Reality Unfolds Festival is returning to the New Cross Inn, London for another year and following their initial release of artists about a month ago, they have now finalised their bill for 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.

NOW, following their full release of artists playing the festival. These giants will now be joined by the likes of Boneflower, Deathwish Inc, Temple Guard & Essex Kings Splitknuckle! amongst others being added which you can see below.

The full list of artists playing the fest 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.
Final Additions: Boneflower, Deathwish Inc, Temple Guard, Splitknuckle, Kid. Feral, Afraid to Die, Sunday Best, Believe In Nothing, Break Them, Mindless, Mountain Peaks, Agency, Bullet

Reality Unfolds Festival will take place over the weekend of the 16th – 18th January. With 29 bands across 3 days! 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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