After a successful return of the Milwaukee Metal Festival In 2023, the iconic midwestern, multi-day event is now revealing the first wave of bands for what is already shaping up to be a diverse and hard hitting lineup.
Milwaukee Metal Festival co-organizer and HATEBREED frontman James Jasta comments: “We are extremely excited to have Milwaukee Metal Festival not only coming back for another insane year but this time around we have added power metal, more black metal, more doom and some other surprise elements that were not logistically possible last year. This is just the first of many announcements on the horizon and I can’t wait to see everyone in Milwaukee next May!”
Sound Talent Group‘s Tim Borror adds: “Milwaukee Metal Festival 2023 was so awesome but more importantly, it’s a stake in the ground of how important and vital metal music is. Especially extreme metal! 2024 is going to be even more incredible. Come hang with us in May”
The current bands who will appear at next year’s edition are as follows:
MR. BUNGLE
BLIND GUARDIAN
SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL
IN FLAMES
HATEBREED
DEICIDE
KATATONIA
KAMELOT
MARDUK
POSSESSED
METAL CHURCH
INCANTATION
SKINLESS
THE RED CHORD
HEATHEN
INTERNAL BLEEDING
EMBRYONIC AUTOPSY
EYES OF THE LIVING
The festivities will kick off with a pre-party on May 16 while the main festival will run May 17-19 at The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is promised to have bigger headliners, more food, vendors, live podcasts and other surprises.
Milwaukee Metal Festival returned to prominence in 2023 under the watchful eye of Jasta and Draftas well as the team at The Rave / Eagles Club, where so many of the original festivals took place.
Early bird tickets are on sale now and available for a limited time! One-, two- and three-day options zero interest payment plans available at Etix.com.
Fans can visit the official Milwaukee Metal Festival site and sign up for the mailing list for first access to information and exclusive content.
More details will be announced soon.
