Day Of Wreckoning is upon us once again and this time it's bigger than ever before? On the past two editions it's emanated from the Patti Pavilion in Swansea but for the 2026 edition the team have moved to the East Side of Wales basing themselves at Corn Exchange Newport.
However then they all did something silly and roped in Le Pub and The Pit as venues as well to do a One Day, Three Venue salute to the the South Wales metal scene, M2TM and Bloodstock Festival.
Of course the crux of it all is the Bloodstock Metal To The Masses South Wales Final where six bands will play the best they can to earn themselves a place at Bloodstock Festival and we've been keeping you updated with all of that from the front lines but ICYMI the six bands looking to get to the UK's best metal festival are:
Disrupt The Continuum - where metalcore meets melodeath, expect some massive riffs, growled vocals and technically impressive lead guitars, from this veteran outfit who have had a major revival this year.
Excursia - modern deathcore crush with grooves for days, these lads have kept coming back year after year and their ultra modern take on heavy will rattle the walls and cause frequent running man pits.
Grindhorse83 - surf horror punk that tries to answer the question is surf music just black metal without distortion? Expect the weird and wonderful from these veteran musicians of the South Wales Scene.
House Of Hosts - more modernity but with anthemic choruses and a hard rock swagger unashamedly influenced by the American New School of the 2010's. Emotive and riff friendly you'll be singing along to these guys.
Inscape - comeback kids who more than made up for their call back, intensity, technically and brutality as math metal meets all manner of other styles, thrown at you in a hail of noise, they'll get the room bouncing.
Risperidrone - brooding, bludgeoning heavy doom with skull rattling riffs, slow sludge dirges turn into bouncing stoner rampages, fuzzy and furious in equal measure, they may not get pits going but they'll make sure you ears bleed.
All six of these bands will be taking the stage at Corn Exchange, many of them playing to the largest crowd they have before, make sure you get down the front early to support all of them as the outside judges will want to see you supporting your scene and your bands.
After all the stressful bit comes the fun, previously we've had four guest acts take the stage after the finals but this year we have a grand total of 12 guest acts across three venues to get you excited.
The Pit
Starting out with the The Pit, which is downstairs in McCann's Rock & Ale Bar, we have the heaviest sets of the day, black, death, doom metal all coming from the primordial ooze in a basement venue where the walls will pour with blood, or more likely sweat!
Kicking things off here are former M2TM Winners Democratus who will make sure to get things going loudly, if you've been around the scene for a while you will know what to expect here as Democratus can command a crowd easily even if they are on first.
Following them are Tumanduumband, making their Welsh debut. The two piece (bass/drums) will don their cloaks and proceed to make the loudest style of doom they can, glacially slow and punishing they won't be for the faint of heart.
Making their return this year after a lengthy hiatus are Welsh black metal troupe Agrona. Former winners of M2TM, they've played Bloodstock a few times previously, but with a renewed line up they will be looking to make a statement in The Pit, proudly taking the special guest slot here as a reminder of their place in South Wales metal scene.
Finally the headliner for The Pit will be the disgusting sounds of Sodomized Cadaver, death metal done brutally, this trio will be cracking out their gore soaked death and encouraginyas much movement as possible. Let's make the foundations of The Pit shift when these Welsh death metal veterans explode onto the stage.
Le Pub
Next on to Le Pub which features an eclectic line up for the day getting started with the chorus driven prog/power of Awake By Design, big melodies and plenty of virtuosity on offer here, for those that like to bounce into the day, this Bristol band will be perfect.
After that though there's a lot of riffage heading your way as Syncolima come down to South Wales to crank out the psych stoner sounds, the trio will be turning up the volume in Le Pub so get ready to bang your heads.
Keep them banging, though a bit slower for Lifer, South East Wales' answer to Down, these legends played Bloodstock many moons ago but in front of a home town crowd you'll definitely want to make sure you get down the front as Scriv and the boys will be on fire.
