Having said that, I now have a new found love of the heavier stuff. The guys playing were brilliant. There were a couple that were too heavy for me but I loved the 'chugga chugga' stuff.
Loved: GWAR, Bloodywood, Behemoth, Sylosis, Spirit World, Lamb of God, Nekrogoblikon. They'll be added to my play list.
The festival itself was great. Proper metalheads are a nice bunch of people
There were all sorts of people there and everyone was treated with respect. As we were packing up and moving our stuff back top the car I was recounting some good stuff we'd seen to Luke, my son.
1. Bin jousting (every night) and walking round the whole camp trying to find new bins and areas away from security until 2am.
2. Wrestling (once the bins had all been confiscated)
3. The amount of topless women: to which Luke immediately said 5. He'd kept count! Then on the way back was a topless goth wandering around the arena. He whispered '6'.
I let him have some alcohol too. I let him have some fruity Kopperbergs and some Disarano. I think he enjoyed it all
He wants to go back next year. I think we both agreed it would have been better with a bigger group of people. He hasn't asked his mother yet but I'd be more than happy for him to go alone with friends to Bloodstock as I really did feel like it was a safe environment despite the wilder sounding nature.
I'm glad I didn't let my anxiety get the better of me (I hate doing new stuff and worry about everything) and just bought the tickets as hopefully, this'll be a memory we can share for years to come.
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They were very loud!
