Electric Ballroom, The Underworld and The Dev, Camden, London — 12 September 2026 Camden has never needed much encouragement to turn up the volume, but on Saturday 12 September, London MetalFest gave the capital’s most famous rock district something it had been missing: a proper multi-venue metal festival with the ambition and character of its European counterparts. Following Friday evening’s Metal Cruise along the Thames, the festival’s main day spread across the Electric Ba

Four weeks. That's all that stands between us and the arrival of London Metalfest. On September 11th and 12th, a brand-new metal festival will hit the capital, bringing a distinctly European festival spirit to the heart of Camden — and with exactly four weeks to go, the countdown is officially on. London certainly isn't short of gigs. What it has perhaps been missing is something that feels a little more like the European metal festival experience: multiple stages, a packed d

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