Louder Than Life 2025 will return to the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, from September 18-21, boasting its largest lineup ever. With over 160 bands across six stages, the festival will feature major performances from Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Bad Omens, $uicideboy$, and more.
Additional acts include Knocked Loose, Lamb of God, Mudvayne, Spiritbox, Motionless in White, Dream Theater, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath (Reunion), and more. The event also features exclusive reunion sets from Chiodos, Crossfade, Letlive, and It Dies Today, among others.
Festival producer Danny Wimmer stated:
“Louder Than Life celebrates the legends of rock and metal while showcasing the next generation of headliners. This is where the past, present, and future of heavy music collide.”
Slayer’s Tom Araya adds:
“We’re coming back to Louder Than Life! Get ready, f*ckers!”
4-Day & Single-Day GA, VIP, and Angel’s Envy Top Shelf passes are available at the event’s website.
- VIP perks include shaded lounges, premium food options, air-conditioned restrooms, and dedicated viewing areas
- Limited Exacta Passes grant entry to both Louder Than Life and Bourbon & Beyond
Full Lineup:
Slayer
Deftones
Avenged Sevenfold
Bring Me The Horizon
Sleep Token
$uicideboy$
Bad Omens
Rob Zombie
A Perfect Circle
Breaking Benjamin
Marilyn Manson
Evanescence
Knocked Loose
Three Days Grace
Lamb of God
Mudvayne
I Prevail
Spiritbox
All Time Low
Dream Theater
Stone Temple Pilots
Motionless in White
Cypress Hill
Acid Bath
DOWN
Lorna Shore
Bruce Dickinson
The Story So Far
Slaughter To Prevail
Trivium
Chiodos
Hollywood Undead
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Cannibal Corpse
Black Veil Brides
Insane Clown Posse
Dayseeker
Wage War
Powerwolf
Flyleaf w/ Lacey Sturm
Cavalera
Machine Head
Chimaira
Neck Deep
PVRIS
Tech N9ne
Testament
Kublai Khan TX
Story of the Year
Letlive
Glassjaw
State Champs
We Came As Romans
Crossfade
Exodus
DRAIN
From Ashes To New
Static-X
Hatebreed
August Burns Red
Bilmuri
Queensrÿche
Imminence
Atreyu
Carcass
DragonForce
Alestorm
Sebastian Bach
Of Mice & Men
Whitechapel
Suicide Silence
Fleshwater
Superheaven
Kittie
Blessthefall
Rev Theory
Accept
Failure
DevilDriver
Stabbing Westward
Hinder
Counterparts
Yngwie Malmsteen
Municipal Waste
Memphis May Fire
Set It Off
The Black Dahlia Murder
Fear Factory
Scowl, Dope
Violent Vira
Demon Hunter
Spineshank
Hawthorne Heights
From First To Last
The Plot In You
Northlane
Snot
LANDMVRKS
Gloryhammer
Winds of Plague
Brand of Sacrifice
Catch Your Breath
10 Years
Magnolia Park
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Sleep Theory
Miss May I
Thrown
Escape The Fate
Hot Milk
12 Stones
Dying Wish
Quannnic
Sanguisugabogg
Nonpoint
Full of Hell
Gideon
Walls of Jericho
The Union Underground
The Funeral Portrait
Attack Attack!
Norma Jean
It Dies Today
Woe, Is Me
Thornhill
Left To Suffer
Aurorawave
Guilt Trip
Spiritworld
RA
Return To Dust
Chained Saint
WARGASM
Amira Elfeky
PeelingFlesh
Ded
Disembodied Tyrant
If Not For Me
Colorblind
Mugshot
Liliac
Savage Hands
Small Town Titans
Smile Empty Soul
Halocene
Versus Me
The Haunt
Kami Kehoe
Picturesque
Snuffed On Sight
Big Ass Truck
Fulci
Not Enough Space
Uncured
Islander
ENMY
No Resolve
Gates To Hell
XCOMM
Sicksense
Imperial Tide
plus the “Loudest in LOU” Contest Winner
Some of the special appearances and reunions include:
12 Stones (Reunion)
Accept (50th anniversary)
Acid Bath (Reunion)
Avenged Sevenfold (Only U.S. headlining show of the year)
Cavalera (Playing the brothers’ iconic Sepultura record, Chaos A.D., in full in a very rare, special performance)
Chimaira (Reunion)
Chiodos (Reunion)
Crossfade (Reunion)
Dope (25-year anniversary set)
DOWN (The band’s first time back in Kentucky in 10 years, celebrating 30 years of NOLA)
Dream Theater (40th anniversary)
Fear Factory (Celebrating the 30-year anniversary of Demanufacture)
From First To Last (Reunion)
Gates To Hell (Hometown show from Louisville natives)
Insane Clown Posse (Farewell set)
It Dies Today (Reunion)
Kittie (Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Spit)
Knocked Loose (Hometown show from the Louisville natives)
Letlive (Reunion)
Picturesque (Home state show from Lexington natives)
RA (One of the band’s final shows)
Rev Theory (A DWP exclusive: The original lineup reunites for the band’s first show since 2014 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Truth Is Currency)
Rob Zombie (performing the iconic White Zombie record Astro-Creep: 2000 in its entirety to celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary in a one-night only, worldwide exclusive performance)
Slayer (Reunion)
Snot (Reunion)
Spineshank (Reunion)
The Union Underground (Celebrating the 25th anniversary of An Education in Rebellion and the band’s first Kentucky show in over 20 Years)
Trivium (Playing Ascendancy in full to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary)
Walls of Jericho (First Kentucky performance since 2008)
Winds of Plague (Reunion)
