The 10th anniversary of the Bloodstock Open Air festival took place at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, UK from August 13th – 15th.

Organizers check in with the following post-show report:

"Bloodstock Open Air solidified it’s position as the UK’s only true outdoor metal festival, enjoying it’s most successful year so far. As well as celebrating it’s 10th anniversary, Bloodstock reached yet another milestone achieving it’s first five figure turn out. Over 11,600 metalheads descended upon Catton Hall in Derbyshire to see nearly 80 acts, including headliners OPETH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, FEAR FACTORY and TWISTED SISTER, as well as a plethora of other top names in the world of metal.

Highlights included a one minute tribute to the legendary RONNIE JAMES DIO - 60 seconds of cheering and horn raising - to christen the main stage, and a very rare performance from Swedish tech-metal heroes MESHUGGAH on Friday, a highly memorable set from DEVIN TOWNSEND on Saturday, who after contending with having his band’s equipment held up in customs, turned the disaster around to put on an extremely entertaining show, pulling in one of the biggest crowds of the weekend. Sunday saw the first ever UK performance of death metal supergroup BLOODBATH, who took the stage covered in bruises, cuts and an assortment of other injuries, as well as GOJIRA’s only UK show of 2010.

After Bloodbath's set, GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus took the stage to draw the winner for Bloodstock's exclusive car raffle, making one lucky attendee’s weekend by handing over the keys to a brand new Toyota Aygo.

But the real surprise treat came following death metal legend’s CANNIBAL CORPSE’s punishingly heavy set, when Bloodstock revealed the first headliners for 2011. The news of IMMORTAL’s only UK show of 2011 via a two-minute trailer on the main stage video screen was welcomed with huge cheers from the Bloodstock crowd, leaving no doubt that the Norwegian black metallers’s first ever UK festival performance will be a highly anticipated one.

With TWISTED SISTER about to take the stage, the atmosphere at Catton Hall right now is electric, with all present enjoying not only Bloodstock’s most successful year yet, but also the excitement of the first announcement for 2011, tickets for which go on sale (today), Monday, August 16th for the roll back price of £90 - fixed until December 2010 to beat the VAT increase."

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