As the headliner of Le Pub it's another local(ish) act as the mighty Black Lakes will be closing out the day here with their dark, melodic mixture of alternative metal/hard rock which promises to draw you into their melancholic musical world. Having cultivated a strong following across the UK, seeing them in Le Pub will be an intimate and enthralling experience.
Corn Exchange
On the Corn Exchange stage we have your big hitters, getting the day off to a rabid start will be Swansea thrashers Helldown, having played Bloodstock recently, they stormed the stage with their throwback sound and will.be shredding up a storm when they reach Newport.
Get ready to get on your dancing shoes after that with Scots, Tiberius who bring modern metal meets prog meets goblin energy. Sing along choruses, big anthems, Dungeons & Dragons and spending most of the set in amongst the crowd, the energy will be pumping when they take to the stage.
Keeping that energy and turning it to one of the most frenzied performances you will ever see Mother Vulture are welcomed back to the Day Of Wreckoning stage, higher up the bill, more experienced, louder and better than before, they're one of the best live bands in the UK and you will be able to see that close up on 20th June.
With all the other stages finished and the day coming to a close Day Of Wreckoning will proudly welcome a true rock n roll survivor. The legendary Ginger Wildheart and The Wildhearts will close the day with a full loaded set of heavy rockers new and old guaranteed to close out the day with the mother of all parties.
There are few bands still around that enoby rock n roll like The Wildhearts and with Ginger's recent announcement, this will be a perfect way to celebrate one of the UK's most enduring bands and I can't think of a better way to finish Day Of Wreckoning than by raising a glass (or three) to good old rock n roll!
So that's your full day run down of Day Of Wreckoning, it's going to be an amazing day of music where one of our six finalists will secure a place at Bloodstock Festival while you get enjoy 18 Bands across 3 stages!
Head over to Tickets 24/7 or Corn Exchange for tickets:
https://ticket247.co.uk/Event/517805
https://cornexchangenewport.gigantic.com/day-of-wreckoning-mmxxvi-ft-the-wildhearts-tickets/newport-the-corn-exchange/2026-06-20-12-00
Corn Exchange
On the Corn Exchange stage we have your big hitters, getting the day off to a rabid start will be Swansea thrashers Helldown, having played Bloodstock recently, they stormed the stage with their throwback sound and will.be shredding up a storm when they reach Newport.
Get ready to get on your dancing shoes after that with Scots, Tiberius who bring modern metal meets prog meets goblin energy. Sing along choruses, big anthems, Dungeons & Dragons and spending most of the set in amongst the crowd, the energy will be pumping when they take to the stage.
Keeping that energy and turning it to one of the most frenzied performances you will ever see Mother Vulture are welcomed back to the Day Of Wreckoning stage, higher up the bill, more experienced, louder and better than before, they're one of the best live bands in the UK and you will be able to see that close up on 20th June.
With all the other stages finished and the day coming to a close Day Of Wreckoning will proudly welcome a true rock n roll survivor. The legendary Ginger Wildheart and The Wildhearts will close the day with a full loaded set of heavy rockers new and old guaranteed to close out the day with the mother of all parties.
There are few bands still around that enoby rock n roll like The Wildhearts and with Ginger's recent announcement, this will be a perfect way to celebrate one of the UK's most enduring bands and I can't think of a better way to finish Day Of Wreckoning than by raising a glass (or three) to good old rock n roll!
So that's your full day run down of Day Of Wreckoning, it's going to be an amazing day of music where one of our six finalists will secure a place at Bloodstock Festival while you get enjoy 18 Bands across 3 stages!
Head over to Tickets 24/7 or Corn Exchange for tickets:
https://ticket247.co.uk/Event/517805
https://cornexchangenewport.gigantic.com/day-of-wreckoning-mmxxvi-ft-the-wildhearts-tickets/newport-the-corn-exchange/2026-06-20-12-00
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