Heel Turn Promotions

26/10/2024

HECATE ENTHRONED TO HEADLINE M2TM SHEFFIELD 2025 FINAL

We are overjoyed to announce that legendary British symphonic black metallers Hecate Enthroned are out special guest headliners for the Metal 2 the Masses Sheffield 2025 final!

Formed around 1995 in Wrexham, the now mostly Cheshire based chaps have been at the forefront of forward thinking heavy music for the best part of 30 years.

The show will mark a rare appearance in the city, and a special one for front frontman Joe Stamps (also of Ba'al and Child of Ash) who is a steel city resident.

No doubt the band will be playing prime cuts from across their discography, including their most recent album, 2019's Embrace of the Godless Aeon. It will be banger after banger.

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We are also please to confirm that direct support to them / special guests will be M2TM Sheffield 2024 winners IL.

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Special guest openers for the final, as well as guest headliners for the First Round and Semi-Finals, are being finalised and will be announced in due course.

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Event page and ticket links will go up a little closer to the time. For now, note down the date - Saturday 24th May 2025 - the day Hecate Enthroned return to Sheffield!

26/10/2024

24/10/2024

To celebrate me (Gaz) getting out of hospital, we're going to cheekily announce the guest headliners to next year's M2TM Semi-Finals!

We're chuffed to be able to announce four former M2TM Winners from across the north will be guest headlining our Semi-Finals!

Friday 21st March - Divided By Design - Leeds Winners 2024
Friday 28th March - Hellbearer - Manchester Winners 2024
Friday 11th April - Rogue Limb - Nottingham Winners 2024
Friday 2nd May - Dead Blonde Stars - Sheffield Winners 2023.

For anyone unaware of these stellar acts... DBD are instrumental prog metal, Hellbearer are blistering thrash and Rogue Limb are a unique mix of hardcore, sludge and a few other elements. And, of course, DeadBlondeStars are the best grunge band in Sheffield!

Keep an eye out for event pages, ticket links, etc. For now, get these dates in your diaries!

21/10/2024

RIP Paul Di'Anno, singer on Iron Maiden's first two albums.

21/10/2024

M2TM Sheffield Update
21/10/24

- First Round lineup confirmed!

A big thank you to Echoes Evolve and Hatebomb for accommodating a little shuffling of dates to make the final band available. Please welcome Steal The City to the competition.

Here is the full line up:

Heat 1 – 17th Jan - Trajan, HEXE, Dan Carson, Concrete Badger
Heat 2 – 25th Jan - ThunarWülf, Dislocator, Three Of Swords, Against The Grain
Heat 3 – 1st Feb - Soul Shredder, Orbital Alignment, Wicked Are The Branches, Our North
Heat 4 – 7th Feb - Dominion of Ashes, Mortivius, Hatebomb , Story of a Traitor
Heat 5 – 15th Feb - Jack-knife, SoulGrief, Żibel, Steal The City
Heat 6 – 21st Feb - Descendancy Adele De'Ath, Pandora's Pain, Echoes Evolve
Heat 7 – 1st Mar - Epitaph, Sour Tusk , Maya, Take Back the Tide

Event pages will be created closer to the time (I am currently in hospital atm). And we will work on getting a few other bits announced soon too.

Thanks
Gaz

12/10/2024

M2TM Sheffield Update
12/10/2024

- M2TM Final Headliner booked
- M2TM Final, Special guest confirmed
- Provisional heats for M2TM First Round drawn.

We’ve three bits of news for you tonight regarding M2TM Sheffield 2025.

First up, we’ve secured our headliner for the M2TM Final! Once we’ve got the artwork sorted, we’ll have a special announcement post for it. We’re really excited to have gotten who we have – we’ve been wanting to put them on for years and they are such a brilliant band. Keep your eyes peeled for that.

Secondly, we can confirm that M2TM Sheffield 2024 Winners IL will be the special guests for the 2025 Sheffield Final. It’s become tradition for winners to come back as special guests the following year and this/next year is no different.

Finally, we’ve made the provisional draws for the M2TM Sheffield 2025 First Round. We’ve so far confirmed all 28 entrants.

Here's how the heats are shaping up so far:

Heat 1 – 17th Jan - Trajan, HEXE, Dan Carson, Concrete Badger
Heat 2 – 25th Jan - ThunarWülf, Dislocator, Three Of Swords, Against The Grain
Heat 3 – 1st Feb - Soul Shredder, Orbital Alignment, Wicked Are The Branches, Our North
Heat 4 – 7th Feb - Dominion of Ashes, Mortivius, Hatebomb , Story of a Traitor
Heat 5 – 15th Feb - Jack-knife, SoulGrief, Żibel, Steal The City
Heat 6 – 21st Feb - Descendancy Adele De'Ath, Pandora's Pain, Echoes Evolve
Heat 7 – 1st Mar - Epitaph, Sour Tusk , Maya, Take Back the Tide

Any bands that didn't get a slot will be held in reserve in case of dropouts.

We’ll be back in touch in the coming days / weeks with more info. For now, get the dates booked in your diaries! (p.s. The Semis are 21st Mar, 28th Mar, 11th Apr and 2nd May).

