Milwaukee Metal Fest have officially unleashed the final wave of bands for their 2026 edition — and the lineup just got even heavier. Newly confirmed additions include MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH performing two separate sets, GENERATION KILL featuring Rob Dukes, CREEPING DEATH, and HEAVY//HITTER, sealing one of the most stacked metal weekends of the year.
Set to take over The Rave / Eagles Ballroom from June 5–7, 2026, with a pre-party igniting the chaos on June 4, Milwaukee Metal Fest 2026 promises three days of relentless volume, pit-level violence, and genre-spanning extremity.
Headlining duties are split between ACID BATH on Friday, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE on Saturday, and industrial icons MINISTRY closing things out on Sunday.
From death metal royalty and hardcore lifers to thrash legends and underground chaos merchants, this year’s bill pulls absolutely no punches.
Tickets are on sale now.
Friday, June 5
ACID BATH
OBITUARY
AGALLOCH (Retrospective Set)
IRON REAGAN
INCANTATION
PALLBEARER
HIRAX
CREEPING DEATH
NUNSLAUGHTER
MASTER
WEEKEND NACHOS
MORTA SKULD
POLKADOT CADAVER
DUSK
JEFFREY NOTHING
CARDIAC ARREST
DAWN OF OUROBOROS
THANATOTIC DESIRE
FLESH PARADE
EYES OF THE LIVING
MISERY
DIRT
Saturday, June 6
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
MACHINE HEAD
POWER TRIP
AGALLOCH (Ashes Against the Grain set)
AFTER THE BURIAL
NAILS
SACRED REICH
ARMORED SAINT
HAVOK
PRONG
WEEKEND NACHOS
INTERNAL BLEEDING
MACABRE
BELUSHI SPEED BALL
SWORN ENEMY
CASTRATOR
CASKET ROBBERY
HUMAN ARTIFACTS
BRICK BY BRICK
THRENODY
THE SUFFERING
STRIKING 13
OPERATION KILL
HEAVY//HITTER
Sunday, June 7
MINISTRY
ALL SHALL PERISH
NAPALM DEATH
INTEGRITY
PRIMITIVE MAN
UADA
CYCO MIKO
WAKING THE CADAVER
DEADGUY
VISCERAL DISGORGE
INCITE
FACE YOURSELF
9 DEAD
GORED EMBRACE
LECHEROUS NOCTURNE
THE CROSSES (performing Die Kreuzen)
DEAD BY WEDNESDAY
TEXAS TOAST CHAINSAW MASSACRE
TRIP TO THE MORGUE
DARK HORSE PROPHET
