You literally can fall from the main stage into the New Blood tent. So as you wait around for them to wheel Cancer Bats gear on stage, you can cure your boredom by checking out whoever is on in there. See it as Heavy Metal Russian roulette. You may fall upon the next big stadium kings or the underground band that all the cool kids will be going on about. See it as Schrödinger’s stage, you are never truly sure whether a band is good or bad until you have stuck your head around the canvas opening. To be honest, in the vast majority of cases, they will be very good indeed as this is the cream of the crop of what the British (and European) scene has to offer. Every band you see on the New Blood stage have had to fight for that berth through round after round of the Metal 2 The Masses. This is not a mate of a mate bullshit! The bands here have paid for their slot in blood, sweat and Jager. So, you really owe it to them to check a few.