Blue Oyster Cult
SikTh
Cattle Decapitation
King's X
Blues Pills
Destrage

Sophie -
Cynic
Satan's Satyrs

[Kanwulf]

Honestly not a single band there I would be mad about

[Warlock]

friday RJD
1 Nightwish
2 In Flames
3 Bloodbath
4 Suicide Silence
5 Delain
6 Trigger The Bloodshed
7 Waylander
8 Darkane
9 Red Rum

Sophie
1 Audrey Horne
2 Atilla
3 Svart Crown

Saturday RJD
1 Devin Townsend
2 Arch Enemy
3 Venom
4 Epica
5 Soilwork
6 Terror
7 Animals As Leaders
8 Blaze Bayley
9 Desolated

Sophie
1 Devilment
2 M-pire of Evil
3 Red Seas Fire

Sunday RJD
1 Blind Guardian
2 Kreator
3 Kamelot
4 Alestorm
5 Dragonforce
6 Skyforger
7 Rotten Sounds
8 Born of Osiris
9 Toxic Holocaust

Sophie
1 Exhumer
2 Origin
3 SSS

4 bands I'd want to see!

Friday -
Meshuggah
Edguy
Ghost
Karnivool
Enslaved
Grand Magus
Gloryhammer
Satan
Black Moth

Sophie -
Clutch
A Pale Horse Named Death

Saturday -
Dream Theater
Kvelertak
Hell
Converge
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Wovenhand
Jess and the Ancient Ones
Atlantean Kodex
Horisont

Sophie -
Saint Vitus
SubRosa

Sunday -
Faith No More
Blind Guardian
Between the Buried and Me
Blue Oyster Cult
SikTh
Cattle Decapitation
King's X
Blues Pills
Destrage

Sophie -
Cynic
Satan's Satyrs

2 or 3 here! Glay you people aren't in charge!

[Potato-Jim]

What would your ideal line up be?

[Warlock]

Hmm I'll have to work on something, I'll let you know!

[houston4044]

Hmm I'll have to work on something, I'll let you know!

I don't like it, it's not metulzzz enough! .....oh you haven't done it yet..... I'll withhold my criticism a bit longer

[Haldamir319]

Seeing as though the '15 line-up is just about done, here's a pop at the 2016 Line-Up:

Note - this is less an outright fantasy line-up, more an attempt at booking a line-up for 2016 that isn't entirely different to how they've been booking recent years (ie, a few mainstream acts near the top of the bill, one or two acts that would be 'controversial' for forumers etc, a few repeats), but also tried to weave in a few more bands that peeps on here actually ask for. I have toned down a 'Kerrang' band a bit (giving one to a headliner, and a few bands on that day).


Thursday - I'd make this a bit more of a big deal than previously, with the headliner being a band that could play higher on the bill. The rest of the billing would be formed from a bunch of bands that have played in recent years to positive reviews. As an added ‘thing’, I’ve picked one band to represent the last 5 BOAs (2015 excluded, so 2010-14).


Sophie Stage

2115 - 2245 HELL (2011)
2000 - 2045 Betreaus (2010)
1900 - 1940 Shattered Skies (2012)
1800 - 1840 Ten Foot Wizard (2014)
1700 - 1740 The Earls of Mars (2013)

Friday
Main
2115 - 2245: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (straight out of gates with the most controversial choice of all).
1930 - 2030: Watain
1755 - 1855: Clutch
1635 - 1720: Coroner
1520 - 1605: Edguy
1410 - 1455: Tyr
1305 - 1345: Grand Magus
1200 - 1240: Battlecross
1100 - 1140: Bull-Riff Stampede

Sophie Stage
2130 - 2245: POWERWOLF
2000 - 2100: 36 Crazyfists
1845 - 1930: Gloryhammer
1730 - 1815: Negura Bunget
1625 - 1705: Skalmold
1520 - 1600: Hirax
1420 - 1500: The Safety Fire
1330 - 1400: Wodensthrone
1240 - 1310: The Ocean
1150 - 1220: Amulet
1100 - 1130: Under Blackened Skies

Saturday
Main
2115 - 2245: NIGHTWISH
1930 - 2030: Testament
1755 - 1855: Bloodbath
1635 - 1720: DragonForce
1520 - 1605: Turisas
1410 - 1455: Candlemass
1305 - 1345: Red Fang
1200 - 1240: Vallenfyre
1100 - 1140: The Treatment

Sophie Stage
2120 - 2235: SOLSTAFIR
2000 - 2100: Electric Wizard
1845 - 1930: Arkona
1730 - 1815: Mustasch
1625 - 1705: SikTh
1520 - 1600: Ahab
1420 - 1500: Fen
1330 - 1400: Saor
1240 - 1310: Dirge
1150 - 1220: The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell
1100 - 1130: Cryostorm

