Bloodstock 2026 Adds 12 More Metal 2 The Masses Winners To Line Up

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30th Jun 2026

Metal 2 The Masses Winners Added To The Line Up!

Bloodstock has confirmed another wave of Metal 2 The Masses winners set to perform on the Stowford Press New Blood Stage at Bloodstock Open Air 2026, with 12 more acts earning their place after impressive performances in the regional finals. Here they are on their respective days!

Friday

Nu-Metal band Meet Your Maker from Coventry kick things off with their high energy set!

Meet Your Maker – Worship Is Warfare (All Rights Are Retained By Death Brigade)

Saturday

Redscar bring the festival a little more thrash/groove. Listen to them here under their old name Trendkill.

Trendkill – Dissociate (All Rights Are Retained By Trendkill)

The Horror punk band from Kent Vampyra are bound to bring their chaos with them and then some…

Vampyra – I Don’t Wanna Be Human (All Rights Are Retained By Vampyra)

Apothis from the Channel Islands will be showing off their massive riffs and breakdowns, Deathcore/Metalcore fans will be very happy.

Apothis – The Note Read (All Rights Are Retained By Apothis)

Doom laden thrash is on the menu courtesy of Lancashires very own Shadow Company.

Shadow Company – Saturated Mind (All Rights Are Retained By Shadow Company)

South Wales electronic/alt rock band Inscape will be showing off their brand new EP C.I.T.R.U.S.

Inscape – C.I.T.R.U.S. (All Rights Are Retained By Inscape)

Alt-metal band Withdrawn from Bedfordshire highlight the space between beauty and aggression.

Withdrawn – Drought (All Rights Are Retained By Withdrawn)

Lektagon will be making the trip to the festival from Norway to play their thrash. It does leave an aftertaste of prog and death metal too..

Lektagon – Frozen Statues (All Rights Are Retained By Lektagon)

Sunday

Chug from Cheltenham are one hell of a duo showing off hardcore energy way past what they should be able to as a two-piece.

Chug – Say It (All Rights Are Retained By Chug)

Arkdown fuse riffs that will hammer your skull with real melodic hooks.

Arkdown – Miasmic (All Rights Are Retained By Arkdown)

North Wales winners Groom The Giant give off sludgy vibes with psych riffs.

Groom The Giant – Schnauzer (All Rights Are Retained By Groom The Giant)

Death Brigade from Somerset bring death metal straight into the limelight.

Death Brigade – Heretic (All Rights Are Retained By Death Brigade)

EMP Festival Offer

Official Bloodstock sponsor EMP is offering fans 20% off orders over £39.99 using the code BOA2026. The promotion includes access to the exclusive Bloodstock x EMP collaboration T-shirt. The offer runs until 26 July 2026, with standard exclusions and terms applying.