The May event in Columbus will also feature Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Incubus, Alice in Chains, Mastodon and more.

Metallica will be one of the headliners for Sick New World 2025 music festival in April in Las Vegas. Shown are Lars Ulrich, left, and James Hetfield of Metallica performing at Soldier Field on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP Metallica and Linkin Park will headline the 2025 Sick New World music festival.

Sick New World is new to the festival scene, but the event — focused on rock, goth, and alternative music — launched with a bang with the 2023 edition. 2024 delivered more of the same greatness, and now we have news of the 2025 edition.

There are massive lineups for summer festivals and then there’s next year’s Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival. Bursting with more than 100 bands on the newly announced lineup, including headliners Korn,

A lineup of more than 100 hard-rocking bands has been unveiled for next year's Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, set for May 8-11 at Historic Crew Stadium. The first night at Sonic Temple will feature headliner Korn, supported by Bad Omens and Three Days Grace with original vocalist Adam Gontier.

Metallica, Linkin Park, Korn, and more will head to Columbus, Ohio next May to perform at the four-day Sonic Temple Art & Music festival.

Metallica will also play at Sonic Temple for the first time in 2025 as part of their “No Repeat Weekend,” in which they will perform two different sets across Friday and Saturday. Over 100 bands are set to perform during the four-day event, including Saturday headliner Linkin Park, with new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong.

The festival is set for May 8th through the 11th in Columbus, Ohio. Sonic Temple Unveils Full 2025 Lineup: Metallica, Linkin Park, Korn, Bad Omens, Rob Zombie, and Incubus

Linkin Park and Korn will join a double dose of Metallica, plus more than 100 other bands, at the Columbus weekender in May

Ohio’s Sonic Temple, one of America’s biggest racetrack-friendly active-rock festivals, has announced its lineup for next year’s edition, which goes down 5/8-11 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus. As with so many of these festivals,