After two successful years since its 2023 revival, the heaviest metal festival in the midwest; Milwaukee Metal Festival will be returning next spring! The festival, oragnized by Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta, will be held once again at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom from May 16-18, 2025 along with a pre-party to kick off the weekend on May 15th.
Now the festival has annonced its first wave of bands and it's already looking to be a killer lineup! With the addition of Down (w/ Phil Anselmo, Kirk Windstein, Pepper Keenan, Jimmy Bower + Pat Bruders), The Dillinger Escape Plan (performing 'Calculating Infinity' in its entirety), Exodus, 3 Inches of Blood + more to the lineup, this coming year's edition of Milwaukee Metal Festival is guaranteed to melt faces. The best part about this is, this only the beginning and more bands are to be announced very soon.
Early bird tickets are on-sale now and can be purchased here!
See below for a full list of bands!
DOWNÂ (Anselmo, Windstein, Keenan, Bower, Bruders)
The Dillinger Escape Plan (Performing 'Calculating Infinity')
ExodusÂ
Destruction
3 Inches of BloodÂ
Wolves in the Throne RoomÂ
TroubleÂ
The Acacia Strain
Harms Way
FugitiveÂ
SpeedÂ
Exhorder
Full of Hell
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NekrogoblikonÂ
Deceased
Legions of Doom
+ more TBA!
"Milwaukee Metal Fest is back for year #3 and we’re looking forward to an even bigger & better event in 2025! DOWN rarely play the Midwest, so their set is going to be something special. Exodus are celebrating their 40th anniversary and were our #1 most requested band for the festival, we can’t live without Bay Area Thrash. The Dillinger Escape Plan haven’t played Milwaukee in almost 15 years, let alone doing 'Calculating Infinity', plus 3 Inches Of Blood are back but only doing select appearances, so the fact they chose to come play MMF is incredible and we can't wait to have our buddies from the great white north. Throw in new hxc metal phenomenons like Speed & Fugitive, who represent the best of the new breed of heavy bands, plus MMF alumni like Trouble, Exhorder & Deceased, and we’re guaranteed to have a rager!" - Jamey Jasta
Next year's Milwaukee Metal Fest is already shaping up to be a banger! I wouldn't wait for the full linup to be annouced as this first wave is guaranteed to sell some early birds! Take off work, get your friend's together, start looking at hotels, take a roadtrip, book a flight, and get your early bird tickets now!
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