Metal 2 the Masses 2024

[Haldamir319]

We've just got the final to go in Sheffield (Saturday 25th May, at Corporation).

Finalists:
Against the Grain (2019 finalist, Hard Rock)
Ashes of Ire (2023 semi-finalist, Melodeath/Metalcore)
Bovidae (2017 semi-finalist, Prog/Jazz/Metal)
Fracture (2023 finalist, Deathcore/Tech Death)
IL (2019 finalist, Prog/Post/Extreme Metal)

We also have five guest bands:

Headliner:
Ba'al (Sheffield 2017 winners, Blackened Post Metal / AtmoSludge)

Sub-Headliner:
DeadBlondeStars (Sheffield 2023 winners, Grunge / Alt Rock)

Openers:
Moon Reaper (Bristol 2023 winners, doom/deathcore)
Soul Shredder (2017, 2018, 2019 semi-finalists, first gig in four years, Melodic Heavy / Symphonic / Power Metal)
Hronn (new band from Lincoln featuring members of 2016 Lincolnshire winners Regulus, Stoner Metal).

[Haldamir319]

Dates for all the finals:

May 10: Northern Ireland
May 11: Republic of Ireland
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May 18: Leeds, Scotland
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May 25: Leicester, Sheffield
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May 31: Newcastle
Jun 01: Manchester, Poland
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Jun 07: Essex
Jun 08: London, East Anglia, Liverpool (cancelled)
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Jun 14: Norway
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Jun 22: Kent, Birmingham, Nottingham, North Wales, Somerset
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Jun 28: Cheltenham
Jun 29: South Wales, Stoke, Hitchin, Oxford, Northants
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Jul 06: Brighton, Devon & Cornwall, Burnley, Bristol
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Jul 13: Coventry.