🩸 C2-CREATIVE PRESENTS 🩸
We’re dragging 2026 in by the throat.
On January 23rd, The Alma Inn, Bolton, becomes ground zero as The Shipman Enquiry headlines a night of absolute brutality, backed by a stacked lineup ready to turn the venue inside out.
Expect punishing riffs, relentless energy, and zero compromises. This is heavy music the way it’s meant to be experienced, up close, sweaty, and unapologetic.
Arbiter
Suffer UK
Knifepoint
Gloom49
Bite The Bullet
Ratpile
📍 The Alma Inn, Bolton
🗓 January 23rd, 2026
⏰ Doors 5PM
🎟 £6 ADV | £10 OTD
This isn’t just another show; it’s the opening statement of the year.
Mark the date. Spread the word. Show up.
🖤
Tickets in the link in the bio 🔥
No Halloween plans? We have you covered 👇
C² Creative Presents - A Nightmare On Earl Street 🎃
Be prepared to get aggressive with this lineup featuring: 🔪 Revelations - Chezzy Town Beatdown
🔪 Gravery - Italian Beatdown Deathcore
🔪 Screwdriver Lobotomy - Scottish Slamdown
🔪 The Shipman Enquiry - Steel City Deathcore
🔪 ARBITER - Exeter OG Deathcore
🔪 Knifepoint
5 bands for £10, absolute bargain
Grab your tickets now to avoid disappointment.
Costumes encouraged... 👻
📅 Friday 31st October 2025
⏰ 6pm - 11pm
📌 Record Junkee, Sheffield
🎟️ Link in bio
*With permission from the guys*
🔥INTRODUCING🔥
@malicious_compliance_music Hailing from the London scene, Malicious Compliance fuses modern metalcore grit with nu-metalcore grooves. Blending glitchy electronics, bone-shaking riffs, and raw emotion. Their music hits hard, digs deep, and refuses to look away.
With a brand-new EP, A Mind So Concrete, dropping 30/10/25, and singles like Circle of Life and Means to an End/Self Service already turning heads, this is a band ready to break barriers.
We can’t wait to help bring their vision to life, on stage, on screen, and everywhere in between. Give them a follow, give them a listen. You honestly will not be disappointed 😎
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Brutal riffs. Relentless breakdowns. Zero excuses. Join us Sat 30th Aug at The Alma Inn for C2 Presents: Pit-Nic—an absolute day of metal madness with 13 bands, one stage, and one unmissable vibe. Tickets out now via Skiddle. Who’s in?! #PitNic2025 #metalmusic #BoltonLive
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#metalhead #northwest #bolton #liveauthentic #livemusic #supportlocal
✨The Shipman Enquiry✨
So, last week I got the absolute pleasure of watching these guys perform in Manchester! It went hard 😉
To have these guys performing for us in August is amazing, and you guys are in for a treat!
If you haven't checked them out yet, I highly recommend you do so 😏
I have two videos to upload too from their set, you guys aren't ready for this! Thank you for allowing me to be apart of your night. I can't wait to see what the future holds for you guys!
- Cara ✨
@theshipmanenquirydc@nxcklacing@jharrison_soat
#livemusic #livebands #supportlocal #showupforyourfriends #c2creative
Guess who's back? Back again... C2 is back! Tell your friends 😉
C2 Presents Pit-Nic & Birthday Bash!
we have our very first all-day event just for you guys! Back at The Alma with some new faces and old friends. What better way to end the Summer bank holiday than with a blast, huh?
Making Blind Eyes See is our massive headliner! So excited to be working with these guys. Get your Bleughs ready! 😎
Northbound & Down is our support headliner, if you like all things punk!
And a secret set... Oooo, exciting! 😎 Tickets are available now, they are £10 in advance or £15 OTD. Can't grumble at those prices really, can you?
Wow! What an absolute belter of a night Thrashchester was 🖤
The bands were amazing. Hats off to Jay and Jayne for once again for smashing this event right out of the park. You can guarantee C2 will be there at the next one.
Thank you for the invite James and Jayne Bennett!
- Cara ✨🖤
@0161mumc
#thrashchester #0161mumc #0161mumcthrashchester
*With permission from the band*
We at C² are happy to present
Forklift Circumcision
Forklift circumcision started early this year, its a one piece gathering inspiration from one man bands like putrid pile, cemetery rapist ect. Music is a fun mix of brain inducing slams and grinds to make you boogy. The name came from his occupation as a forklift driver 😂
Absolute filth comes from this man and we are happy to welcome them on board the C² train
@forkliftxcircumcision
*With permission from the guys*
🔥INTRODUCING🔥
Spreading The Disease was born in 2015, the spawn of Mr Steve Saunders ex “The Self Titled, Hair of the Dog, Excess”. The band has been through several line - ups to date.
Their first EP “Viral” received a kkkk! Kerrang review and from that point on the band toured continuously for four years, only stopping in 2017 to record the bands first full length album “Insurrection”. The albums main single “Greed” was on rotation for various weeks on “Scuzz TV” and received all round great reviews.
The band entered into Europe around 2018 and 2019 the band went into the studio again to record the brilliant “Mindcell EP” however soon after Covid took hold and the band was put on hold. Now in 2024 Spreading the disease has a brand new line - up, a brand new EP about to be released, a new single and video out now and a tour currently underway 2024 to support the promotion of the new material. This new music has again taken a slightly different take with some great grooves, heavy riffs , and again the bands unique style that makes the band impossible to pigeon hole.
Check out their newest single Addicted!! 😎
https://youtu.be/xKAWHtcQyH4?si=EtNd8CBIlKTHMnri
@spreadingthediseaseband
*With permission from the band*
Introducing: Second Cities
We're Second Cities,
Being those lads who once hung out in graveyards and underpasses, raiding mom’s drawer for the GOOD eyeliner, self expressing through black skinnies, stretched ears and being Obsessed with the dark and macabre. We know what it's like to be judged simply for being different, for embracing alternative cultures.
Having Faced discrimination firsthand, We still hold on to a lot of the pain we felt back then, but have learnt to inject those emotions into our music and our stories.
For those who feel like outsiders, for anyone who’s ever been alienated or stigmatized by society—whether at school, college, work, or even at home, If you're reading, we are here for you to express yourself through our music. We’re here to make a positive impact to your life whilst also bringing awareness to difficult life challenges you or a loved one may have faced.
We’re second Cities
A band for the Mistreated
Music to heal emotional bruises and scars
Music for citieszens like us.
@secondcitiesofficial
*With permission from the band*
Well Guys we have more in store for you ✨️
We here at C² are proud to present
Arterial Atrophy
They play more Experimental Slam/Brutal Death Metal that's influenced by bands like Dripping, Terminally Your Aborted Ghost, Brodequin, Deadwater Drowning etc. Basically a mix of Old School Slam/BDM, East Coast US Hardcore/Metalcore and bits of Deathgrind
Their guitarist is also from Forklift Circumcision so a two'fer here 😏🫡
Check out their music below and maybe soon on one of our shows! 🙌
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