New Wave Incoming: InMe and Survivalist Join Uprising

Celebrating a decade, Uprising returns to Leicester’s O2 Academy for a huge milestone event, featuring returning favourites and heavy hitters making their debut.

Joining the UPRISING 9 line-up are…

InMe, taking the main support slot on the main stage. The post-grunge powerhouse made their debut in the early 2000s with their incredible debut album, “Overgrown Eden”, which received huge media acclaim and skyrocketed the band to slots at some of the heavyweight festivals, including Download Festival, Sonisphere, Reading and Leeds, and 2000 Trees, to name but a few. Since then, the band has built up a huge discography, which they will be showcasing this year. Uprising veterans may remember that singer Dave McPherson performed at Uprising 2 in 2017.

Check out their single ‘Prove Myself’:

Replacing MANORS are CROWLEY, Hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, CROWLEY are an occult rock powerhouse, blending heavy rock riffs with dark, gothic atmospheres to create their own unmistakable sound. With a reputation for intense, electrifying live performances, they’ve already earned support from Bloodstock Festival, Planet Rock, BBC Introducing, Primordial Radio and more.

Check out their single ‘Silver Star’:

Belfast heavyweights SURVIVALIST make their Uprising debut. Armed with their brand new album, “A Place for Those to Suffer Alone”, the band has aligned themselves with Seek & Strike and has secured toured and supported the likes of Thy Art Is Murder, Heriot, Suffocation, Polaris, Kublai Khan as well as performances at prestigious events such as Boomtown, Siege of Limerick, and several successful UK headline tours. Expect high energy, intense gutturals, and huge choruses.

Check out the title track ‘A Place For Those Who Want To Suffer Alone’:

Making a triumphant return will be those insane inmates in Ward XVI. We last saw them in 2019; since then, they have completed their critically acclaimed Psychoberrie trilogy with their latest album, IDENTITY. The band has racked up the miles touring the UK on the album tour and has gone from strength to strength with a full UK tour alongside Tragedy and performances at Maid of Stone, Bloodstock, and NWOCR Live Fest. Expect a vibrant stage show and a good time.

Check out ‘Macabaret’ from their latest album IDENTITY:

Returning to Uprising, with their only show in 2026, is the one-man death metal band FOUL BODY AUTOPSY, armed with a drum machine and a whole heap of riffs and death metal growls. Get down to the front, fists in the air. Always great fun at a FOUL BODY AUTOPSY party.

Check out their single ‘Crucifix Dreams’:

There’s still plenty more to come for the tenth anniversary of the Uprising Festival — and this is just the beginning.

PITCHSHIFTER, INME, STAMPIN’ GROUND, LAWNMOWER DETH, BREED 77, VIKING SKULL, CROWLEY, SURVIVALIST, TRIBE OF GHOSTS, MAYFIRE, PRYMA, WARD XVI, FOUL BODY AUTOPSY, MAGE, FRACTIONS, GURT, HAWXX, MAATKARE & BREAK THEM