The post 2025 Sick New World Festival: Metallica and Linkin Park Headline Stacked Lineup appeared first on Consequence.

The lineup for the 2025 Sick New World festival has been revealed, with the one-day event in Las Vegas featuring headliners Metallica and Linkin Park, plus Queens of the Stone Age, Evanescence, Gojira, AFI, Tomahawk, Ministry and dozens of other acts .

Sick New World 2025 takes place on April 12 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, where you can sign up for a pre-sale code. Presales begin this Friday at 10am PT, with general presales beginning four hours later at 2pm PT via the festival’s website.

Buy sick New World tickets here

Other acts on the 2025 bill include 311, Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, The Flaming Lips, The Sisters of Mercy, Meshuggah and Cradle of Filth, plus Acid Bath’s first show in almost three decades.

The stacked lineup also includes Cannibal Corpse, Down, Three Days Grace (with original vocalist Adam Gontier), Melvins, Refused (on their farewell tour), Mastodon, X, The Hives, Kittie, Quicksand, Mudvayne, Dir En Gray and many more more actions.

This is the third year of the fest, with System of a Down headlining the first two editions. Check out the 2025 lineup poster below, followed by our photo gallery from the 2024 edition of Sick New World.

Photo Gallery: Sick New World Festival 2024 (click to expand and browse):

System of a Down, photo by Raymond Ahner

System of a Down, photo by Raymond Ahner

System of a Down, photo by Raymond Ahner

System of a Down, photo by Raymond Ahner

A perfect circle, photo by Raymond Ahner

A perfect circle, photo by Raymond Ahner

A perfect circle, photo by Raymond Ahner

A perfect circle, photo by Raymond Ahner

A perfect circle, photo by Raymond Ahner

BABYMETAL, photo by Raymond Ahner

BABYMETAL, photo by Raymond Ahner

BABYMETAL, photo by Raymond Ahner

Lamb of God, photo by Raymond Ahner

Lamb of God, photo by Raymond Ahner

Lamb of God, photo by Raymond Ahner

Lamb of God, photo by Raymond Ahner

Danny Elfman, photo by Raymond Ahner

Danny Elfman, photo by Raymond Ahner

Danny Elfman, photo by Raymond Ahner

Danny Elfman, photo by Raymond Ahner

Danny Elfman, photo by Raymond Ahner

Primus, photo by Raymond Ahner

Primus, photo by Raymond Ahner

Primus, photo by Raymond Ahner

Fear Factory, photo by Raymond Ahner

Fear Factory, photo by Raymond Ahner

Fear Factory, photo by Raymond Ahner

Front 242, photo Raymond Ahner

Front 242, photo Raymond Ahner

Front 242, photo Raymond Ahner

Frontline meeting, photo by Raymond Ahner

Frontline meeting, photo by Raymond Ahner

Nitzer Ebb, photo by Raymond Ahner

Powerman 5000, photo by Raymond Ahner

Powerman 5000, photo by Raymond Ahner

Static-X, photo by Raymond Ahner

Static-X, photo by Raymond Ahner

Static-X, photo by Raymond Ahner

Static-X, photo by Raymond Ahner

Sunami, photo by Raymond Ahner

Sunami, photo by Raymond Ahner

VNV Natie, photo Raymond Ahner

VNV Natie, photo Raymond Ahner

Spy, photo by Raymond Ahner

Wednesday 13, photo Raymond Ahner

Wednesday 13, photo Raymond Ahner

2025 Sick New World Festival: Stacked Lineup of Metallica and Linkin Park
Spencer Kaufman

Popular posts

Subscribe to Consequence’s email digests to get the latest music, film, and television news, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more delivered straight to your inbox.