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Metal

Playing on 08/06

New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends formed in 1977. With classics like "Wheels of Steel" and "Denim and Leather,"...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/07

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 1994. Known for their groove-laden and...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Slaughter to Prevail is a deathcore band formed in 2014 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Their sound incorporates elements of...

Metal

Playing on 08/09

Judas Priest is a heavy metal band formed in Birmingham, England. They are one of the most influential and important...

Metal

Playing on 08/06

Evil Scarecrow is a five-piece metal band from Nottingham, combining heavy metal with theatrical comedy and elaborate...

Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/07

Sepultura is a metal band formed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They emerged from the Brazilian metal scene, initially...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Bleed From Within is a Scottish metalcore band from Glasgow, founded in 2005. Notable albums include 'Era', 'Fracture'...

Metal, Thrash Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/09

Body Count is a US crossover thrash / rap metal band from Los Angeles, founded in 1989 by rapper Ice-T. Notable albums...

Metal

Playing on 08/06

Heavysaurus is a Finnish heavy metal band formed in 2009. The band plays heavy metal music geared towards children. The...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/07

Municipal Waste is an American crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2000. They've released seven...

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Nevermore is an American progressive and thrash metal band formed in 1991 in Seattle by vocalist Warrel Dane and...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/09

Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band founded in 1998 in Los Angeles by Zakk Wylde, the former guitarist...

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/06

Cryptopsy is a brutal death metal band formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1988, originally under the name Necrosis....

Hardcore, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Biohazard is a pioneering American hardcore band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1987. They were one of the first to...

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 08/08

Northlane is a progressive metalcore band formed in Sydney, Australia. Their sound incorporates elements of djent.

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/09

Testament is a thrash metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are considered one of the leaders of...

Rock

Playing on 08/06

Black Spiders are an English hard rock band from Sheffield, formed in 2008. Their riff-driven sound blends classic rock...

Playing on 08/07

Fit for an Autopsy is a deathcore band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 2008. The band has released seven studio...

Metal, Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/08

Vended is an American nu metal/metalcore band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2018. The line-up includes sons of...

Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/09

Orbit Culture is a melodic death metal band formed in Eksjö, Sweden. Their sound incorporates elements of groove metal.

Hardcore

Playing on 08/06

The Hell is an English metalcore/beatdown hardcore band from Watford. The members perform masked, as the lineup often...

Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/07

Life of Agony is an alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1989. The band's original lineup included...

Doom Metal, Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Urne is a British metal band formed in 2018. Hailing from the UK, they blend elements of progressive metal, sludge, and...

Metal

Playing on 08/09

Kittie is a Canadian band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. They are known for being one of the first all-female bands...

Playing on 08/06

Mantis Defeats Jaguar is a four-piece band from the Black Country in the West Midlands, heavily shaped by hip-hop,...

Industrial, Gothic, Metal

Playing on 08/07

SKYND is an industrial rock duo formed in Sydney in 2017, consisting of the enigmatic vocalist SKYND and...

Playing on 08/08

The Scratch is an Irish band from Dublin known for combining acoustic guitars with metal and Celtic punk influences.

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/09

Castle Rat is an American doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2019. Known for their 'medieval fantasy doom...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/07

Party Cannon is a slam death metal band from Dunfermline, Scotland, formed in 2010, who coined the term "Party Slam"...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Imperial Age is a symphonic metal band formed in 2010 in Moscow. The group releases its records via the Roar! Rock of...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Graphic Nature is a British metalcore band from Kent. They release their records via Rude Records.

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/07

Battlesnake is an Australian metal band from Sydney, formed in 2017. Their fantasy- and sci-fi-inspired style blends...

Hardcore

Playing on 08/08

Inhuman Nature are a British crossover thrash and hardcore band from London, formed in 2017. Led by vocalist Chris...

Playing on 08/09

Bootyard Bandits are a country metal band from Worcester, formed in 2019 by ex-members of The Defiled and Heaven's...

Metal, Punk

Playing on 08/07

Wednesday 13 is the horror punk and metal project of American singer Joseph Poole. He first rose to prominence as...

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Leprous is a Norwegian progressive rock and metal band formed in 2001 in Notodden, fronted by vocalist and keyboardist...

Synthwave, Industrial

Playing on 08/09

Carpenter Brut is a French darksynth project by Franck Hueso from Poitiers. He is known for the 'Trilogy' EP series and...

Playing on 08/07

Shining is a Norwegian avant-garde band from Oslo, formed in 1999 by saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby as an acoustic jazz...

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Sanguisugabogg is a brutal death metal/deathgrind band formed in 2018 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 08/09

200 Stab Wounds is a brutal death metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 2019, the band consists of Steve Buhl,...

