Day 4 of 12 Days of Xmas announcements rages on! Milwaukee Metal Fest 2025 is excited to announce extreme metal supergroup Scour confirmed for Sunday May 18th! 🤘
This elite musical collective consists of Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, DOWN), John Jarvis (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo and The Illegals), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index) and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Lock Up).
Cleveland’s most interesting men are back! They don’t play often but when they do, they play Milwaukee Metal Fest 2025! Chimaira joins an already stacked Friday line up that include Down, Rotting Christ & many more!
OPA! We’re extremely excited to announce that Rotting Christ has been added to our Friday line up for May 16th 2025 along side Down, and many others to be announced!
The Grecian Metal Warriors will invade Milwaukee shores and no prisoners will be taken!
It’s official. NOLA’s own Down will headline Milwaukee Metal Fest on Friday May 16th 2025 at The Rave / Eagles Club.
This is one of their only Midwest shows of the year & we’re excited to be buried in smoke!
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.
Festival co-organizer and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta comments, "It’s not even November yet and we’re thrilled to announce another wave of killer bands & artists for Milwaukee Metal Fest 2025. From Down to Black Label Society to Devin Townsend & Enslaved we have something for everyone and bands who have not been to Milwaukee in ages! This is the perfect fest to welcome them back to the area and will be our biggest year yet!"
DOWN (Anselmo, Windstein, Keenan, Bower, Bruders)
Black Label Society
Devin Townsend
Dillinger Escape Plan (Performing ‘Calculating Infinity’)
Exodus
Enslaved
Destruction
Suicide Silence
3 Inches of Blood
Wolves in the Throne Room
Trouble
The Acacia Strain
Harms Way
Fugitive
Speed
Exhorder
Full of Hell
END
Nekrogoblikon
Deceased
Legions of Doom
Macabre
+ 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!"
Milwaukee Metal Fest returns in:
This will be an indoor/outdoor event utilizing multiple stages in The Rave/Eagles Club, and our Eagles Craft Beer Garden outside with half a dozen food trucks, craft beers and liquor, and patio tables. Grab a bite, a drink and a seat between bands, and then head back in for your next band.
PLAN AHEAD
- Location: The Rave/Eagles Club
- This is an all ages show
- This is a general admission (standing) show
- For ADA Seating, call 414-342-7283
- Box office open until end of show
- Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Credit/Debit cards accepted at all bars
- ATMs available
- Coat Check available on lower level
- Hand Sanitizer Stations available
Zero interest payment plans available through etix.com. Spread your payments out thru multiple months.
Milwaukee Metal Fest Pre-Party
Thursday, May 15, 2025
The Rave/Eagles Club
Milwaukee Metal Fest
featuring DOWN, Chimaira, Rotting Christ, + many more to be announced
Friday, May 16, 2025
The Rave/Eagles Club
Milwaukee Metal Fest
3 Inches Of Blood
Saturday, May 17, 2025
The Rave/Eagles Club
Milwaukee Metal Fest
Scour + many more to be announced
Sunday, May 18, 2025
The Rave/Eagles Club
ARTIST LINKS
3 Inches Of Blood
Victoria, British Columbia (Canadian)
The Acacia Stain
Chicopee, MA
Black Label Society
Los Angeles CA
Destruction
Weil am Rhein, DE
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Morris Plains, NJ
Full Of Hell
Ocean City, MA
Nekrogoblikon
Los Angeles, CA
Suicide Silence
Riverside, CA
Devin Townsend
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Wolves in the Throne Room
Olympia, WA
PICTURES FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS