Bloodstock Open Air Launches ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ 2025 Competition

In their search for the hottest new metal talent to appear across festival weekend next August, Bloodstock Open Air organisers have launched this year’s instalment of the phenomenally successful Metal 2 The Masses (M2TM) scheme, to fill out the bands who’ll be appearing on the New Blood Stage, in conjunction with sponsor Timothy Taylor.

There are 31 regions already confirmed to take part this year, ensuring regional heats the length and breadth of the country (plus Cyprus and Poland for good measure), making this the biggest Metal 2 The Masses scheme yet!

The list of participating regions this year include:

London
Cyprus
Bristol
Coventry
Burnley
Devon & Cornwall
Merseyside
Brighton
Oxford
Northants

Nottingham
Stoke
Cheltenham
Kent
Newcastle
Hitchin
South Wales
North Wales
Norway
Somerset

Birmingham
East Anglia
Essex
Manchester
Southampton
Leicester

If you’re in a self-released or unsigned band and want to try out for a slot on the Bloodstock bill, get in touch with the region nearest you and get yourselves involved! After a series of heats, one winner from each region will secure themselves a slot on the New Blood stage and some of the very best runners-up may also get lucky, space permitting.

Bands should get their applications into their nearest regional promoter ASAP, as the first heats kick off in the coming weeks. Any local promoters in regions not yet represented can email Simon Hall (simon@bloodstock.uk.com) for information if they wish to host the scheme in their local area.

Full details of venues, and who to contact to enter in each region, can be found by clicking here.

Check out our coverage of Bloodstock Open Air 2024, which took place this past August, here and, for full details including package offers available, head over to the Official Bloodstock Website. Bloodstock 2025 will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 7th-10th August.

Bloodstock Open Air 2025 Poster