Metal Artists - Tours, Gigs & Events

Metallica will take their record-breaking M72 World Tour across the UK, Ireland and Europe in spring/summer 2026

System Of A Down have added a second night at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in July 2026, due to demand

Iron Maiden headline Knebworth Park in July 2026

Sabaton will take The Legendary Tour across the UK and Europe in winter 2025.

Deftones will headline Edinburgh Summer Sessions in August 2026

Motionless In White have lined up a run of UK dates for February 2026.

Lamb of God will headline Bloodstock Festival in August 2026.

I Prevail have added dates in Birmingham and Cardiff to their September 2026 tour plans

Machine Head will play shows across the UK, Ireland and Europe in spring 2026

Amon Amarth will tour the UK and Europe in autumn 2026.

Judas Priest will headline Bloodstock Festival in August 2026.

Sepultura will headline Dublin’s 3Arena on August 9, 2026.

Opeth headline Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre in August 2026

Ice Nine Kills have upgraded their Manchester venue on The Work Of Art Tour in winter 2025.

Avatar tour the UK and Europe in February/March 2026.

Lorna Shore will tour the UK in February 2026

Of Mice & Men will tour the UK and Europe in winter 2025.

Epica will embark on a co-headline UK tour with Amaranthe in January 2026.

Between The Buried & Me tour England in February 2026.

While She Sleeps have announced a 20 year anniversary show at Doncaster’s Dome on December 11, 2025.

Katatonia will play shows in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol in December 2025.

Fozzy will return to the UK in February 2026.

Kreator will stop off in the UK on their European Tour in spring 2026.

Paradise Lost will head to Ireland in March 2026

Mayhem headline London’s Electric Brixton on February 10, 2026

Amaranthe will embark on a co-headline UK tour with Epica in January 2026.

Born Of Osiris will support their new album with a tour of the UK and Ireland in January 2026

Orange Goblin will embark on one final tour of the UK and Ireland in December 2025.

Fit For A King will tour the UK in March 2026

Chelsea Grin will embark on a UK tour in December 2025.

Counterparts tour the UK and Europe in early 2026.

Napalm Death will continue their Campaign for Musical Destruction Tour with a tour of the UK and Ireland in February/March 2026.

Miss May I will embark on a co-headline UK tour with Crystal Lake in March 2026.

Powerwolf have announced their biggest UK show to date at London’s OVO Arena Wembley, taking place in March 2026

Northlane play a pair of Irish shows in August 2026.

Evil Scarecrow will head out on a tour of the UK and Ireland in winter 2025, wrapping up with a Grimsby show in January 2026

Crowbar will tour the UK and Ireland in February 2026.

Bleed From Within have added two extra Scottish dates to The Dying Sun Tour in March 2026.

Sylosis will play shows in London, Dublin and Manchester in February 2026

Jinjer will support their new record with a tour of the UK and Ireland in January 2026.

Annisokay have announced a UK tour for early 2026

Beast In Black will take over London’s O2 Forum on October 26, 2026.

Voivod and Midnight will team up for a co-headline tour of the UK and Ireland in June 2026.

Loathe have announced a UK tour for winter 2025

Slaughter To Prevail headline Bloodstock in August 2026

Butcher Babies and Infected Rain will embark on a co-headline UK tour in spring 2026.

Ensiferum play London’s Tufnell Park Dome on January 11, 2026.

Imminence will play London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on December 21, 2025.

Paleface Swiss tour the UK, Ireland and Europe in early 2026.

Swallow The Sun tour the UK and Ireland in December 2025.

Earthtone9 will mark the 25th anniversary of their album ’Arc Tan Gent’ with a tour of the UK and Ireland in autumn 2025

Pentagram have confirmed a Dublin date for February 2026

Glamour Of The Kill return to the stage for a UK tour in March 2026.

Kim Dracula has a UK tour in the diary for early 2026

Blaze Bayley has Irish shows planned for February 2026

Full Of Hell are set to tour the UK and Ireland in April 2026.

Landmvrks will play a headline London show at Roundhouse on December 7, 2025 as part of their winter European tour, which will follow a North American tour in the fall.

Esprit D’Air will support the release of their new album with a UK tour in November 2025

Sikth will play ’Death Of A Dead Day’ in full during a pair of shows in London and Manchester in February 2026, marking the record’s 20th anniversary.

Kerbdog will celebrate 30 years of their debut album with a show Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre on October 31, 2026

Cryptopsy will embark on a run of UK shows in January 2026, billed as the All So Vile Tour.

Caskets have confirmed a UK tour for December 2025.

Omnium Gatherum will conclude their 2026 European tour with a headline London show at Tufnell Park Dome on March 7.

Machine Girl are set to tour the UK and Ireland in January 2026.

Party Cannon will tour the UK and Ireland in April 2026, which they co-headline with Internal Bleeding.

Crystal Lake will embark on a co-headline UK tour with Miss May I in March 2026.

Novelists have shows in Manchester and London lined up for April 2026

The Callous Daoboys are set to tour the UK in February 2026.

Grey Daze will tour the UK in March 2026.

Heaven Shall Burn are set to tour the UK and Ireland in February 2026.

MØL will tour the UK in February 2026.

Sanguisugabogg have confirmed a UK tour for February 2026.

Defences have a handful of UK shows planned for December 2025