Milwaukee Metal Festival has just welcomed even more bands to its 2025 bill, with Gwar, Arch Enemy, Oppressor, Wormrot, Between The Buried And Me, Sacred Reich, Necrot, and Frozen Soul joining the lineup. 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, and more acts still to be added. Catch the updated list of appearing bands below.
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Rotting Christ, Chimaira, Scour, Tesseract and Evil Dead Booked for Milwaukee Metal Festival
Milwaukee Metal Festival has just announced a new wave of bands for its 2025 edition. Taking place at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom from May 16-18, with the pre-party kicking off on May 15, the event will now feature Rotting Christ, Chimaira, Scour, Tesseract and Evil Dead. As part of the festival’s 12 Days of Christmas campaign, the festival will be revealed a new artist every day through this weekend. The full lineup will be unveiled just before the holidays. Keep reading below for more.
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024 Part 2 – Live at The Rave
The lineup for Saturday was stacked, in my opinion, headliner Mr. Bungle left the Milwaukee crowd in awe. Mike Patton is such a great front man so I felt privileged to watch this man perform again. San Francisco Thrash Metal legends Testament has one of the best performances I had ever seen them give in years. Connecticuts’ own Hatebreed ignited the ballroom with numerous mosh pits throughout their set. Continue reading
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Milwaukee Metal Fest 2024 Part 1 – Live at The Rave
Growing up I had always heard about Milwaukee Metal Fest and how amazing it was. Well, this year I had the pleasure of covering this notoriously famous festival and I can definitely say I’ll be back next year. Continue reading
Skeletal Remains Kick Off North American Tour with Exhumed
American death metallers, Skeletal Remains, just embarked on the Decayed Decades North American tour in support of Exhumed, with additional support from Morbikon. The tour kicked off May 08th, in Santa Cruz, CA and will continue for six weeks (including a stop at Milwaukee Metal Festival on May 19th), concluding June 16th in Seattle, WA. Skeletal Remains are touring in support of their latest album, Fragments of the Ageless, which was released on March 08th, via Century Media Records. Find the live listings and more from the band in the article below.
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Milwaukee Metal Festival Announces Record Store Day Ticket Discount
Milwaukee Metal Festival (MMF) is quickly approaching, set to take place at The Rave Eagles Club, May 16 through 19. The event organisers recently announced a special Record Store Day promo, still available until Sunday, April 28th, which gets buyers money off tickets for the fest. Keep reading below for more information.
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Cloak Sign with Metal Blade Records
Atlanta, Georgia-based black metal outfit, Cloak, have just joined the roster at Metal Blade Records. The band also recently announced new live dates on The Holy Dark Over Europe tour this Summer, with Hellripper and High Command, as well as an appearance at Milwaukee Metal Fest. Keep reading below for more information.
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Profanatica Book US Summer Tour Dates Including Milwaukee Metal Fest
USBM legends, Profanatica, recently announced a 21 date headlining tour in the US. With support coming from Stormruler, the trek will kick off in Youngstown, OH on May 14th, and conclude on June 08th in Raleigh, NC. It continues the support of Profanatica’s latest album, Crux Simplex, which was released on September 22, 2023 via Season of Mist records. Find the live listings and more in the article below.
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Morbikon Books Tour Dates with Early Moods, and Appearance at Decibel Metal And Beer Pre-Fest and Milwaukee Metal Fest
Following their maiden live appearances in 2023, including sets at Full Terror Assault Fest and Decibel Metal And Beer Fest, and a run of dates with Flesher, international black metal group Morbikon brings the live mayhem into 2024 with a run of Spring tour dates with Early Moods. Tickets and music on sale at the links below. Continue reading