Festivals

The most true and evil black metal festival in the U.S. just got an update — and as always, reality is more brutal than your corpsepaint can handle. Metal Threat Fest 2025 has announced set times, secret additions, and—naturally—a pile of band cancelations. Some acts bowed out due to health […]

ENSIFERUM, ELUVEITIE, EVERGREY, NEVERMORE, HAMMERFALL, CRIMSON GLORY and THE GATHERING (featuring Anneke Van Giersbergen) are among the confirmed artists for next year’s ProgPower USA festival, set to take place September 9-12, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. The full lineup for ProgPower USA XXV is as follows: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 – Day 1 1. THE […]

Furnace Fest organizers have announced the cancellation of the Friday after show originally scheduled for October 3rd at Workplay in Birmingham, AL. That gig was set to feature the exclusive reunion of Moments In Grace along with Summer Rental. No replacement event has been announced. Furnace Fest 2025 is set […]

So, here’s the scoop: since 2018, HELL’S HEROES has been melting faces and eardrums as North America’s answer to “why can’t we have a metal fest that doesn’t hold back?” Mark your doom calendars for March 19, 20, and 21, 2026, when Houston’s White Oak Music Hall turns into the […]

After taking a year off in 2024, Wrecking Ball Metal Madness will return this fall. The 2025 installment of the festival will take place on Saturday, October 25 at the Echo in Dallas, TX. The current line-up can be found below (tickets go on sale this Friday, September 5 at […]

Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is set for May 14th to 17th at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH and it was recently announced the event would expand to six stages and 30 more bands than the previous year. Ticket packages are available here. The festival has rolled out […]

The Fest will return to Gainesville, FL for its annual three-day run over the weekend of October 24-26th. Some of the announced acts for the 23rd edition of the event include Bane, The Get Up Kids, Fucked Up, Coalesce, Drug Church, 7 Seconds, and many more. To kick things off […]

Lollapalooza has announced its first editions of 2026. The festival heads to South America in March, in Chile (Santiago’s Parque O’Higgins on March 13-15), Argentina (Buenos Aires’ Hippodromo de San Isidro on March 13-15), and Brasil (São Paulo’s Autódromo de Interlagos on March 20-22). Tickets for Chile, Argentina, and Brasil are on sale now. Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler the […]

After sharing the original schedule last week, Louder Than Life festival (Sept 18–21, Louisville, KY) have made some chages to the Thursday schedule, which you can check below. This 11th edition will be the biggest in Danny Wimmer Presents‘ history, boasting over 175 bands across 7 stages. Thursday, September 18th: […]

NYC booking company Collective Effort NYC has announced Collective Effort Fest at The Meadows in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12. Thou and Zao co-headline for the first time. Cloud Rat return to Brooklyn after nearly a year. Fluoride plays their first show in over a year. […]