Usually, we wouldn’t classify Studying as a heavy steel pageant, however this was the one 12 months the place we might have been tempted. Carry Me The Horizon headlined the 80,000-capacity gathering a pair weeks in the past, solidifying the Sheffield band’s crossover enchantment, and the invoice that day additionally included Limp Bizkit and Enter Shikari. So, protected to imagine that there have been greater than a pair metalheads in attendance.
With that in thoughts, we descended upon Little John’s Farm to kind the wheat from the chaff, presenting bands and attendees alike with some basic steel lyrics to see if they might end the road they arrive from. The outcomes had been blended, at finest.
Within the TikTok video embedded beneath, you’ll be able to see how folks responded when introduced with the phrases “Run to the hills…” from Iron Maiden’s breakthrough hit of the identical title, “Completed with my lady…” from Black Sabbath anthem Paranoid, and “Enter gentle…” from one of many greatest heavy songs to ever come out, Metallica’s Enter Sandman. What folks gave us again ranged from spectacular to, let’s say, ‘ingenious’.
Studying pageant befell from August 22 to 24, with the occasion and its twin up in Leeds, held at Bramham Park, all the time falling on the UK August Financial institution Vacation weekend. In addition to Carry Me The Horizon, it was headlined by Hozier, Chappell Roan and Travis Scott. The 2026 version will happen from August 28 to 30.
In an interview with NME carried out final weekend, organiser Melvin Benn confirmed that he had two headliners for Studying and Leeds 2026 booked, with the third “not distant” from being confirmed.
“I’ve already obtained headliners for 2 of the three nights booked already for subsequent 12 months, and I’m actually assured in regards to the artists,” he stated. “I really feel like we’re in a stronger place than I can bear in mind for an awfully very long time. I can’t bear in mind after I’ve ever had two of the three nights booked by this stage. We’ve had one booked by this stage, however I can’t bear in mind ever having two of the three.”