Sunday
Main
2115 - 2245: JUDAS PRIEST
1930 - 2030: Helloween
1755 - 1855: Kreator
1635 - 1720: Gojira
1520 - 1605: Alestorm
1410 - 1455: Marduk
1305 - 1345: Immolation
1200 - 1240: Huntress
1100 - 1140: SSS

Sophie Stage
2120 - 2235: ULVER
2000 - 2100: Between the Buried and Me
1845 - 1930: Threshold
1730 - 1815: The Vision Bleak
1625 - 1705: Black Moth
1520 - 1600: Dragged Into Sunlight
1420 - 1500: Kamchatka
1330 - 1400: Grifter
1240 - 1310: Kellermensch
1150 - 1220: Stone Circle
1100 - 1130: Splintered Soul

It's probably a little light on extreme bands, but I don't think it's a band mix. I've tried to pick different style bands for opposing timeslots, as well as giving certain genres 'runs' of 2-3 bands (maybe across the two stages).

Thoughts?

Would you attend?

[robin8585]

I would be all over the Friday and Saturday, then I'd go home (Alestorm and Kreator probably wouldn't be enough to justify the extra beer money and taking the Monday off work).

[Soze]

Sophie Stage

2115 - 2245 HELL (2011)
2000 - 2045 Betreaus (2010)
1900 - 1940 Shattered Skies (2012)
1800 - 1840 Ten Foot Wizard (2014)
1700 - 1740 The Earls of Mars (2013)

Seems a good start to the weekend although Hell are far too popular to be shunted away on a Thursday night Sophie slot!!

Friday
Main
2115 - 2245: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (straight out of gates with the most controversial choice of all).
1930 - 2030: Watain
1755 - 1855: Clutch
1635 - 1720: Coroner
1520 - 1605: Edguy
1410 - 1455: Tyr
1305 - 1345: Grand Magus
1200 - 1240: Battlecross
1100 - 1140: Bull-Riff Stampede

Sophie Stage
2130 - 2245: POWERWOLF
2000 - 2100: 36 Crazyfists
1845 - 1930: Gloryhammer
1730 - 1815: Negura Bunget
1625 - 1705: Skalmold
1520 - 1600: Hirax
1420 - 1500: The Safety Fire
1330 - 1400: Wodensthrone
1240 - 1310: The Ocean
1150 - 1220: Amulet
1100 - 1130: Under Blackened Skies

Oh dear. I doub't I'd bother turning up for this day! Watain are the only band I'd be bothered about on the main stage ( I like Coroner on record but they were really boring on the live reunion). Powerwolf (who are surely too big for the Sophie?) and Wodensthrone would be good though.

Saturday
Main
2115 - 2245: NIGHTWISH
1930 - 2030: Testament
1755 - 1855: Bloodbath
1635 - 1720: DragonForce
1520 - 1605: Turisas
1410 - 1455: Candlemass
1305 - 1345: Red Fang
1200 - 1240: Vallenfyre
1100 - 1140: The Treatment

Sophie Stage
2120 - 2235: SOLSTAFIR
2000 - 2100: Electric Wizard
1845 - 1930: Arkona
1730 - 1815: Mustasch
1625 - 1705: SikTh
1520 - 1600: Ahab
1420 - 1500: Fen
1330 - 1400: Saor
1240 - 1310: Dirge
1150 - 1220: The Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell
1100 - 1130: Cryostorm

Hmmm. I'm glad you're not in charge! I'd turn up for the end of the night, Testament followed by Solstafir in the tent. I like Candlemass but there's too little else on that I'd be interested in to spend the day there.

Sunday
Main
2115 - 2245: JUDAS PRIEST
1930 - 2030: Helloween
1755 - 1855: Kreator
1635 - 1720: Gojira
1520 - 1605: Alestorm
1410 - 1455: Marduk
1305 - 1345: Immolation
1200 - 1240: Huntress
1100 - 1140: SSS

Sophie Stage
2120 - 2235: ULVER
2000 - 2100: Between the Buried and Me
1845 - 1930: Threshold
1730 - 1815: The Vision Bleak
1625 - 1705: Black Moth
1520 - 1600: Dragged Into Sunlight
1420 - 1500: Kamchatka
1330 - 1400: Grifter
1240 - 1310: Kellermensch
1150 - 1220: Stone Circle
1100 - 1130: Splintered Soul

This is more like it though...a brilliant end to the weekend with Priest, Kreator and Helloween plus Alestorm are always fun. I quite like Marduk but they'd doubtless sound awful on the main stage. Immolation too. Overall...I'd probably stay at home!