The volume is up, the pits are primed, and the guitars are ready to shred! As we dive into the final stretch of May 2025, MetalMania Live is proud to present your official weeklong breakdown of the most brutal, loud, and high-voltage metal and hard rock shows crashing through cities across the United States.
From legendary acts like Obituary, Testament, and Alice Cooper to crushing modern giants like Ice Nine Kills, Harms Way, Nails, and Between the Buried and Me, this week’s calendar is stacked with unrelenting riffs, thundering drums, and neck-breaking energy.
Whether you’re into old-school thrash, deathcore chaos, post-hardcore artistry, or progressive metal journeys — this week delivers a live show for every kind of headbanger. Here’s your full lineup of confirmed events happening from Monday, May 19 through Sunday, May 25, 2025.
🔥 MONDAY MAY 19 – Let the Madness Begin!
- Casket Robbery – Lincoln, NE
- Obituary, Nails, Terror, SpiritWorld, Pest Control – Louisville, KY
- Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon, Periphery – Estero, FL
- Harms Way, Full of Hell, Kruelty, Jarhead Fertilizer, Clique – St. Louis, MO
- Devin Townsend, Tesseract – Dallas, TX
- Breaking Benjamin, Staind, Wage War, Lakeview – Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- Between the Buried and Me, Protest the Hero – Asheville, NC
- Ice Nine Kills – Chicago, IL
- Of Mice & Men, Until I Wake, Gore – Charleston, SC
- Sheer Terror – Indianapolis, IN
- Volcandra, Saidan – Raleigh, NC
⚡ TUESDAY MAY 20 – Turn it Up!
- Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Primus – Pittsburgh, PA
- Obituary, Nails, Terror, SpiritWorld, Pest Control – Asheville, NC
- Testament – Huntsville, AL
- Baroness – Chicago, IL
- Billy Idol, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Tinley Park, IL
- Seether, P.O.D., Nonpoint – Spokane, WA
- Harms Way & Co. – Louisville, KY
- Obscura, Atheist, Origin, Decrepit Birth – Albuquerque, NM
- Tribulation, Early Moods, Final Gasp – Gastonia, NC
- Sanguisugabogg, 200 Stab Wounds – Raleigh, NC
- Nekrogoblikon, Revocation, Ov Sulfur – Detroit, MI
- Ministry, Die Krupps – Minneapolis, MN
- Angelmaker – Kansas City, MO
- Of Mice & Men – Atlanta, GA
- Marilyn Manson – Atlanta, GA
- AC/DC, The Pretty Reckless – Nashville, TN
- Alice Cooper – Wilkes-Barre, PA
🎤 WEDNESDAY MAY 21 – Midweek Mayhem
- Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon, Periphery – Huntsville, AL
- Breaking Benjamin, Staind, Wage War – Bristow, VA
- Ice Nine Kills – Grand Rapids, MI
- Wormrot, Oxygen Destroyer – Detroit, MI
- The Damned, The Adverts – San Antonio, TX
- Devin Townsend, Tesseract – Denver, CO
- Harms Way & Co. – Nashville, TN
- Angelmaker – Sioux Falls, SD
- Sheer Terror – Kansas City, MO
- Haywire – Huntsville, AL
🤘 THURSDAY MAY 22 – Pre-Weekend Pit Warmup
- Obituary, Nails, Terror – Maspeth, NY
- Testament – Austin, TX
- Coheed & Cambria, Mastodon – Lexington, KY
- Nekrogoblikon, Revocation – Pittsburgh, PA
- Rivers of Nihil, Inter Arma, Holy Fawn – Philadelphia, PA
- Alice Cooper – Utica, NY
- Sheer Terror – St. Louis, MO
- Volcandra, Saidan – Houston, TX
🔥 FRIDAY MAY 23 – Metal Weekend Begins!
- Metallica, Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies – Philadelphia, PA
- Baroness – St. Paul, MN
- Dance Gavin Dance, SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Philadelphia, PA
- Harms Way, Full of Hell – Denton, TX
- Between the Buried and Me – Asbury Park, NJ
- Devin Townsend, Tesseract – Los Angeles, CA
- Of Mice & Men – Norfolk, VA
- Static-X, Dope, A Killer’s Confession – Tucson, AZ
- The Damned, The Adverts – Phoenix, AZ
- Alice Cooper – Uncasville, CT
- Sheer Terror – Springfield, MO
🎸 SATURDAY MAY 24 – Full Blast!
- Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Primus – Indianapolis, IN
- Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon – Virginia Beach, VA
- Seether, Nonpoint – Reno, NV
- Nekrogoblikon, Revocation – Brooklyn, NY
- Ice Nine Kills – Montclair, NJ
- AC/DC, The Pretty Reckless – Chicago, IL
- Marilyn Manson – Houston, TX
- Static-X, GWAR – Albuquerque, NM
🤯 SUNDAY MAY 25 – Close It Out Loud!
- Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Ice Nine Kills – Philadelphia, PA
- Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Primus – Cleveland, OH
- Testament – San Diego, CA
- Dance Gavin Dance – Worcester, MA
- Breaking Benjamin, Staind – Cincinnati, OH
- Nekrogoblikon, Revocation – Richmond, VA
- Marilyn Manson – Dallas, TX
- One Step Closer – Salt Lake City, UT
📅 BONUS: MONDAY MAY 26 PREVIEW
- Static-X, GWAR – Wichita, KS
- Seether, P.O.D. – Midland, TX
- Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon – Saratoga Springs, NY
🖤 Stay loud. Stay proud. Stay METAL.
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