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18:15 Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Launched in 2018, Hell's Heroes has cemented itself as one of North America's premier heavy music festivals, an annual pilgrimage for metalheads around the globe. On Thursday, March 19, Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21, 2026, fans from across the world will once again gather at Houston's White Oak Music Hall for three nights of pure steel.
Now in its eighth year, Hell's Heroes will feature a hand-picked lineup of iconic pioneers, modern torchbearers, and cult favorites in what organizer Christian Larson calls "America's biggest metal party."
Headlining & Special Sets Include:
- Blood Fire Death (Bathory tribute featuring members of Watain, Emperor, Mayhem, Aura Noir & more)
- Loudness
- Doro Pesch (performing Triumph and Agony)
- Enslaved (performing their debut Vikingligr Veldi)
- Udo Dirkschneider (Balls to the Wall 40th anniversary set)
- Voivod (a fully '80s retrospective)
Also confirmed:
- Tankard
- Sanctuary (Refuge Denied in full)
- 3 Inches of Blood
- Destruction (Eternal Devastation in full)
- Bulldozer
- Midnight (Satanic Royalty in full)
- Toxic Holocaust
- Virgin Steele
- Grand Magus
- Hellbutcher
- Manilla Road
- Jag Panzer (Ample Destruction in full)
- H.O.L.M.E.S (Chris Holmes performing W.A.S.P.)
- Leather Leone (Chastain classics)
- Evil Invaders
- Crypt Sermon
- Power from Hell
- Bütcher
- White Wizzard (reunion)
- Cauldron (performing Goat Horn songs)
- Vulture
- BAT
- Demon Bitch
- One of Nine
- Night of the Vampire
- Steel Bearing Hand
- Battle Ruins
- Syrinx
- Phantom
- Interceptor
- Ironsword
- The Watcher
- Angel Fury
- Labyrinth
Get your tickets here.
