The beast that is BLOODSTOCK just got heavier, madder, and even more molten with a fresh slab of underground fury dropped onto the Timothy Taylorโs Brewery New Blood Stage โ and cโmon butt, this yearโs crop is an absolute riot. ๐คฏ
Letโs face it: if youโre not already on the rail at midday watching these monsters in the making, what are you even doing? ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ฅ FRIDAY โ Scouse Chaos & Mental Mayhem
๐งจ Ogun
From the belly of Merseyside comes something truly unhinged: Pyar Scouse Metal. Yeah, you heard that right! Ogun arenโt just a band โ theyโre a full-throttle cultural event. Think sharp thrash riffs, gritty attitude, and melodic madness thatโll melt yer chips. Tidy!
๐ฉธ Devilhusk
Imagine being screamed at by your own inner demons while being bludgeoned with breakdowns. Thatโs Devilhusk. Metalcore with a psychological twist โ raw, relentless and seriously pissed off. Theyโre not here to hug it out, theyโre here to rip open the void and scream into it. ๐ค
๐ฅ SATURDAY โ Thrash Exorcisms & Hardcore Slammers
๐ช Exorcismthrash
What if Slayer got locked in a haunted crypt with Death and told to write a festival set in 20 minutes? Youโd probably get something close to Exorcismthrash. Unholy speed meets gory growls โ this lot are going to eviscerate the pit. Cโmon, you know you want it. ๐ธ๏ธ
๐ฅ Fight The Champ
This is nu-hardcore with a knockout punch. Fight The Champ bring high BPM chaos, drop-tuned war machines and live energy that makes you feel like the floor might collapse at any moment. Seriously, get insurance before stepping into that pit. ๐ฅ
๐ฅ SUNDAY โ Cosmic Core & Death Tech Carnage
๐ Monochrome
Winners of the Bristol M2TM final, Monochrome fuse ambient textures with skull-rattling breakdowns. Itโs post-metalcore with heart, atmosphere, and enough low-end to rattle your fillings out. Hauntingly beautiful one moment, armageddon the next. Only in Wales, mun… (Well, Bristol, but close enough ๐)
๐งฌ Surya
Rounding off the weekend with a planet-flattening wall of tech-deathcore, Surya bring surgical precision, absolutely filthy grooves, and riffage so tight itโll make your ancestors headbang. This is the sound of planets colliding. Brace yourselves.
๐ค A Word from the Underground King
Simon Hall, the mastermind behind Metal 2 The Masses, summed it up best:
โYet again the M2TM has unearthed some astounding fresh talent… The commitment of promoters, venues, fans and of course the bands, is a testament to the strength in depth of the underground.โ
20+ years of digging through the grit to find future gods of metal โ and 2025 is proving once again why this stage is the pulse of the scene.
๐ค TO THE BANDS โ We Salute You!
To every act whoโs battled it out in M2TM this year โ respect. This isnโt just a stage. Itโs a proving ground. Your future fans are already in the field, warm cans in hand, waiting for their new favourite band. Could be you.
So whether youโre a bloodsoaked veteran or a Bloodstock virginโฆ
get down early.
Support the underground.
And bang your head like it owes you money.
๐ See you in the pit.
