Forked Tongues: Riket 2026 We all love a bit of proper Swedish death metal, and Riket are delivering the latest blast. The long-grinding four-piece just disinterred their first full sonic slab. 2026, this month. Coming through Black Lion Records, it is a beast, we can tell you! (In fact, we…

Forked Tongues: Inferno Pre-flight Chat The bags are over-packed, the security is queued, and somewhere between the obligatory airport pint and last-minute boarding panic, the pilgrimage has finally slapped us awake. With the Scottish semi-finals of Metal 2 The Masses fading into last night’s rear-view and the Grand Final looming…

The Endless North – M2TM 2026 Band name: The Endless NorthLocation: Inverness basedGenre: Stoner groove metal Aberdeen Semi-final: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/69a55543f45c417151edd7ff If you’re familiar with Scotland’s Northern scene, you’ll know it delivers some really strong heavy talent. This year, though, The Endless North, are the only Inverness natives to feature on their…

The Goatboy – M2TM 2026 Band name: the GoatboyLocation: Perth Genre(s): grunge rockInverness Heat: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/694896a2f8f7324019a2c947 Perthshire band, The Goatboy, have been peddling grunge for quite some time now. Certainly long before the recent resurgence of the genre. Why grunge, though? What is the enduring appeal? Founding member, Stef Bednarek, clears…

The Templistiks – M2TM 2026   Band name: The TempilstiksLocation: AberdeenGenre: Hard rock/heavyInverness Heat: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/694896a2f8f7324019a2c947 The Templistiks, from Aberdeen, are a strange crew, musically speaking. They offer up a melange of heavy, and heavy-adjacent styles. But what flavours go into their peculiar musical brew? “We see genre as a playground,…

The Broken Ravens – M2TM 2026 Band name: The Broken Ravens Location: Stornoway, Isle of Lewis Genre(s): MetalAberdeen Semi-final: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/69a55543f45c417151edd7ff One of the most remote acts of this year’s M2TM Scotland, The Broken Ravens bide in the North West Isle of Lewis. As you can imagine, it isn’t the epicenter…

Jorogumo – M2TM 2026   Band name: Jorogumo Location: Glasgow Genre: Sludge/Death Metal Kirkcaldy Heat: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/69469e2e33652172a2cc2de5 Stepping out of their local area, to the unlikely metal mecca of Kirkcaldy, for M2TM, are Glasgow heavies, Jorogumo. The name comes from the Japanese for “binding bride” or “whore-spider.” Sounds like there might…

Temporal Prophet – M2TM 2026 Band name: Temporal Prophet Location: Falkirk Genre : Metalcore with a lick of nu-metal Edinburgh Semi-final: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/699abbfdf45c417151edc555 While they have big ties to the Fife metal scene, Temporal Prophet list their location as Falkirk. The town used to be a hot spot for Scottish metal,…

Permacrisis – M2TM 2026 Band Name: Permacrisis Location: KirkcaldyGenre: ThrashEdinburgh Semi-final: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/699abbfdf45c417151edc555 The guys in Permacrisis got started early in their collective quest for thrash metal. Still very young, there are surely new challenges for them around every corner. Yet, they handle them with a maturity and wisdom which sometimes…

Chekhov’s Gun – M2TM 2026 Band name: Chekhov’s GunLocation: EdinburghGenre(s): Prog Metal/Avant-garde metalEdinburgh Semi-final: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/699abbfdf45c417151edc555 Chekhov’s Gun have been through the fields of M2TM a few times, now, even previously making it to the Grand Final. The live initiative has witnessed them continuously evolving, but what has been the core…