M2TM Scotland 2026
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HELLO 2026!!! Metal 2 The Masses Scotland is cocked, locked, and ready to rock!!!!!
Across Alba, grassroots heavy music artists have been gathered, once again, in the hunt for your freshest representative at Bloodstock Open Air. The talent on offer is staggering, as it always is. We are truly humbled to be hosting bands of the calibre taking part. Below, you can now find all the current dates, venues, artists, and ticket info for each event, plus further information on the series.
HEATS
Fraserburgh – Jan 31st – Balaclava Bar
Gallowgate, Hot Blooded Reptiles, Good Human, Lupine Raine
Tickets: FREE ENTRY
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1541886700272753
Bathgate – Feb 06th – Dreadnought Rock
King Nobody, Stop The Suns From Setting, Evil Deeds, Alternate Future
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/692857865e496e1e628138e8
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/801621315898056/
Dundee – Feb 07th – Hidden
Man Made Origin, Killscythe, Late Landing, Evil Blood
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/692ec8925e496e1e62813f55
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1132003155808149/
Glasgow – Feb 12th – Audio
A Dose Of Death, Dal Riata, Pict, Arc Arrival
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/693195b15e496e1e628141df
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/804037612356036/
Edinburgh – Feb 14th – The Banshee Labyrinth
High Noon, Bruxa, Dread Persephone, Chekhov’s Gun
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/69418110ff159c0e2c527256
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1783371959210586
Kirkcaldy – Feb 20th – The Kings
Permacrisis, Temporal Prophet, Jurogumo, Visha
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/69469e2e33652172a2cc2de5
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/785840277612742/
Inverness – Feb 28th – The Tooth and Claw
Endless North, The Goatboy, The Broken Ravens, The Templistiks
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/694896a2f8f7324019a2c947
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2205817103226382/
M2TM Scotland 2026
SEMIS
Glasgow – Mar 05th – Audio
LINEUP TBA
Tickets: COMING SOON
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1937370990470024/
Dundee – Mar 06th – Hidden
LINEUP TBA
Tickets: COMING SOON
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1138799148438618/
Edinburgh – Mar 27th – The Banshee Labyrinth
LINEUP TBA
Tickets: COMING SOON
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/845492134809109
Aberdeen – Mar 28th – Krakatoa
LINEUP TBA
Tickets: COMING SOON
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/663264973513852/
M2TM Scotland 2026
GRAND FINAL
Edinburgh – May 23rd – La Belle Angele
LINEUP TBA
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/68eb8bdd9559ba40592615b8
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1142286214543354/
Bloodstock, the UK’s biggest independent metal festival, reaches out into the underground every year, seeking out the best heavy music talent. Operating throughout the UK, as well as regions such as Norway, Ireland, Poland, and more, M2TM has even won the fest a Heavy Music Award for its “exceptional positive contribution to the heavy music scene.”
Since 2020, Slow Dragon Music has taken the reins of M2TM in Scotland, ranging out to the corners of the country. Rather than being centralised in one city, this approach brings the best opportunity to bands from all over. We have seen Nassau, Extort, Catalysis, Hammer, and now metal/grunge band, Nothing Speaks, all carve their way to a slot at BOA.
Progress through the stages will be decided by a combination of audience votes and judges ratings. This begins at a 50/50 split in the Heats, moving in favour of judges in the Semi-finals, before a full judges’ decision in the Grand Final.
All Heats tickets are now on sale! Semi-final tickets will follow once their lineups have been decided. This allows every band equal opportunity to draw their own crowd of supporters, especially in venues which may sell out. Tickets for the Grand Final, however, have already gone on sale at a special Blind Bat price of £10, in limited numbers. The final is always a superb display of Scottish metal talent, and well worth it, no matter the result.
M2TM Scotland 2026
