frozen soul
19:18 Tuesday, 2 September 2025
After taking 2024 off, Wrecking Ball Metal Madness – the festival headed up by Frozen Soul – is back and heavier than ever. The beloved Texas extreme metal fest will return on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at The Echo in Dallas, TX, bringing with it a lineup stacked with death metal royalty, underground crushers, and rising brutality. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 5 at 10am CST.
Organizers commented: "WRECKING BALL METAL MADNESS IS BACK IN DALLAS FUCKING TEXAS OCTOBER 25 at The Echo Lounge & Music Hall. We told y'all it would be worth the wait and we hope you are as happy as we are. It pained us to take last year off but we didn't want to half ass the fest, and timing just didn't line up – but here we are. Bringing old friends and new just like this fest has always done. Art by the mighty Wyrmwalk flyer by Muerto Distro"
The 2025 lineup is:
- Frozen Soul
- Suffocation
- Devourment
- 200 Stab Wounds
- Creeping Death
- Ingrown
- No Cure
- Bodybox
- Tribal Gaze
- Stabbing
- Fleshrot
- Bastardane
- Mythcarver
- Dysmorphia
- Brain Injury Unit
- Brain Matter
Wrecking Ball Metal Madness began as a one-day gathering in Dallas, TX, built around a community of diehard death metal, hardcore, and extreme music fans. The festival quickly carved out a reputation for delivering brutal, tightly curated lineups that blend underground up-and-comers with legendary names.
The festival took 2024 off to regroup and ensure future editions met fan expectations, with organizers emphasizing they’d rather pause than deliver a watered-down version. Now, in 2025, Wrecking Ball Metal Madness returns stronger than ever, reclaiming its spot as one of the most uncompromising extreme metal gatherings in the region.
