Sick New World 2025 Lineup Announced: Metallica, Linkin Park & More
Legendary bands and unexpected reunions mark the festival’s biggest year yet.
- Metallica and Linkin Park headline Sick New World 2025, marking a shift from the festival’s usual nü-metal focus.
- Acid Bath announces an unexpected reunion, their first since the tragic passing of bassist Audie Pitre.
- Tomahawk returns to the stage for the first time since 2013, alongside a massive lineup featuring Queens Of The Stone Age, Cannibal Corpse, and Dir En Grey.
Sick New World 2025 is coming in hard, and this lineup is anything but subtle. Let’s cut to the chase—Metallica and Linkin Park are headlining. What? Metallica showing up at a festival that usually leans nü-metal? That’s one of those moves that might raise an eyebrow, but ok—no one’s batting an eye at Linkin Park being there.
Next up, the supporting cast: Queens Of The Stone Age, Evanescence, Ministry, and Refused. It’s like they’re all on a never-ending farewell tour. You’ve got Glassjaw resurfacing (again) and Cannibal Corpse thrown into the mix for that obligatory dose of brutality. Because what’s a festival without a bit of death metal?
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But the real curveball? Acid Bath. Yeah, a reunion that, until now, seemed more likely to happen in a parallel universe. Sammy Duet has been busy shredding with Goatwhore, and it’s worth noting that Audie Pitre, the band’s original bassist and vocalist, passed away back in 1997. So, yeah, this reunion hits different. More details are needed, but just knowing Acid Bath is back in the game in 2025? That alone might make some old-school fans question reality.
And if that doesn’t do it for you, there’s Tomahawk’s first gig since 2013. Plus, Dir En Grey making another rare U.S. appearance. Not bad at all.
As for the rest of the lineup, there’s a mix of nostalgia and mayhem: AFI, 311, The Sisters Of Mercy, Gojira, Three Days Grace 2x (twice, for some reason), The Flaming Lips, Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway, Down, Meshuggah, Mastodon, Cradle Of Filth, Filter, Terror, Mayhem, The Hives, Carcass, Kittie, Poison The Well, Mudvayne, Exodus, Machine Head, Arch Enemy… the list goes on.
And then there’s Static-X, Orgy, and Lacuna Coil for a bit of that late ’90s/early 2000s nostalgia. We’ve also got The Birthday Massacre, Nuovo Testamento, Scowl, Dope, and a few others thrown in for flavor. The wildcard names like Amira Elfeky and Lebanon Hangover suggest the festival is looking to cover every possible base.
For tickets and the full lineup, head to the Sick New World site. And get ready—2025’s looking like it’s about to be a year of wild reunions and genre-spanning chaos.
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