Festivals

ENDLESS FIRES has announced the final wave of artists for its inaugural 2026 edition, set for Aug. 15 and 16 at Sharkey’s Event Center in Syracuse, NY. The new additions include BOUNDARIES, BLEEDING THROUGH, EMMURE, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, ON BROKEN WINGS, KENT OSBORNE, FATAL REALM, INVOCATION OF […]

DEFTONES have announced the 2026 edition of Dia De Los Deftones, their annual-ish San Diego festival built with the kind of cross-genre playlist logic that makes perfect sense once the volume is loud enough. The festival takes place Nov. 7, 2026 at Petco Park in San Diego, CA. This year’s […]

Minneapolis hardcore gathering SNOW & FLURRY has unveiled its stacked 2026 lineup. The two-day event returns to Underground Music Cafe on October 10-11 and will feature more than 30 bands spanning hardcore, metallic hardcore, and underground heavy music. Leading this year’s bill are New York hardcore legends JUDGE and MERAUDER, […]

Florida’s underground death metal institution TAMPA DEATH FEST is back for its eighth year. The two-day event returns to Tampa’s legendary Brass Mug on September 4-5, once again delivering a concentrated dose of old-school brutality and regional underground talent. Wisconsin death metal veterans VIOGRESSION will headline opening night, while Florida […]

Apparently releasing two albums in a single year wasn’t enough for CONVERGE. The Massachusetts hardcore innovators have now announced “Saddest Day 2026”, a two-day, band-curated event set to take over Roadrunner in Boston on December 12-13. The lineup already reads like a who’s who of modern heavy music, featuring BARONESS, […]

Most metal festivals promise blistering heat. Few can offer black sand beaches, palm trees, ocean views, and a pit just steps from the Pacific. BIG ISLAND METAL BASH will return to Hilo, Hawaii for its third annual edition on October 9–10, 2026, bringing two days of extreme metal to one […]

LOUDER THAN LIFE organizers have confirmed a lineup shakeup for this year’s festival, with COAL CHAMBER and GEMINI SYNDROME no longer appearing at the Louisville, KY event. In response, the festival has added DEAD POET SOCIETY, NO RESOLVE, and FREEZE THE FALL to the bill. Neither COAL CHAMBER nor GEMINI […]

MARYLAND DEATHFEST has wasted no time looking ahead to next year, unveiling the first batch of artists confirmed for the festival’s 22nd edition. Set for May 27–30, 2027, the long-running extreme metal gathering will once again take over multiple venues in downtown Baltimore, including Market Place, Power Plant Live, Nevermore […]

Atlanta’s MASS DESTRUCTION METAL FEST has unveiled the complete lineup for its eighth edition, set to take place November 6–7, 2026 at The Garden Club at Wild Heaven West End. The two-day gathering once again leans heavily into death metal, black metal, doom, and the underground extreme metal spectrum, bringing […]

Chicago’s long-running alternative music institution RIOT FEST has revealed the lineup for its 2026 edition, set to take over Douglass Park from September 18-20. Leading the bill are TOOL, TWENTY ONE PILOTS, PIERCE THE VEIL, and ALANIS MORISSETTE, while the undercard is packed with punk, hardcore, metal, indie, and alternative […]