Event Tickets
**VOTING INFO AND STAGE TIMES AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS!!**
The Distortion Project proudly presents Heat FOUR of the 2025 Metal 2 the Masses competition Northern Ireland. Bands will be competing to secure a coveted slot on the New Blood Stage at Bloodstock 2025 this year alongside such heavyweight as Trivium, Gojira, Orange Goblin, Machine Head, Emperor, Ministry, Lord of the Lost and more.
In addition, the winning band will have their travel expenses covered up to the value of £400.
Competing in Heat Four we have.
FOREIGNWOLF
“Extinction”
IF IT BLEEDS
“We Can Kill It”
IMPULSE TO RESIST
“Bully”
IMDOMINUS
“War”
Friday 28th February 2024 – Voodoo Belfast
Doors 8.00pm
Admission: £7.00 + bf (includes 1 voting slip – tickets and pay on the door – cash and card accepted)
Stage times will be:
Band 1: 8.45 – 9.15
Band 2: 9.30 – 10.00
Band 3: 10.15 – 10.45
Band 4: 11.00 – 11.30
Running order will be drawn at random on the day of the show.
Voting will close at 11.45 and the results will be announced between 12.15 and 12.30..
VOTING AND JUDGES
**THIS IS A POINTS BASED SYSTEM**
2 bands from each heat will qualify for the semi-finals, and the judging will be 50% audience vote and 50% judges vote. There will be a panel of between 3 and 5 judges comprised of local journalists/sound engineers/other promoters and/or other music industry folk in Northern Ireland. Punters will be given voting slips as they enter the venue and asked to score points to the bands in descending order, by writing in the boxes on the voting slip.
4 points for the band you want to finish in FIRST PLACE,
3 points for the band you want to finish in SECOND PLACE
2 points for the band you want to finish in THIRD PLACE
1 point for the band you want to finish in FOURTH PLACE
An x or tick beside the band you want to win to will NOT be accepted and these votes will NOT be counted!!
Good luck to all involved and let battle commence!!
The Distortion Project presents the return of Dundalk’s Heavy Alt Metallers WORDS THAT BURN for their first Belfast show in almost 2 years.
They’ll play The Deer’s Head on FRIDAY 7th MARCH, with support from Alt Metal TERAS and FOREIGNWOLF.
Doors 8pm.
THE INSPECTOR CLUZO, rock-blues guitar/drums duo formed in 2008 in Mont-de-Marsan by Laurent (Guitars, Vocals) and Mathieu (Drums) are coming to Voodoo Belfast on Thursday 30 October 2025.
They have previously played Belfast supporting Clutch – Read the review on this site.
Having met 30 years ago on the benches of the Math Sup. of the Lycée Victor Duruy and studied fundamental physics afterwards. Since then, they have never left each other, either musically or agriculturally.
Playing together for more than 30 years, they are multi-instrumentalists having started music at the age of 7.
Since 2008, THE INSPECTOR CLUZO has played more than 1200 dates in more than 67 countries, in a completely self-produced way visiting festivals like Lollapalooza Chile and Brazil, Oppikopi festival (South Africa) or Fujirock (Japan), Pentaport (South Korea) but also India, China, Peru or Madagascar.
They have always been self-financed, the key to their total independence. For the past 10 years, they have also been farmers on the “LOU CASSE” farm near Mont-de-Marsan in the Landes de Gascogne.
Just like their farming practices, their music is totally organic and they play 100% live at their concerts.
