Metal 2 the Masses

The Queens hall returns with one of the biggest and best events in the Midlands – previous winners include Internal Conflict, Haerken, Rannoch and many more!

The Moon Club is a 180 capacity dedicated live music venue, situated in the heart of The Castle Quarter - Cardiff's thriving live music district. The Moon is honoured to host this year's Metal 2 The Masses competition, and we can't wait to host what we believe to be some of the best acts on the UK metal scene right now

Grand Central, Manchester's premier rock & metal bar, is excited & proud to be associated once again with Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses

The only Yorkshire heats and the 4th consecutive year running that The Riverside has ran M2TM and it is growing year on year, don’t miss out.

A warm welcome to The Rampage promotion nights which are being held at The Blitz venue in Preston

Dedicated to the Metal music scene in the Channel Islands so If you're in a CI Metal band, get in touch and stand the chance of repping for the Islands at Bloodstock! BoooM!

Monsta has championed Unsigned Metal in London since 1999, known for putting underground metal bands on the map we pride ourselves in keeping Metal alive!!. We have already hosted the M2TM London heats in 2010 & 2011 and are very happy to be running M2TM 2014 in this awesome venue in the heart of Camden. Now known as STC/Monsta - we will provide a unique, fair and rewarding experience for entrants and fans alike.

The South Sea is a 200 capacity venue in Sheffield that is owned by the team who organised B.O.M. Festival, (South Yorkshire's premier outdoor unsigned music event). The venue specialises and prides itself in providing a quality environment for bands at all levels of development and is the rising star in the steel city music scene. It opened its doors in September of 2011 and has already started to attract touring bands from the U.S.A. and Europe (Vienna, Berlin, Los Angeles, Milan, Belfast) as well as across the length and breadth of the U.K. The venue runs regular Wednesday nights called “Extreme” where they profile some of the best Metal bands in the region and invite bands from outside the city to help build a fan base. Sheffield has a healthy Metal scene and the South Sea are confident that whoever wins the Sheffield M2TM competition will have a good chance of going forward and winning a slot at Bloodstock 2014.

Now in its third year, Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses Reading has already become the highlight of the metal scene calendar in the region, which includes Basingstoke, Newbury, Maidenhead, Hemel Hempstead, Bracknell and everywhere in between. The Face Bar is a legendary venue in Reading and has a massive reputation for being a stepping stone to much bigger things in the career of many established bands such as Malefice and Exit Ten, local promoters have put on many great gigs with bands such as Periphery, Godsized, Beholder, Pythia, Ancient Ascendant and many more.

Under Brighton station Jackhammer Promotions and the green door store are looking to bring Brightons finest metal acts to the forefront of British metal and get them onto the Bloodstock line up.

Hosted by Bloodstock’s master of ceremonies Rob Bannister along with a wealth of prestigious judges this is a hotly contested seat !