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Danish death/groove metal band from Silkeborg, formed in 2024, delivering neck-snapping heaviness with crushing grooves...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Death Angel is a pioneering thrash metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1982 by Filipino-American...

Metal, Industrial, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/09

Mushroomhead is a US industrial and nu-metal band formed in 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, known for their masked live shows...

Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/07

Seething Akira is a six-piece electronic nu-core band from Portsmouth, formed in 2012, fusing electronic elements with...

Metalcore, Hardcore

Playing on 08/08

Stampin' Ground are a metallic hardcore band from Cheltenham, England, formed in 1995, whose thrash-infused sound...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/09

Dream State is a dynamic Welsh post-hardcore and metalcore band hailing from South Wales, formed in 2014. Blending...

Grindcore

Playing on 08/07

Excrementory Grindfuckers are a German grindcore band with a long history in the European extreme metal underground,...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/08

Viking Skull is an English heavy metal/hard rock band from Corby, formed in 2002 by members of Raging Speedhorn....

Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Thrown Into Exile is a metalcore band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2011, the group blends elements of thrash...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/07

Hidden Intent is a thrash metal trio from Adelaide, Australia, formed in 2011, playing '80s-style thrash influenced by...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/08

Bound In Fear is a deathcore band from Farnham, Surrey, formed in 2016, regarded as one of the most extreme voices in...

Playing on 08/09

Noisepicker is a British duo from South London, formed by Harry Armstrong (also of Orange Goblin) and drummer Kieran...

Metal

Playing on 08/07

Sellsword is a power/heavy metal band from York, formed in 2013, describing their style as "Mercenary Metal" and...

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Imperium is a five-piece thrash/groove metal band from South-West London, combining crushing riffs and precise grooves...

Black Metal

Playing on 08/09

Trivax is an extreme/black metal band founded in 2009 by singer-guitarist Shayan in Tehran, where metal is banned. In...

Death Metal

Playing on 08/07

Hammer is a five-piece extreme metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 2018, combining death metal, groove metal...

Death Metal, Grindcore

Playing on 08/08

Outergods are an extreme metal band from Nottingham, formed in 2020/2021, fusing death metal, black metal and grindcore...

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/09

Alunah is a doom metal/stoner rock band from Birmingham, formed in 2006, merging the tradition of Saint Vitus with...

Black Metal

Playing on 08/07

Blood Countess is a black metal band from Darlington, Northern England, formed in 2018, with themes revolving around...

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/08

Froglord is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Bristol, formed in 2020 as a one-man project and later expanded into a...

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/09

Flayed Disciple is a British death/thrash metal band from Taunton, Somerset, formed in 2008, blending Bay Area thrash...

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/07

Gurt is a sludge metal band from London, formed in 2010, known in the UK underground for thick, groovy sludge riffs and...

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Imbrium are a dark prog metal band featuring former members of Dreamcatcher, Memoreve and The Defiled.

Doom Metal

Playing on 08/09

Acid Throne is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Norwich, formed in 2021, combining the heft of doom with the attack...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/07

Meet Your Maker are a metalcore band from the English Midlands (Coventry). They pair crushing breakdowns with soaring...

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Chained Saint are a young thrash metal band from Parkland, Florida, formed in 2022. Their debut album "Blindside" was...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Arkdown are a metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in late 2015. Their sound blends modern metalcore with death...

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Atarka are a quintet from Birmingham playing heavy, groove-tinged melodic death metal laced with black metal and...

Black Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Imperial Demonic are a melodic black metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, begun in 2021 as the solo project of...

Grunge

Playing on 08/09

Groom The Giant are a band from Wrexham and the Llangollen area of North Wales. Their sound blends grunge, stoner and...

Hardcore

Playing on 08/07

Bailed Out are a five-piece hardcore band from Leeds.

Metal, Doom Metal

Playing on 08/08

Shadow Company are a groove metal band from Blackburn in East Lancashire, England. The four-piece pairs fast,...

Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Playing on 08/09

Death Brigade are a blackened/melodic death metal band from Somerset in South West England. Their sound pairs grinding...

Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Concrete Age are an ethnic death/thrash metal band formed in 2011 in the North Caucasus and later relocated to London,...

Nu-Metal, Hardcore

Playing on 08/08

Withdrawn are a band from Bedfordshire, England, whose sound moves between nu-metal, hardcore and alt-metal. Built...

Doom Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Sunk are a doom metal band from England's South Coast, with a blues- and psychedelia-tinged sound rooted in a pure...

Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Microtonal are a death/thrash metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Rock

Playing on 08/08

Inscape are an electronic alternative rock band formed in Swansea, South Wales, and now based in Bristol. Their sound...

Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Technologist are a five-piece progressive metal band from Manchester with a strong death metal streak. Their concept...

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Regicide are a thrash/groove metal band from Essex (East Anglia) with hardcore influences.

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Lektagon are a Norwegian heavy/thrash metal duo whose riff-driven sound is laced with prog, death and black metal...

Progressive Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Joakem are a progressive metal band from Limassol, Cyprus, formed in 2018 and led by composer, vocalist and keyboardist...

Progressive Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/07

Temples on Mars are a London-based alternative progressive rock band formed in 2017 by former members of Agent, The...

Playing on 08/08

Dead Bait are an independent metal band from Cambridge, formed in 2021, known for their abrasive, noise-leaning sound.

Playing on 08/09

Chekhov's Gun are a five-piece from Edinburgh playing theatrical, blackened groove-based metal drawing on progressive,...

Death Metal, Doom Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Void Below are a death/doom metal band from the western edge of Cumbria, rooted in old-school death metal with...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Descendancy are a metalcore band from Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Thrash Metal, Hardcore, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Overpower are a crossover thrash / hardcore band from Bristol, fusing classic thrash riffing in the vein of Metallica...

Punk

Playing on 08/07

Broilers tribute band.

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/07

Thrash Mob is a British thrash metal band formed in late 2025 that played its first shows in January 2026. Rooted in...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Apothis are a heavy metal band from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, blending deathcore and metalcore with crushing...

Death Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Ka'aper are a melodic death metal band of Russian and Ukrainian musicians based in Cyprus, with concepts inspired by...

Metal

Playing on 08/07

Soulride are a heavy metal band from Coventry, founded in 2008 by Polish musicians living in England. On "Murder Act"...

Metalcore

Playing on 08/07

Carrier is a metalcore band from Plymouth, Devon, formed in 2017. Blending melodic 2010s metalcore with a heavier,...

Punk

Playing on 08/08

Vampyra is a horror punk band from South East Kent, England. The group pairs driving, punk-rooted riffs with dark,...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/09

CHUG is a two-piece from Cheltenham, England, playing heavy rock and metal built around groove and sheer weight. The...

Metalcore, Metal

Playing on 08/07

After Smoke Clears are a four-piece metalcore band from South London who fuse tech metal, groove metal, nu-metal and...

Metal, Rock

Playing on 08/07

Archaea is a hard rock and heavy metal quintet from Liverpool, formed in 2021 and emerging on the live circuit in 2024....

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/08

Redscar are a heavy metal band from the North East of England, blending thrash, groove and classic heavy metal. The...

Rock

Playing on 08/09

Aethoria are a five-piece hard rock band from Suffolk in the East of England, built on huge riffs and the commanding...

Grunge, Rock

Playing on 08/09

Moth is a four-piece heavy grunge band from Brighton and Hove, active since 2021. Built around guitar-driven riffs,...

Punk

Playing on 08/07

Change Persona are a melodic punk/punkcore band from South London and Surrey who have played together for over a...

Thrash Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Thrasherwolf are a four-piece thrash metal band from London, formed in 2016 by frontman Daniel Lucas and guitarist Jack...

Playing on 08/09

The Cartoon Cartel are a British power trio featuring Blind River guitarist Dan Edwards, drummer Mark Sharpless and...

Metal

Playing on 08/09

Solatia is a groove metal band from London, blending grooves and heavy riffing with influences from early-2000s...

Rock

Playing on 08/07

Untamed Silence are a rock band from Whitby in North Yorkshire, formed in 2019, whose heavy rock is shaped by melodic...

Hardcore, Punk

Playing on 08/08

Dosed are a hardcore/crossover thrash band from Newport, Wales. Their releases include the "Jaw Breaker E.P.".

Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Playing on 08/09

Following The Signs are a metal band from Cork City, Ireland, formed in 2018, blending crushing metalcore with nu-metal...

Doom Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Troll Mother are a power sludge duo from the south coast of England, combining the crushing slowness of doom with the...

Playing on 08/09

WREX are an alternative rock duo from Brighton, made up of vocalist Mae Seaton and guitarist/co-vocalist George...

Metal

Playing on 08/08

Tempest Saint are a traditional metal band from Hertfordshire and London, formed in 2023, channelling the NWOBHM...

Hardcore, Metal

Playing on 08/09

Stitched are a beatdown hardcore band from the Black Country in the West Midlands whose sound draws on death metal,...

Rock

Playing on 08/08

Cancel The Transmission are a Welsh hard rock band formed in Caerphilly in 2015, delivering catchy, riff-driven rock...

Doom Metal, Metal

Playing on 08/08

Goat Major are an occult doom/stoner metal trio from Wales, formed by Jammie Arnold, Simon Bonwick and Tom Shortt....