M2TM Scotland 2026 Semi-finals
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All of the Metal 2 The Masses Scotland Semi-finals for 2026 are now live!!!!!
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 has been staggering, as it always is. We are truly humbled to be hosting bands of the calibre taking part. We are now past the Heats, and the phase is about to begin. Keep reading below for the details of Semi-finals, and the Grand Final, with further updates coming soon…
SEMI-FINALS
Glasgow – Mar 05th – Audio
A Dose Of Death, Pict, King Nobody, Evil Deeds
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/6991df0688988f575264196a
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1937370990470024/
Dundee – Mar 06th – Hidden
Killscythe, Late Landing, Goodhuman, Man Made Origin
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/69a5578b2b7f2051aa28df13
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1138799148438618/
Edinburgh – Mar 27th – The Banshee Labyrinth
Dread Persephone, Chekhov’s Gun, Temporal Prophet, Permacrisis
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/699abbfdf45c417151edc555
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/845492134809109
Aberdeen – Mar 28th – Krakatoa
Gallowgate, Lupine Raine, Endless North, The Broken Ravens
Tickets: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/69a55543f45c417151edd7ff
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/663264973513852/
M2TM Scotland 2026 Semi-finals
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.
All Semi-final tickets are on sale! Progress decisions are now moving in favour of judges in the Semi-finals, before a full judges’ decision in the Grand Final. Tickets for the Grand Final, however, have already gone on sale at a special Blind Bat price of £10, in limited numbers. This stops as soon as we start finding out the winners from the Semi-finals!!!!! The final is always a superb display of Scottish metal talent, and well worth it, no matter the result. Get your tickets now: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/68eb8bdd9559ba40592615b8
M2TM Scotland 2026 Semi-finals
