Testament, Soilent Green, Exhumed, and More Added to Milwaukee Metalfest
It’s been less than a month since their last announcement, but Milwaukee Metalfest organizers are back at it again and announcing 11 more artists that will be tearing shit up next May.
With an apparent aim at making the festival a premiere destination for the world’s metalheads, the festival has added Testament, Hammerfall, Soilent Green (Reunion), Paleface Swiss, Exhumed, It Dies Today, Errors Of Humanity, Casket Robbery, Hellwitch, Belushi Speed Ball and Illusion of Fate to the already ridiculous lineup. The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee will be bumpin’.
Co-organizer and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta said the additions were in line with how the festival originally operated before it shut down back in 2004.
“The spirit of the original fest is alive, well and growing. People are traveling from all over the world to join us and the reaction to each line up addition keeps getting better. Now, with thrash legends Testament who have been our most requested band, power metal legends Hammerfall, Soilent Green reuniting, the new generation’s heaviest in Paleface Swiss, regional faves Casket Robbery and true old schoolers like Hellwitch, we are beyond stoked! Plus, you know Belushi Speedball & others will bring the party HARD. See you in Milwaukee next May!”
So with today’s newly announced additions, the festival’s daily lineups look as such:
Friday, May 17:
Blind Guardian
Kamelot
Symphony X
Destruction
Marduk
Hammerfall
Metal Church
Incantation
Eternal Champion
Profanatica
Visigoth
UADA
Belushi Speed Ball
Night Demon
Necrofier
Hellwitch
Silva
Ancient Entities
Illusion of Fate
& more
Saturday, May 18:
Mr. Bungle
Testament
Hatebreed
Katatonia
Death to All (Unique set #1)
Deicide
Possessed
The Red Chord
Soilent Green (Reunion)
Skinless
Martyr AD
Heathen
Devourment
Internal Bleeding
Cenotaph
Cloak
Embryonic Autopsy
Eyes of the Living
& more
Sunday, May 19:
Slaughter To Prevail
Avatar
In Flames
Death to All (Unique Set #2)
Lacuna Coil
Paleface Swiss
Bleed From Within
Exhumed
It Dies Today
Alluvial
Casket Robbery
Viogression
Errors of Humanity
Amerakin Overdose
Beyond Threshold
& more
Along with those three days of sets, the festival will also feature a pre-party on Thursday, May 16.
Early bird tickets are available right now, with one, two and three day options and zero interest payment plans over at the festival’s Etix page.