If you’ve ever wondered what it would sound like if an ancient fantasy dystopia decided to rewrite the emotional DNA of nu-metal but do it in a way that actually makes you feel good about humanity, you’re basically describing Bloodywood, whether you meant to or not. And now they’ve announced their 2026 System of a Brown Tour, a title that feels like both an affectionate joke and a sociopolitical statement, the way all great metal tour names secretly are.
This thing is stacked in the same way a late-night Taco Bell order is stacked: chaotically, unexpectedly, and with at least one item whose existence you’ll question later. They’re bringing along the genre-defiant U.S. metalcore miscreants The Pretty Wild, Mexican “Flow Pesado” rockers Ladrones (who sound like the musical equivalent of an energy drink you can only buy across the border), and the Catalonian melodic metal outfit Ankor, who play with the elegance of a baroque palace and the volume of a jet engine.
According to rapper-vocalist Raoul Kerr, this U.S. headline run is a “full circle moment,” which is basically the band’s way of saying, We supported BABYMETAL. We supported Halestorm. Now we are done supporting anything except the structural integrity of your local venue. And honestly, it tracks. Their live show has the unfakeable electricity of a cultural breakthrough: the kind where even the people in the back — the ones pretending they’re “just here for the openers” — end up googling dhol lessons the next morning.
Paste, Revolver, Consequence, Guitar World, Metal Injection, and seemingly every publication that has ever written the word “riff” have already declared Bloodywood a “can’t miss” live act. And they’re right. Watching them perform “Dana Dan” in a packed room feels like attending an anger-management seminar hosted by the most charismatic PE teacher you’ve ever met. “Nu Delhi” lands like a patriotic anthem for a country that only exists inside the brain of a kid who grew up listening to Linkin Park and folk music in equal measure. “Halla Bol” basically weaponizes joy.
The 25-city run kicks off April 10 at Wooly’s in Des Moines — a place that sounds like a friendly Midwestern dive bar but is actually where multiple people will spiritually transcend. The tour weaves through the big festivals: Sick New World, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple, the holy trifecta of American places where people willingly stand in the sun for 11 hours to scream lyrics about emotional catharsis.
By the time they wrap at Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit on May 16, you’ll have either seen them or spent six weeks quietly regretting that you didn’t. Tickets go on sale this Friday (12th) via LiveNation.
Tour Dates
04/10 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
04/11 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
04/13 Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
04/14 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
04/16 Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
04/17 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
04/18 Garden City, ID @ Revolution Concert House & Event Center
04/20 San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
04/21 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory SD
04/22 Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
04/24 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater
04/25 Las Vegas,NV @ Sick New World (Festival)
04/28 Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
04/29 Austin, TX @ Empire Garage
05/01 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
05/02 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues Chicago
05/04 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
05/05 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
05/06 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza Powered by Verizon 5G
05/08 North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach
05/10 Daytona Beach,FL @ Welcome To Rockville (Festival)
05/11 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
05/12 Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal
05/13 Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
05/15 Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
05/16 Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
05/17 Columbus,OH @ Sonic Temple (Festival)
