https://vo.rs/tags/independent/Recent content in Independent on vo.rsHugoenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/encore/bloodstock/Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/encore/bloodstock/<p>Every big metal festival tells you it loves the underground. Bloodstock is the one that actually built its main-stage pipeline out of it. The UK&rsquo;s largest independent metal festival is family-run, owned by nobody but the family that started it, and it has spent two decades doing the thing the giants only talk about — putting unsigned British bands in front of a crowd of thousands and letting some of them climb. It sits in the grounds of Catton Park in Derbyshire every August, and it is the most convincing argument in Britain that a festival can grow large without losing its soul.</p>