1. Please introduce yourself for anyone who may not know you. Tell us a little bit more about you as a band.
We’re Akuma, a modern metal band formed in Cardiff in late 2023, and have been actively playing shows since August 2024. We’ve currently got 2 singles out on Spotify, ‘No Apathy’ and ‘Null’. All of us have been friends for years and in multiple different bands in the local scene, and to finally be playing music together that we all enjoy that is heavily inspired by our collective love for metal is a really cathartic feeling.
2. What made you want to participate in the Metal To The Masses South Wales 2025 campaign? Have you had previous experience? Or is this your first time?
We wanted to enter the M2TM campaign for 2025 with the perspective of getting to know other bands and people within our currently thriving South Wales scene. Being in touch with the local scene is one of the most important aspects of our band, and for musicians in general. For us, this is a completely new experience that we are incredibly excited to venture down, and we can’t wait to see how vibrant (and heavy) our scene can get.
3. M2TM is all about supporting your local scene. How important is the local scene to you as a band?
As mentioned, being in touch with people all around your local scene is hugely important. As a collective and varied scene as a whole we’ve seen other bands support each other to get to newer heights and to experience a lot of opportunities. A scene that sticks together and lifts each other up is instrumental in bringing about the next generation of music, and we’re excited to be a part of that.
4. What are your expectations from being a part of M2TM?
Getting to know other people on our scene. Whether that is promotors, bands, and new people to listen to our music, getting to know others is a huge part of being a local musician. The opportunities presented for metal to the masses allows bands to truly make a connection with their local scene, and to even be invited to participate this year is a huge honour.
5. What would playing a Sold Out Bloodstock Festival mean to you?
To be on a bill with bands we’ve loved since we were younger, such as Gojira, August Burns Red and Trivium, is something that would leave an important mark in our bands history, and to get the opportunity to play the festival itself through metal to the masses would be truly the perfect end to an inspiring journey for us. We cannot wait to get our teeth into our first heat.
6. We encourage all the bands in M2TM to try and check out the other bands, who are you most looking forward to? Who should your fans also try to catch?
We are very privileged to be playing with some good friends in ICANTDIE and Copehill Down in our heat, and they are 2 fantastic acts that can go all the way for sure. Alongside that, our good friends in Nothing Minor, Struggler and Bleed The Fifth are also participating in this years metal to the masses competition, and we cannot wait to see them go far this year.
Truly, every band on this years competition is absolutely fantastic in their own right, and this year is shaping up to be one of the tightest and best years in South Wales’ iteration of Metal to the Masses. We cannot thank the team that make this happen enough for letting us participate. May the best band win!
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