@bloodstockopenair #boa22 Photography: @inglisnomad @liz_medhurst @pmonkhouse1 @spiritworldprophet

Bloodstock 2022 / Friday Evening with Behemoth, Testament, Avatar, Eyehategod, Sleep Token and I Fight Bears. @bloodstockopenair #boa22 Photography: @inglisnomad @liz_medhurst @pmonkhouse1 @behemothofficial

To say things have warmed up at Bloodstock is an understatement. It's hotter than hell here, but Heavy Metal stops for no temperature, so we don't either. @bloodstockopenair #boa22 Photography: @inglisnomad @liz_medhurst @pmonkhouse1 @gwar

In record temperatures, Bloodstock, the UK's heaviest festival, has become its hottest. Maybe not the best time to wear black, but plenty flocked to Catton Park. @bloodstockopenair #boa22 Photography: @inglisnomad @liz_medhurst @pmonkhouse1

The Night Flight Orchestra, primed and ready for this year's Bloodstock, have released a video for their single Black Stars And Diamonds, filmed on a trailer ride through Prague. @bloodstockopenair #boa22 @nightflightorchestra @theaeromanticas

Existentialist, a five-piece Black and Deathcore band from Essex/Suffolk, play the Bloodstock New Blood Stage on Friday, 12th August 2022 having won through the Metal 2 The Masses competition. @existentialist.uk @bloodstockopenair Interview: @rock_pixs #boa22

Massive Wagons launch a national anti-bullying campaign and invite you to join them, and The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, to help stamp out all bullying. #FuckTheHaters #StopBullying @massivewagons @sophie_lancaster_foundation

Bloodstock 2022 The festival organisers have confirmed to MetalTalk that food prices will be frozen at last year's prices and you can buy a pint of beer £5. #boa22 @bloodstockopenair @sophie_lancaster_foundation @liz_medhurst @pmonkhouse1 @inglisnomad

Metal 2 The Masses, Colchester. Final. Mechromorph, Collected, Regicide, Existentialist, Beyond Extinction. Existentialist win through to Bloodstock. Photography: @lawrence89_photography @bloodstockopenair @existentialist.uk

Metal 2 The Masses - Semi-Final One. @regicideuk @officiallytinkmusic @collected_uk @bloodstockopenair Some of Essex and Suffolk's most promising Metal acts have been battling it out at the CODA bar in Colchester for a spot on the Bloodstock open-air festival this summer.

The opportunity of my life was offered to me to shoot my first open-air Metal festival, Bloodstock, in 2017. @DethproofMedia @inglisnomad

King Creature were one of our highlights at this year's Bloodstock Festival. They had the packed tent moving in a fist-pumping and headbanging delight, ensuring a growing collection of new fans. Photography: John Inglis Bloodstock...

Bloodstock Open Air, the biggest of Metal salutes to you. You kept the faith and endured more uncertainty than has been experienced before, and a constant shifting and swapping of the lineup...

All Hail To The Priest! 50 Heavy Metal Years! That’s later on, though. The bill for today is an embarrassment of riches. We are diving in headfirst, only stopping to come up...