Thanks
Gaz & Jake

07/10/2024

Re-posting to beat the FB algorithms...

Thanks for all the bands that have already contacted us regarding M2TM Sheffield 2025. It's heartening to see so many emails pop up on the back of a post made on a Sunday evening.

That being said, incase you missed it, applications are now open for M2TM Sheffield 2025.

The initiative has many benefits - obviously, one winner gets to play Bloodstock. Just ask any members of Ba'al, Aonia, Deformation of Man, Terminal Sun, Steel Mage, Dead Blonde Stars or IL just how bloody great the experience is - well worth it.

It's also worth it for others that play. The shows are generally some of the most well attended, especially for cross-genre shows, so bands will get to play in front of a lot of receptive new folks and try and get new fans. Also, if you manage to get to the final, you get to play on the main stage at Corporation Sheffield - something that is quite a rare opportunity for local acts.

So, with that being said, if you're interested in taking part, please email "M2TM Sheffield 2025 Application" to either: [email protected] or [email protected].

In the body, please attach your EPK. If you don’t have an EPK then please provide us with:

• a list of band members and the instruments you play.
• your genre.
• Band bio.
• Song links / clips
• Band logo
* Band availability (please tell us all dates you CANNOT do and we will cross them out)

The following are the provisional dates for the shows:
Round 1
Fri 17th Jan
Sat 25th Jan
Sat 1st Feb
Fri 7th Feb
Sat 15th Feb
Fri 21st Feb
Sat 1st Mar

Semis
Fri 21st Mar
Fri 28th Mar
Fri 11th Apr
Fri 2nd May

Final
Sat 24th May.

You must be available for the final, and for as many of the other dates as possible so that we can draw out a fair and randomised set of rounds.

Scoring is the same as previous years - a split between fan voting and a judging panel. First Round is a 50/50 split in terms of weghting of score, Semis are 75/25 in favour of the judges. The final is judged by a representative of Bloodstock.

If you have any questions, please drop us a message. Otherwise, we look forward to your applications!

Thanks
Gaz & Jake

06/10/2024

***Metal 2 the Masses Sheffield 2025***

Applications Open & Info

Applications are now open for our Sheffield leg of the Metal 2 the Masses initiative for 2025!

If you’re in a guitar based band (metal, rock, punk, doom, etc) and are based in our region (which is Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster, Chesterfield and a little way out in each direction) then feel free to apply.

It is not quite first come first serve, but we do only have 28 places and we’ll close applications shortly after receiving that amount. Any who do not initially get in will be offered reserve spots.

***To enter, please email [email protected] or [email protected]. ***

In the title put “Application for M2TM Sheffield 2025”.

In the body, please leave your EPK. If you don’t have an EPK then please provide us with:

• a list of band members and the instruments you play.
• your genre.
• Band bio.
• Song links / clips
• Band logo
* Band availability (see below)

There are 7 First Round Heats, 4 Semi-Finals and 1 Final.

The top two from each heat qualifies for the Semis. Please note that, generally speaking your Semi Final is partially determined.

So, generally speaking, if you qualify directly from the following heats you’ll go to the following Semis: Heat 1 -> Semi 1 or 2, Heat 2 -> Semi 1 or 2, Heat 3 -> Semi 3 or 4, Heat 4 -> Semi 3 or 4, etc. Wildcards usually are placed in the last couple of Semis.

The following are the provisional dates for the shows:

Round 1
Fri 17th Jan
Sat 25th Jan
Sat 1st Feb
Fri 7th Feb
Sat 15th Feb
Fri 21st Feb
Sat 1st Mar

Semis
Fri 21st Mar
Fri 28th Mar
Fri 11th Apr
Fri 2nd May

Final
Sat 24th May.

Bands MUST be available for the final, and we ask that you include as many dates that you are free as possible to help us with scheduling.

To the bands that apply, we wish you luck and look forward to hearing from you.

There’s no set date for applications to close at this time, but it will be sooner rather than later.

Thanks
Gaz & Jake

05/10/2024

The incredible Morag Tong finishing us off!

05/10/2024

Time for Froglord !

05/10/2024

IL

05/10/2024

Time for IL !

05/10/2024

Kicking off our evening with Slügfüt (SLOOG-FOOOOOOT).

05/10/2024

Doors open imminently!

05/10/2024

Here. We. Go!

03/10/2024

Just two more days until we welcome southern heavy bastards Morag Tong and Froglord to Corporation Sheffield, supported by the brilliant IL and Slügfüt.

A reminder for those attending that doors are 6.30 for this one, with the openers on at 6.45. This is because both co-headliners have long (60 min) sets set aside for them. So get down early and catch all four sexy bands!

02/10/2024

To those bands that have already reached out to us regarding M2TM 2025... Firstly, thank you for the enthusiasm! Secondly, if you're new to working with us / entering M2TM there's a few bits you can be doing to prepare your application.

Ideally, you'll have an EPK. If not, we'd advise preparing an email that contains info on the band - number of members, genre, hometown, level of experience, an example of a song (live or recorded), and if you have a standard tech spec please include that too.

When we open applications properly, we'll have a list of dates both for the First Round and the Semi Finals. We ask that you keep as many of the dates as free as possible to make the draw easier.

Thanks!
G & J