It’s that time of year when all of the big Summer destination festivals announce their lineups. We’ve already heard Coachella’s lineup, and Metallica “surprised” us with their own festival. Now, we know who will be playing this year’s Bonnaroo. And with headliners like Phish, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Beach Boys, this year’s lineup somewhat makes Orion Music + More slightly more metal.

However, there are a few names confirmed for Bonnaroo 2012 that will certainly catch your eye. Namely, Alice Cooper, Kvelertak, and Bad Brains are a few of the bands that were announced today. Plus, although the band Battles is more math-rock than metal, their drummer John Stanier was formerly in Helmet. Also keep in mind that there are still more bands to be announced, meaning that there could potentially be more heavier acts added to the bill.

Tickets for this year’s Bonnaroo, being held on held from June 7 to 10 in Manchester, TN, will go on sale via the festival’s website on Saturday, February 18 at noon EST. You can check out the bands confirmed so far after the jump.

Radiohead

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Phish

The Beach Boys

Bon Iver

The Avett Brothers

The Shins

Foster The People

Skrillex

Aziz Ansari

Dispatch

Feist

The Roots

Alice Cooper

SuperJam

Black Star

The Word

Ludacris

Ben Folds Five

Flogging Molly

Spectrum Road

Mac Miller

Childish Gambino

Major Lazer

tUnE-yArDs

Afrocubism

Flying Lotus

Umphrey’s McGee

Little Dragon

St. Vincent

City and Colour

The Civil Wars

Young The Giant

Two Door Cinema Club

Punch Brothers

NEEDTOBREATHE

Fitz & The Tantrums

Bad Brains

Yelawolf

Dawes

Battles

Danny Brown

The Black Lips

SBTRKT

Phantogram

Kendrick Lamar

Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires

The Kooks

The Joy Formidable

The Antlers

Kathleen Edwards

Mimosa

Kurt Vile & The Violators

Alabama Shakes

Das Racist

Delta Spirit

Gary Clark Jr.

Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk

Laura Marling

Trampled by Turtles

Mogwai

The War On Drugs

Ben Howard

Grouplove

Blind Pilot

ALO

The Devil Makes Three

White Denim

EMA

Here We Go Magic

K-Flay

The Lonely Forest

Mariachi El Bronx

Big Freedia

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

The Soul Rebels

Kvelertak

SOJA

Steven Bernstein’s MTO Allstars Plays Sly

Big Gigantic

Sarah Jarosz

Orgone

Darondo

Fruit Bats

Moon Taxi

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Zach Shaw