Posted by Elise Yablon on May 12, 2020
Metal fans will have to wait another year for the return of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The touring summer festival announced its decision Sunday (5/10) to postpone it’s 2020 comeback until 2021. The announcement was made via a post on the festival’s Instagram, sharing a photo from the Rocky franchise with the […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on December 2, 2019
2015 was the year we said goodbye to the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival as Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, and The Devil Wears Prada led the eighth and alleged final year of the touring festival. As we continue to use Mötley Crüe as an example, if these icons can reveal a return, just about anyone […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 12, 2017
The 2015 run of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival was a rough one. It was plagued by spotty attendance, founder Kevin Lyman saying that metal had gotten “gray, bald and fat,” and Slayer’s Kerry King reacting to that in the most confrontational way he could have. And even though Lyman put the braked on the […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on September 15, 2015
In a recent interview with Alternative Press, Mayhem Festival co-founder and music industry veteran John Reese makes some big points about the overall state of heavy music. As you might remember Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman got himself in a bit of hot water this summer when he said that “metal got gray, bald and fat,” but Reese says that […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on August 14, 2015
When asked about Slipknot’s connection to Rock Star Energy Drink (they’re a sponsor of the current “Summer’s Last Stand” tour) in a recent interview, along with the dismal end of the Mayhem Festival, Corey Taylor spoke of possibility to take Knotfest on the road. Said Taylor to Musik Universe, “We’re gonna continue to do the Knotfest shows. […]
Posted by Seth Werkheiser on August 13, 2015
After playing this year’s beleaguered Mayhem Festival, with controversial comments from tour co-founder Kevin Lyman and Slayer’s Kerry King, Tom Maxwell from Hellyeah gives his opinion on the traveling festival format here in the United States. Said Tom Maxwell in a recent interview with Pop Culture Madness: “I think the traveling festival is probably gonna die — […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on July 21, 2015
Needless to say, the tension that’s been mounting recently between Slayer and the Mayhem Festival is starting to bubble over. At Sunday night’s Mayhem gig in Hartford, CT, we asked guitarist Kerry King about Mayhem Fest co-founder Kevin Lyman’s recent comment that metal was becoming “gray, bald, and fat.” King was still clearly perturbed, despite Lyman’s […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on July 20, 2015
The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has come through Pittsburgh every year since the very first year, and thankfully I’ve been able to attend more often than not. This year’s show took place on Saturday, July 18th. I still believe that the 2011 show was one of the best shows that I have ever been […]
Posted by Sean Matthews on July 20, 2015
With Slayer headlining the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest this year and the band releasing Repentless, their first album in six years, on September 11th, it’s safe to say many eyes are on the band. Given that it will be the first album without founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman and first with drummer Paul Bostaph in the band […]
Posted by Rachael Mattice on July 13, 2015
Wisconsin’s death metal conquerors Jungle Rot continue to pillage the extreme scene as Victory Records’ old school leaders on this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Staying strong 20 years after the band formation, Jungle Rot released their ninth studio album Order Shall Prevail, on June 30th, only a few days after the start of the six week U.S. tour opening […]
