After gradually revealing select names, Ohio rock and metal festival Sonic Temple has announced its full 2025 lineup. As previously mentioned, Metallica are headlining Friday and Sunday and promising no repeat songs between their setlists, and the other two headliners are Korn on Thursday and the new version of Linkin Park on Saturday.
Excitingly, this fest is the second-announced reunion show for Acid Bath, who recently confirmed they’d be returning to play Sick New World. Other highlights include the new version of Power Trip, Incubus, Alice In Chains, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Mastodon, Quicksand, Jimmy Eat World, Deafheaven, Converge, Killswitch Engage, Cannibal Corpse, Underoath, Hatebreed, GWAR, Nails, The Black Dahlia Murder, Obituary, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Exodus, Overkill, Ministry, Municipal Waste, Gatecreeper, Frozen Soul, PeelingFlesh, Sanguisugabogg, 200 Stab Wounds, Dead Heat, Filter, HEALTH, Nitzer Ebb, The Acacia Strain, I Set My Friends On Fire, Sunami, Speed, Jesus Piece, Pain of Truth, Candy, Gridiron, Three Days Grace (who are reuniting with original singer Adam Gontier), and more.
The fest goes down May 8-11, 2025 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH. Tickets (including 4-day, 2-day, and single-day passes) are on sale now. See the full lineup below.
Sonic Temple 2025 Lineup
Metallica
LINKIN PARK
Korn
Bad Omens
Incubus
Alice In Chains
Rob Zombie
Three Days Grace
Alice Cooper
I Prevail
Mastodon
Jimmy Eat World
Acid Bath
Chevelle
Motionless In White
Ice Nine Kills
Bullet For My Valentine
Hollywood Undead
Trivium
Killswitch Engage
Ministry
Cannibal Corpse
Power Trip
Underoath
Asking Alexandria
Suicidal Tendencies
Grandson
Poppy
Arch Enemy
Jinjer
Sevendust
Badflower
Testament
Crossfade
Hatebreed
Of Mice and Men
Quicksand
Hoobastank
Cavalera
Exodus
As I Lay Dying
GWAR
Deafheaven
Filter
Health
Citizen Soldier
From Ashes To New
Corrosion of Conformity
Silverstein
The Devil Wears Prada
All Shall Perish
Overkill
Obituary
All That Remains
Memphis May Fire
Fit For A King
Set It Off
Whitechapel
Sunami
Speed
Municipal Waste
The Black Dahlia Murder
Converge
Seven Hours After Violet
Nitzer Ebb
After The Burial
ERRA
Invent Animate
Escape The Fate
The Plot In You
Alien Ant Farm
Nails
Fit For An Autopsy
The Acacia Strain
Bloodywood
TRUST COMPANY
Sick Puppies
Orgy
Jesus Piece
Pain of Truth
Fame On Fire
Armored Saint
Category 7
Gatecreeper
Boundaries
Sanguisugabogg
Shadow of Intent
Silent Planet
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Framing Hanley
The Funeral Portrait
Upon A Burning Body
Frozen Soul
Caskets
I Set My Friends On Fire
CANDY
AngelMaker
Wind Walkers
Nevertel
Left To Suffer
200 Stab Wounds
PeelingFlesh
Return To Dust
Silly Goose
Uncured
Dead Heat
Gridiron