After months of “will-it-won’t-it” happen and line-up changes all over the place, the day finally arrived and, after two long, barren years, the grounds of Catton Hall in Swadlincote opened up again with over 15,000 fans returning for Bloodstock Open Air’s 2021 event. Headlined by Devin Townsend, Kreator and Judas Priest, organisers were going all out to make sure that, even under the most difficult conditions, this was going to be a Summer metal fans would not forget. By extending the festival to five days, by the time V13 arrived on site on Friday, talk around the site was how thousands of metal fans had been making up for lost time by partying harder than ever. For those fans arriving early doors, Wednesday saw a line-up headlined by thrash veterans Onslaught and fellow UK metallers Beh...
