Bloodstock 2025 Band Feature: Orme

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.

Orme

Drone at Bloodstock!? What is the world coming to! In all seriousness, Orme are so much more than just a drone band, best described as Hertfordshire’s slowest power trio. Consisting of members of underground metal darlings Everest Queen and Praetorian, the trio hit the ground hard with their incredible self-titled debut double-album in 2023 (Trepanation Recordings).

An album we summed up as:

Orme are on another level. Their sound is downright freaking transcendent. When 95 minutes eases by with barely a distraction and the desire to go through it all over again immediately is there, you know you’ve experienced something special. There may never a debut as creative as this again, mainly because no one would be mad enough to do it.

Check out the full review here.

Orme then set about making a name for themselves on the live circuit, delivering mesmerising drone sets, that took audiences on cosmic journeys. This earned them a slot at Desertfest 2024, where they shared stages with bands such as Acid Mothers Temple, 40 Watt Sun, Elephant Tree and Goblinsmoker.

If that wasn’t enough to make 2024 a notable year for the band, they also released two records. The first, a split with Newcastle drone act Wreaths (Inverted Grim Mill Records) – read our review here. The second, a self-released 24-minute death-doom epic called No Serpents, No Saviours.

So, what now? What intensity does Orme have to offer this time? Heaviness. That’s a given, sure, but heaviness like what is on offer here? Be prepared to be obliterated by a cacophony of noise that combines the darkest of death and dankest of doom sounds.

Check out the full review here.

So, they deliver on record, but how about live? Just ask anyone who has seen them perform and they will tell it is special. We saw them play earlier this year and described the show as:

A measured and focused experience that does the impossible, which is to create the atmosphere and deliver the nuances of their studio sound into the live environment. Yes, of course, it’s heavy, noisy, and intense, but it’s so much more too. A transcendent experience, delivering girth and heft, creative instrumental twists and turns to a familiar doom formula, and vocals (occasionally) that are scathing. We are staring into the mouth of madness.

See you at the EMP stage on the Sunday of the festival, right?

We asked Orme 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:

Being asked to play Bloodstock is not only a big deal for us, but for Drone Metal as a sub-genre. We feel deeply honoured that we get to be the first EVER drone metal band to play Bloodstock. Hopefully it’ll open the doors for more drone bands in the future.

The EMP tent will rumble with the sound of aeon lasting drones and glacial riffs, with an atmosphere that only psychedelics can compete with.

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