Reality Unfolds Festival is returning to the New Cross Inn, London for another year and they have announced their first wave of artists playing the festival in 2026!

Presented by Real Life this festival will have a mixture of the hardcore, heavy metal, thrash and crossover scenes taking over the New Cross causing chaos throughout! With legendary heavy metal band Arkangel headlining one night and COA bringing raw hardcore to another you can see what you’ve got in store!

The full list of the first wave of artists includes the below:

Arkangel, Colin Of Arabia (COA), Your Demise 2004, Street Power, Negative Frame, Calcine, Endless Swarm, Xapothecaryx, Cassus, Crowquill, Grief Ritual, Rescue Cat, Not Without Punishment, Nerve Agent, Fractured, Tension, Regress, I’m Sorry Emil & Iusedtodreamincolours.

Reality Unfolds Festival will take place over the weekend of the 16th – 18th January. Tickets are now available and can be booked through Pit.Live or follow through the link here.

So, until then, I’ll catch you in the pit!

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