Bloodstock Bound: Vanitas

Bloodstock Bound: Vanitas

As Bloodstock gets closer, we delve deep into the line up to find out more about some of the bands playing the New Blood and EMP stages at this years event.

Today we chat with Vanitas

Please introduce yourselves.

Hey! We’re Vanitas and we make cinematic djent! We are:
Vocals – Jade
Guitar – Mitch
Guitar – Elijah
Drums – Jackson
Bass – Jon

How would you describe your sound?

Imagine Progressive Metal in the style of Periphery, Devin Townsend or Dream Theater combined with epic boss battle symphonies from games like Dark Souls or Final Fantasy (Thanks Nobuo), combine that with lyrics and stories of hope and overcoming life’s hurdles and you get Vanitas!

How did you land your spot on the Bloodstock bill?

We’ve played our fair share of Metal to the Masses in Birmingham, making it to the final twice but never quite winning. Playing Bloodstock Festival has always been one of those bucket list dreams for us, but after not making it through our M2TM final in 2024 we sort of made peace with the fact it might take us a bit longer to get to Bloodstock than we hoped, so you can imagine our surprise when Mr. Simon Hall dropped us an email one day asking us to play the EMP stage!

What does playing at Bloodstock mean to you?

As mentioned above, it’s a bucket list moment for us and many other bands. We know this is an insane opportunity for a band like us and we want to make the most of it! But more importantly, being a female-fronted band, and being our nerdy neurodivergent selves can sometimes make us stick out a bit on your typical festival line-up, so we wanna show others like us that you can reach your dreams! And build our own little community of metalhead nerds in the process

For people who’ve never seen you live, what can they expect at Bloodstock?

You can expect a journey of emotions, lots of widdly riffs, moments you can mosh, cry, laugh, sing and everything in between- a space where you can let loose be yourself and really drink in the whole experience! We have a playlist on spotify of our Bloodstock set so you can get to know us beforehand: Vanitas Bloodstock Playlist

What day are you performing?

Friday 7th August on the EMP stage!

What other bands are you looking forward to watching at Bloodstock this year?

We’re so hyped to see our fellow brummie-boys in Atarka who won this year’s metal to the masses, also can’t wait to see Seething Akira who we played with back in 2023 supporting Galactic Empire. Sellsword and Leprous are also particular faves we’re looking forward to- so many great bands on this year’s lineup.

Playing the EMP Stage is just the first steppingstone in a bands journey. What’s next in your plans for world domination?

Once you get to know Vanitas, you’ll find out that more is more with us, we take a very maximalist approach to not only our music and production but our visuals and world building too, behind the scenes we’re planning our biggest release yet and if Bloodstock likes us enough maybe we’ll be invited back in a future year when it releases to show you all live too!

Are you camping with the fans? Which campsite are you heading for?

We will be indulging in the artist camp this time around, as it’s not something we’ve ever had the chance to do before so we wanna see what it’s all about! With that said though, we will be also spending a significant amount of time partying in Midgard and have some special meet-ups with our fans and a street team planned! To be a part of it feel free to join our discord server where we’ll be keeping you updated with all our plans!

Discord Join link: https://tr.ee/SCKrJYgC5t

You’ve gotta keep hydrated at Bloodstock, what is your drink of choice for the weekend?

Before we play: water all the way, maybe some Holy energy drink too- we are playing/singing prog metal after all so we gotta be sharp to deliver our best performance yet! After our set though? We’ll be in full party mode, I’ll probably have a peruse of the various Ciders too!

See you at Bloodstock in a few weeks!

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