I was asked once again this to write a small review for PRS for Music’s ‘M Magazine’ here is a sneek peak of that review before it goes up on their site later this week….

‘This year was the third time that PRS for Music returned to Bloodstock festival and with pretty much the same staff returning for those years they really do treat us like part of the team now and we feel very lucky to be part of an amazing and unique event.

What is now around 12,000 people attending the festival it still has a very intimate feel except now you have heavy metal titans like Behemoth, Machine Head and the ever shocking Alice Cooper headlining the weekend, which for a family run event of this size truly is an amazing example of how great the team is and how we are very fortunate to have such a festival in the UK.

Working over 4 stages our team found the friendly faces of the staff and the enthusiasm of the bands a pleasure to work with and ensured that we had our work done quickly and giving us time to enjoy some damn impressive acts such as Hatebreed, The Black Dahlia Murder, Dripback and many more. And quite possibly the best element of the festival is the ‘New Blood’ stage which showcases some mighty fine young bands that have come from all of the UK after winning competitions to battle out for a place to open ‘Wacken 2013’ festival in Germany. There were some great acts that deserved to win but if I had to choose one it would be the might of Bull Riff Stampede who not only had the biggest crowd of the weekend in the tent but also had festival promoter Simon Hall starting a pretty magnificent circle pit!

No other festival has such a unique bill with breakfast being accompanied by some nasty grind inspired thrash (Courtesy of the Benediction Breakfast Club!) or epic fist raising power metal it has something for every extreme music fan. And with the bands and fans being of a similar ilk, it’s not rare to see members of your favourite group sat alongside you whilst watching some of their favourite artists themselves! Its all little touches like this that just make it so special and ensure that we shall no doubt be attending year on year!

RAISE YOUR HORNS AND TOAST TO BLOODSTOCK AND SEE YOU ALL IN 2013!!’