One of heavy music's most mythic reunions just got its crowning moment — Acid Bath will return to their hometown for the biggest headlining show of their career. On November 15, the Louisiana cult legends will take over the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, marking nearly three decades since their last local gig.
From humid graveyard nights in the Louisiana underground to one of the state's largest stages, this isn't just a concert — it's a homecoming, a resurrection, and a collision of past and present. Expect a celebration that spans generations: diehards who saw them in their 90s heyday, and a fresh wave of fans discovering their molten fusion of sludge, doom, punk, grunge, and psychedelia for the first time.
The night will be bolstered by an unmissable bill: Mastodon, Power Trip, Amigo The Devil, Soilent Green, and Suplecs will set the stage before Acid Bath deliver their long-awaited return.
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Emerging in the early '90s, Acid Bath carved out a singular sound — equal parts crushing heaviness and eerie beauty, stitched together with warped psychedelia and lyrics that read like fractured poetry. Their songs explored love, death, decay, and dreamlike visions, unsettling and transcendent all at once. Over the years, their influence has seeped across metal, punk, and alternative scenes, cementing them as one of the most visionary and uncompromising forces in heavy music history.
Acid Bath's current lineup includes original vocalist Dax Riggs and guitarists Sammy Duet and Mike Sanchez, joined by drummer Zack Simmons (Goatwhore) and bassist Shane Wesley (Crowbar). While not all founding members are present, the band's return has sparked a wave of excitement throughout the underground metal community.
So what happened? Why did Acid Bath reunite? According to Riggs in an interview with Blabbermouth, it all started as casual jams between himself and Sanchez that slowly began to build momentum.
"I guess Mike and I got back together a little bit before, just to start the process. We had another friend, as well as a couple of friends, sit in with us to help us play the songs at first. At first, it was a complete, 'Wow, that sounded like the song!' When Sammy came in and the other players came in, it came together. It seemed pretty cool…there was no weirdness. We were all trying to do it and trying to remember, at least for me, I think them as well, because it is different for everybody involved, so it was kind of natural."
This rekindling of creative energy wasn't rooted in nostalgia alone — it was grounded in brotherhood. Through years of divergent paths, the bond between the founding members never truly frayed. "Totally. I mean, they are some of my oldest friends that I still keep in touch with. You know how life goes — they are like your 'ancient friends' who knew you when you were a baby. They are like my brothers."
The reunion reached its logical apex in April 2025, when the newly reformed Acid Bath took the stage in their native New Orleans. Fans from across the country packed into the venue, hoping to witness something they'd long believed impossible.
"It felt really good, but there was a lot of weight on it, like I wanted to make sure that I got it as correct as I could. I guess there was a lot of weight to it. It felt like I had a job to do, and that was my main intention, but I was certainly nervous that first time. Probably for the soundcheck, I was even more nervous. I was probably shaking during soundcheck. By the time we did the show, I kind of zen'd out to the whole thing."
