Milwaukee Metal Festival 2025 Adds GWAR, ARCH ENEMY To The Lineup

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, with the pre-party kicking off on May 15. Tickets are now available here.

The festival now welcomes Gwar, Arch Enemy, Oppressor, Wormrot, Between The Buried And Me, Sacred Reich, Necrot, and Frozen Soul to the lineup, with even more bands still to be announced. The festival is now also revealing the daily lineups.

Friday, May 16:
DOWN (Anselmo, Windstein, Keenan, Bower, Bruders)
Chimaira
Enslaved
Paradise Lost
Suicide Silence
Rotting Christ
Wolves In the Throne Room
Fugitive
Oppressor
Wormrot
No / Más
Avernus
Legions of Doom
Nest
Gigan
Ruin Dweller
Bury My Demons

Saturday, May 17:
Black Label Society
Devin Townsend
Exodus
3 Inches of Blood
Destruction
Between The Buried and Me
Demolition Hammer
TesseracT
Evil Dead
Necrot
Macabre
Nekrogoblikon
Brat
Gorgasm
Renesans
Repentance
Wraith
SNAFU

Sunday, May 18:
GWAR
Arch Enemy
The Dillinger Escape Plan
SCOUR
Amigo the Devil
Sacred Reich
Trouble
Harms Way
The Acacia Strain
Frozen Soul
Speed
END
Exhorder
Deceased
Full of hell
Lionheart
Snuffed On Sight
Gates To Hell
Tracheotomy
Rig Time