Bloodstock 2025 Band Feature: Prodigal
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s Bloodstock time and 2025 is looking to be one of the best events the festival has ever put on, if we’re judging it by bands… which we are, of course.
Taking place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from August 7th to August 10th, Bloodstock Festival 2025 has not only sold out all its weekend tickets, but it also sold out day tickets for the Saturday and the Sunday and it seems likely that Friday will follow suit before the festival actually starts. Boasting a lineup that includes the likes of Emperor, Lacuna Coil, Ministry, Mastodon, Fear Factory, Static-X, Nailbomb, Kataklysm, Obituary, and headliners, Trivium, Machine Head, Gojira, and so much more spread across four stages, it’s going to be one hell of a weekend.
Prodigal
With a sound that feels both vast and intimate, Prodigal emerges as a rising force in the scene, fusing ethereal textures with unfiltered emotional grit. Their music floats on spiritual atmospheres, then crashes into raw, anthemic crescendos that speak to heartbreak, hope, the state of the world, and everything in between. At its core, this is music that breathes: hauntingly beautiful, yet unapologetically human.
Originally starting in the COVID times, the current line-up of Prodigal has been active since 2023. Gigging all over, gaining a reputation for chaotic live shows, and creating unique soundscapes that has everyone talking about them.
It’s the kind of buzz that helped see them win the Cheltenham Metal 2 the Masses and earn their spot at Bloodstock this year. Although none of that would matter if they didn’t have the songs to back up their energetic shows. Since 2023 they’ve released the likes of ‘Black + White’, ‘Feed’, ‘Bottle’, ‘Forever//Forget’, ‘Rot’, and most recently, ‘Accretion (Demo)’. It doesn’t stop there either as alongside preparing for Bloodstock, they are working on more music with an EP planned.
You have to check them out at Bloodstock, and you can by going to the Timothy Taylors New Blood stage on the Saturday of the festival. We spoke to them about what it means to play the festival this year, what Bloodstock overall means to them, and what attendees can expect from their set. This is what they had to say:
I think I can say this for all of us in Prodigal that bloodstock means the absolute world to us. Hopefully this will be the start of a journey that will encourage us in ways that no other event ever could. As someone who has looked up to and been heavily inspired by a lot of the bands that have previously and currently been apart of this festival, all I can say is it’s an absolute honour and pleasure to be involved. For me and my brothers in Prodigal, this opportunity still doesn’t feel real, and we’re going to give everything we’ve got when we step up on that stage.
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