Escape The Fate, PVRIS, The Maine, More To Play Slam Dunk Festival 2023

It’s here. The final artists for Slam Dunk 2023 have been revealed.

The 17th annual Slam Dunk Festival dropped the full lineup for this year’s festivities. Joining previously announced acts like Enter Shikari, Less Than Jake, Fit For A King, The Academy Is…, and girlfriends are Escape The Fate, jxdn, Millie Manders And The Shutup, LØLØ, The Maine, and many more. Check out the full lineup below.

Remaining tickets can be found on the festival’s website. Slam Dunk 2023 takes place Saturday, May 27 to Sunday, May 28, in Hatfield Park and Temple Newsam in Leeds, UK.

Funeral For A Friend, Alter Bridge, Motionless In White, More Announced For Download Fesitval’s Third Wave

Pardon for the lateness.

The British rock festival Download unveiled their third wave of acts for 2020 back in late January, and it’s better than ever.

Joining previously announced acts like System Of A Down, Iron Maiden, Daughtry, Of Mice & Men, BABYMETAL, Dying Fetus, PUP, Tiny Moving Parts, and Killswitch Engage, are Funeral For A Friend, The Menzingers, Lacuna Coil, Wage War, Thy Art Is Murder, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Alter Bridge, The Skints, Loathe, and Motionless In White. Check out the current lineup below.

Download Festival 2020 takes place Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, at Donington Park in Castle Donington, UK. Tickets are available now on the festival’s website.

Creeper Announce Long-Awaited Sophomore Album, Tour

Creeper are finally dropping a brand new album!

The British goth punks who came back late last year after going AWOL since their “break up” have unveiled information on their upcoming sophomore record Sex, Death & The Infinite Void. The album comes out on May 22 via Roadrunner Records (Dinosaur Pile-Up, Higher Power, Turnstile.)

Creeper teased the announcement with a bunch of tweets with periods and then a short teaser vid. Pre-orders go on sale Wednesday, January 15 here.

Along with the announcement of the album, Creeper revealed a headlining tour in the UK with Holding Absence and Wargasm. Check out the tour dates below.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ice Nine Kills, Rancid, More To Play Epicenter 2020

Here we go.

After blowing everyones’ minds when they unveiled that Metallica would be headlining twice at next year’s festival, Epicenter Festival are back to give us the full lineup. Well, minus one mystery band.

Joining Metallica on the headlining slot on Friday, May 1, are Godsmack and Papa Roach, along with Royal Blood, Starset, Ice Nine Kills, The Darkness, and Killstation. Saturday, May 2, has Disturbed, Staind, and the final North Carolina performance of Lynyrd Skynyrd, with Anthrax, Jinjer, Of Mice & Men, Code Orange, and Selfish Things. Metallica return on Sunday, May 3, with Deftones and Volbeat as co-headliners, with additional shows by Rancid, Hollywood Undead, Sleeping With Sirens, The Amity Affliction, and Goodbye June.

Check out the full lineup below.

Epicenter Festival 2020 takes place Friday, May 1, to Sunday, May 3, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.. Passes are available now at epicenterfestival.com.

Epicenter Festival started in Southern California in 2009 and went on until 2013. The festival returned briefly in 2015 before disappearing again and being relocated to North Carolina in 2019. Bands who’ve played the festival in the past include Linkin Park, The Academy Is…, Five Finger Death Punch, Escape The Fate, Pennywise, Hopsin, and Dead Girls Academy.