Louder Than Life 2025: Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, more to play rock festival
Louder Than Life is roaring back this fall with the largest lineup in the history of the rock and metal 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:
When is Louder Than Life 2025?
The 2025 Louder Than Life festival will be held Sept. 18-21.
Where is Louder Than Life 2025?
The four-day music festival is held at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane in Louisville.
Is admission to Louder Than Life 2025 free?
The festival is not free. Tickets are available for sale on the official Louder Than Life website.
How much do Louder Than Life 2025 tickets cost?
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
What does Louder Than Life VIP pass include?
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.
VIP amenities include the following: 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.
These perks consist of 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.
How much will it cost to camp at Louder Than Life?
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.
Louder Than Life 2025 lineup
The lineup for Louder Than Life 2025 is as follows:
Thursday, Sept. 18
- 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
Friday, Sept. 19
- 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
Saturday, Sept. 20
- 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
Sunday, Sept. 21
- 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
Special appearances and reunions at Louder Than Life 2025
- 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)