Metallica and Linkin Park headline the stacked lineup

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The line-up for Sick New World Festival 2025 has been revealed. The one-day event in Las Vegas will feature headliners Metallica and Linkin Park, as well as Queens of the Stone Age, Evanescence, Gojira, AFI, Tomahawk, Ministry and dozens of other acts.

Sick New World 2025 takes place on April 12th at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Registration for a presale code is available here. Presales begin this Friday at 10:00 a.m. (PT). General pre-sales begin four hours later at 2:00 p.m. (PT) via the festival's website.

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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, as well as Acid Bath's first show in nearly 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 acts.

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

Photo gallery: Sick New World Festival 2024 (click to enlarge and scroll):

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 by Raymond Ahner

Front 242, photo by Raymond Ahner

Front 242, photo by Raymond Ahner

Front Line Assembly, photo by Raymond Ahner

Front Line Assembly, 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 Nation, photo by Raymond Ahner

VNV Nation, photo by Raymond Ahner

Spy, photo by Raymond Ahner

Wednesday 13th, photo by Raymond Ahner

Wednesday 13th, photo by Raymond Ahner

Sick New World Festival 2025: Metallica and Linkin Park are headliners with a stacked line-up
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