Louder Than Life 2025: Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, more to play rock festival
Featuring more than 160 bands spread across four days and on six stages, the festival's 2025 lineup will include top rock acts such as Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Avenged Sevenfold, Breaking Benjamin and Evanescence.
Held at the Highland Festival Grounds in Louisville, Kentucky, the event will feature other performances from the likes of 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 and many more.
"Louder Than Life has always been about showcasing the future of rock and heavy music while honoring the legends who paved the way," Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents said in a news release. "Bands like Bring Me the Horizon, Sleep Token, Bad Omens, $uicideboy$, Motionless in White, Spiritbox, I Prevail, Slaughter to Prevail, Lorna Shore, Wage War, Dayseeker and Knocked Loose aren't just performing — they're defining the next generation of headliners.
"At the same time, pioneers like Slayer, Deftones, A Perfect Circle and Avenged Sevenfold have set the standard, proving that this music is always evolving. This is where the past, present and future of heavy music collide."
Now in its 11th year, Louder Than Life attracts fans from all 50 states and across the globe. More than 190,000 people were expected to attend Louder Than Life in 2024. The festival should rack up similar numbers this year thanks to its heavyweight headliners, and those bands are only part of the story.
Here's what you need to know about the 2025 Louder Than Life festival:
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The 2025 Louder Than Life festival will be held Sept. 18-21.
The four-day music festival is held at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane in Louisville.
The festival is not free. Tickets are available for sale on the official Louder Than Life website.
General admission and VIP passes are now on sale. Prices typically increase closer to the festival date. There are differing ticket levels for those planning to attend, all of which have additional fees:
Four-day general admission: starts at $319.99 plus fees
Four-day general admission four-pack: starts at 1,239.96 plus fees
Four-day exact pass: starts at $550 plus fees
Four-day VIP: starts at $699.99 plus fees
Four-day Angel's Envy Top Shelf VIP: starts at $2,199.99 plus fees
Four-day VIP passes include access to all general admission areas, including the Kroger Big Bourbon Bar and The Hunter's Club, plus dedicated festival entry lanes, a commemorative laminate and exclusive VIP perks such as shaded lounge with comfortable seating and live audio and video streams of the main stages, dedicated bars with full beverage options, outdoor seating with views of the main stages, premium food offerings, air-conditioned flushable restrooms and dedicated festival merch stand and locker rental with charging capabilities.
Four-day Angel's Envy VIP passes include access to all general admission and all VIP areas, express festival VIP entry lanes, commemorative laminate and exclusive Top Shelf VIP perks such as access to the Top Shelf Skybox, dedicated Top Shelf VIP viewing area at a main stage, air-conditioned lounge, comfortable seating, audio and video streams of main stages, shaded viewing platform with an elevated view of both main stages, all-inclusive beverages at all bars throughout the Top Shelf area, complimentary hors d'oeuvres and curated bites from Anthony Lamas of Seviche during lunch and dinner hours, complimentary Wi-Fi and more.
Stay close to the action with on-site camping at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Expo Center. Choose from a range of camping options, from Car + Tent Camping to RV luxurious Glamping Packages.
Below are the current camping prices for the four-day festival, all of which include additional fees:
RV Camping: starting at $465 (waitlist only)
RV Camping with power: starting at $899
Premium RV Camping with power: starting at $899 (waitlist only)
Overnight camping vehicle pass (add-on): Sold Out
Glamping packages are also available for purchase including a two-person Bass Tent glamping package starting at $2,499, a four-person Bass Tent glamping package for $2,999 and a Home Bass RV glamping package beginning at $5,500. The prices listed here exclude additional fees like refundable security deposits.
The lineup for Louder Than Life 2025 is as follows:
Slayer
Rob Zombie
Marilyn Manson
Lamb of God
Down
Lorna Shore
The Story So Far
Cannibal Corpse
Cavalera
Neck Deep
Kublai Khan TX
Exodus
State Champs
Drain
From Ashes to New
Atreyu
Carcass
Municipal Waste
The Black Dahlia Murder
Fear Factory
Scowl
Set It Off
Winds of Plague
Landmvrks
Brand of Sacrifice
Catch Your Breath
Sanguisugabogg
Full of Hell
Gideon
Left to Suffer
Guilt Trip
If Not for Me
Colorblind
Fulci
Not Enough Space
Peelingflesh
Mug Shot
Snuffed On Sight
Big Ass Truck
Imperial Tide
Sicksense
Avenged Sevenfold
Sleep Token
Breaking Benjamin
Mudvayne
Spiritbox
All Time Low
Dream Theater
Hollywood Undead
Insane Clown Posse
Day Seeker
Powerwolf
Pvris
Story of the Year
Static-X
Hatefreed
Imminence
Dragonforce
Alestorm
Whitechapel
Suicide Silence
Dope
Violent Vira
Hot Milk
Demon Hunter
Northlake
Gloryhammer
Of Mice & Men
Magnolia Park
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Miss May I
Thrown
Nonpoint
Walls of Jericho
Thornhill
Liliac
Ded
Islander
Aurorawave
Savage Hands
Uncured
XCOMM
Deftones
Bad Omens
Black Veil Brides
Attack Attack!
Woe, Is Me
Disembodies Tyrant
A Perfect Circle
I Prevail
Acid Bath
Stone Temple Pilots
Cypress Hill
Trivium
Glassjaw
August Burns Red
Superheaven
Fleshwater
Kittie
Blessthefall
Failure
Devildriver
Stabbing Westward
Spineshank
Hawthorne Heights
From First to Last
Snot
Quannic
The Funeral Portrait
The Union Underground
Spiritworld
RA
Return To Dust
Small Town Titans
Smile Empty Soul
Halocene
No Resolve
Versus Me
Bring Me the Horizon
$uicideboy$
Motionless in White
Evanescence
Knocked Loose
Three Days Grace
Bruce Dickinson
Slaughter to Prevail
Wage War
Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm
Testament
Tech N9ne
Crossfade
Queensryche
Sebastian Bach
Bilmuri
Rev Theory
Accept
Hinder
Counterparts
Yngwie Malmsteen
Memphis May Fire
The Plot in You
Escape The Fate
10 Years
12 Stones
Dying Wish
Sleep Theory
Norma Jean
It Dies Today
Chained Saint
Gates to Hell
Wargasm
Amira Elfeky
The Haunt
Kami Kehoe
Picturesque
Enmy
12 Stones (Reunion)
Accept (50th anniversary set)
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)
Chimaira (Reunion)
Chiodos (Reunion)
Crossfade (Reunion)
Dope (25th anniversary set)
Down (30th anniversary set)
Dream Theater (40th anniversary set)
Fear Factory (30th anniversary set)
From First to Last (Reunion)
Gates To Hell (Hometown show from Louisville natives)
Insane Clown Posse (Farewell set)
It Dies Today (Reunion)
Kittie (25th anniversary set)
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 (Reunion and 20th anniversary set)
Rob Zombie (30th anniversary set)
Slayer (Reunion)
Snot (Reunion)
Spineshank (Reunion)
The Union Underground (25th anniversary set)
Trivium (20th anniversary set)
Winds of Plague (Reunion)
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Louder Than Life 2025: Lineup, dates, how to get tickets
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