Milwaukee Metal Festival 2025 Announces First Wave of Bands
Due to the massive success of the second edition of Milwaukee Metal Festival, the iconic midwestern event is returning in 2025! The festival will take place once again at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom from May 16-18, 2025, with the pre-party kicking off on May 15. Early bird tickets are now available here.
The festival is now pleased to welcome 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, with many more TBA! The first wave of bands is now as follows:
Down (Anselmo, Windstein, Keenan, Bower, Bruders)
The Dillinger Escape Plan (Performing Calculating Infinity)
Exodus
Destruction
3 Inches of Blood
Wolves in the Throne Room
Trouble
The Acacia Strain
Harms Way
Fugitive
Speed
Exhorder
Full of Hell
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Nekrogoblikon
Deceased
Legions of Doom
+ more TBA!
Festival co-organizer and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta comments, “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!”
