Fri, Jan 2 - Mon, Jan 19 - King Tut's Wah Hut Glasgow
King Tut's New Year's Revolution
Metal is central to New Year's Revolution, with heavy psych from High Priestess and death/thrash from Vader at King Tut's.
Metal Gigs in January 2026
Featuring papercut peach, kingston, peak, the high priestess, juan laforet, ewan mckenna, syrena, val mavis and more.
Fri, Jan 2 - Sun, Jan 11 - 100 Club London
RESOLUTION FESTIVAL
Resolution Festival touches metal via Discharge’s heavy metal edge alongside hardcore and d-beat at the 100 Club.
Fri, Jan 9 - Signature Brew Haggerston London
Punk Transsexualism
Gurt lead a metal-focused line-up at Signature Brew with Dreadless, Mountain Parks and Closed Hands.
Fri, Jan 9 - Sat, Jan 24 - Moth Club London
Year Of The Horse
Heavy sounds peak when screamo outfit Euth join My New Band Believe, Expiry and Mleko at MOTH CLUB on 24 January 2026.
Fri, Jan 9 - Sat, Jan 24 - Moth Club London
Year Of The Horse
Euth bring screamo rooted in heavy metal to the 24 January 2026 Year Of The Horse bill at MOTH CLUB.
Fri, Jan 9 - Wed, Jan 28
Through Shadows EU/UK Tour
Listing focused on extreme metal, with Born Of Osiris, Within Destruction, Aversions Crown and Spite spanning deathcore, death metal and metalcore.
Sat, Jan 10 - Exchange
WREN SLOW MASS
Metal at Exchange as Wren lead a heavy bill with Slow Mass on 10 January 2026.
Sat, Jan 10 - Concorde 2 Brighton
PUMP UP THE JAM
This listing is not metal-focused; Pump Up The Jam centres on dance, electronic, happy hardcore and breakbeat hardcore.
Sun, Jan 11 - The Dome London
WINTER STORM OVER EUROPE
Ensiferum’s folk and melodic death metal joins Freedom Call and Dragony’s power and symphonic metal at The Dome in London.
Tue, Jan 13 - Limelight 1 Belfast
The wilted tour 2026
Paleface Swiss, Static Dress and Stick To Your Guns combine metal, metalcore and deathcore at Limelight1.
Fri, Jan 16 - O2 Ritz Manchester
20th Anniversary of The Black Parade
Metal and nu metal come via Linkin Park and Stiffbizkit at O2 Ritz Manchester.
Fri, Jan 16 - Shacklewell Arms London
NONAGON INFINITY A KING GIZZ CLUB NIGHT
Heavy and hard rock elements from King Gizzard’s catalogue give the Shacklewell Arms club night a heavier edge.
Sun, Jan 18 - Thu, Jan 29
dust
This listing focuses on Dust, whose post-punk sound will appeal to fans crossing over from heavier metal scenes.
Mon, Jan 19 - Enginerooms Southampton
Through Shadows EU/UK Tour
Born Of Osiris lead a metal bill at Enginerooms with deathcore, metalcore, progressive metal and melodic death influences.
Mon, Jan 19 - Fri, Jan 30
THE JOINERS
Metal at The Joiners centres on Born Of Osiris and Seething Akira’s alternative metal and electronic rock.
Mon, Jan 19 - Exchange Basement Bristol
WOERMHOLE
Metal night with Woermhole, funeral doom and black metal from Drown, plus Copper Dog and Bitching Hour.
Fri, Jan 23 - The Dome London
Witches and Kings Tour
Metal-focused bill at The Dome with heavy and power metal from Burning Witches and heavy metal from Hammer King.
Fri, Jan 23 - The Key Club Leeds
Know Your Enemy. A Revolutionary Double Headline Show
Know Your Enemy at The Key Club features Green Fake and Rage U.k. under the heavy, guitar-driven banner of metal.
Sat, Jan 24 - TOOTH & CLAW Inverness
ALBUM LAUNCH
A metal-led Inverness show as Solar Sons launch their album with Feral Death, Pict and The Northern Waters.
Sat, Jan 24 - MOOR BEER Bristol
The Return of Hardcore at Moor
The Return of Hardcore at Moor leans into beatdown hardcore and heavy metal sounds from Detriment, Stitched and Bristol bands.
Sat, Jan 24 - Shaskeen
TREE
The Negans bring horror punk with metal-edged intensity under Tree’s trap soul headline at Shaskeen.
Tue, Jan 27 - Sat, Jan 31
Jinjer: UK Duél Tour 2026
Ukrainian band Jinjer bring groove metal, heavy metal and metalcore to UK venues on the Duél 2026 tour.
Tue, Jan 27 - Sat, Jan 31
UK Duél Tour 2026
Jinjer, Unprocessed and Textures bring a metal-focused UK Duél Tour 2026 through SWG3, O2 Ritz, O2 Institute and O2 Forum Kentish Town.
Wed, Jan 28, Thu, Jan 29
RESOLVE
Metalcore drives this listing, with Windwaker joined by Tropic Gold and Ashen across London and Manchester dates.
Fri, Jan 30, Sat, Jan 31
The Wild Tour UK 2026
Static Dress and Stick To Your Guns align metalcore, melodic metalcore and metal across The Wild Tour UK 2026 dates.
Sat, Jan 31, Sat, Jan 31 - Downstairs at the Dome London
TSA
Metal heads get Tsa’s heavy metal at Downstairs at The Dome in January 2026, with support from Lekki, Michalski, Nekrasz, Kapłon and Wester.
Sat, Jan 31 - The Gryphon Bristol
Bacchus Presents
Metal gig at The Gryphon Bristol with Inverted Angel, Desecrated and Oskoria under Bacchus.