Louder Than Life festival has announced Slayer will perform in 2025, following the thrashers’ planned set this year being cancelled by adverse weather.

The thrash favourites were supposed to take the stage at the Louisville, Kentucky festival on September 27. However, the entire day – which also featured Anthrax, Evanescence, In This Moment and more – was cancelled due to extreme weather off the back of Hurricane Helene.

The show would have been Slayer’s second since returning from a five-year retirement earlier this year. They made their official comeback at Riot Fest in Chicago on September 22, playing many classic tracks as well as rarities 213 and Reborn.

Now, Slayer are the first act confirmed for Louder Than Life next year. It’s also the first 2025 date the band have announced.

Danny Wimmer of festival organiser Danny Wimmer Presents comments: “We can’t wait to welcome fans back to finish what we started this year and celebrate the return of Slayer. Our team is hard at work finalising an incredible lineup that we can’t wait to reveal this winter. It’s going to be epic, and we can’t wait to see everyone back in Louisville next September.”

Slayer previously retired in November 2019, following an extensive farewell tour. Guitarist Kerry King has said the band’s shows post-return will be few and far between.

He told Classic Rock History, “It’ll be fun to play with [Slayer guitarist] Gary Holt for a few gigs; I haven’t seen him in almost five years, so that will be cool. And it’ll be cool to get together with [bassist/vocalist] Tom Araya and spit some hate out at people, but don’t get used to this being a yearly event.”

As well as a cancellation, Slayer’s comeback has been blighted by a death. One fan died after sustaining injuries either during or just before the band’s return show at Riot Fest. The festival and his friends and family have offered differing accounts on what occurred.

Louder Than Life 2025 will take place at Louisville’s Kentucky Exposition Center from September 18 to 21. Early-bird tickets go on sale next month.

Spiritbox were joined by Poppy, plus members of Jinjer and Architects, during their set at Louder Than Life festival last week.

The Canadian metalcore sensations played an eight-song set at the Louisville festival on Sunday (September 29). Poppy joined them onstage for new track Soft Spine, which was released last month. Architects frontman Sam Carter came on during Yellowjacket, immediately followed by a performance of Circle With Me with Jinjer singer Tatiana Shmayluk. Watch video of the three performances below.

After the show, Spiritbox posted a photo on X (formerly Twitter) of frontwoman Courtney LaPlante backstage with Poppy and Shmayluk at Louder Than Life. “all the girls are girling,” they wrote as a caption.

Louder Than Life was scheduled to take place from September 26 to 29 but had its second day cancelled as a result of extreme weather. The day was supposed to be headlined by Slayer, who played their first live show in five years the week beforehand. Anthrax, Evanescence, In This Moment and more also had their sets cancelled.

Spiritbox released their new EP, The Fear Of Fear, late last year and seem to be working on new music. In a December interview with Revolver, LaPlante said, “I’m looking forward to making new music. That’s the thing that has been missing for most of this year. ’Cause we have our new EP, but we made it at the beginning of the year. So it feels time to incubate something new.”

In January, the band shared a photo of themselves in the studio with former Bring Me The Horizon keyboardist/producer Jordan Fish.

Spiritbox will headline a European tour in February. The run will start with a show at London’s 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace, marking the band’s biggest-ever UK headline gig. See further details of the tour below.

Spiritbox 2025 European tour dates:

Feb 13: London Alexandra Palace, UK
Feb 15: Berlin Columbiahalle, Germany
Feb 16: Tilburg Poppodium 013, Netherlands
Feb 18: Paris L’Olympia, France
Feb 19: Cologne Palladium, Germany
Feb 20: Frankfurt Zoom, Germany
Feb 22: Munich Tonhalle, Germany
Feb 23: Hamburg Freiheit 36, Germany

Another live music event has been hampered by extreme weather after day two of Louder Than Life festival in Kentucky, USA, was cancelled.

The second day of the four-day event at Louisville Highland Festival Grounds was pulled in its entirety on Friday, resulting in fans missing out on a Slayer headline slot as well as scheduled performances by Anthrax, In This Moment, Evanescence, Clutch, Fozzy, Alien Ant Farm and more.

Slayer's appearance was a big selling point for the festival, as it was one of a small number of reunion shows.

The expected weather is said to be part of the hangover from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States.

Louder Than Life organisers said in a statement: "Louder Family, we're heartbroken to share this, but the weather just isn't in our favoor today. We've been working closely with our meteorologists and local authorities, holding on to the hope that we can open doors, but the continuous wind gusts simply make it impossible for us to proceed safely.

"We know how disappointing this is – it's gut-wrenching for us too. But your safety, along with the safety of our artists and crew, will always be our number one priority.

"The support and patience you have showed us today has been nothing short of incredible."

The event's third day was expected to go ahead as planned, with a new area added for fans to stay dry, although Falling In Reverse were unable to get to the site due to continuing bad weather across the wider area.

Organisers added: "Hope you rested up, because today’s going to hit harder than ever. The lineup is stacked, and it’s game on.

"Unfortunately, due to weather and travel issues, Falling In Reverse is unable to make it to Louisville, but, the iconic Till Lindemann has stayed in town to take the stage just for you.

Plus, we’ve added sets by Jager Henry and Return to Dust at the Kroger Big Bourbon Bar.

"Trust us – today’s going to be unforgettable. Let’s do this."

Earlier this month, Slipknot's appearance at Knotfest was cut short due to severe weather conditions that affected the full event.

Metal Hammer, Louder and major US festival firm DWP are teaming up to give one US-based rock fanatic the absolute trip of a lifetime! If you've been salivating over the incredible lineups for this year's Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple, Louder Than Life, Inkcarceration and Aftershock, this one's for you: by entering our exclusive competition, you could win two VIP tickets, airfare and accommodation to one of those very festivals. Yup, that's entry, travel and a hotel for the weekend for whichever one of the five festivals you choose! 

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Competition open to US residents only, see full list of T&Cs below.

Welcome To Rockville takes place May 9-12 in Daytona Beach, Florida and will be headlined by Motley Crue, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters and Slipknot, with the likes of Judas Priest, Disturbed, Queens Of The Stone Age, Evanescence, Mudvayne, Machine Head, Cypress Hill, Sum 41, Clutch and many more also scheduled to play across the weekend. Sonic Temple, meanwhile, will take place from May 16-19 at the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, with headliners Disturbed, Misfits and Slipknot joined by Limp Bizkit, Evanescence, Judas Priest, Kerry King, Sleep Token, Architects and more. 

Inkcarceration 2024 will take over Ohio State Reformatory from July 19-21 and features headliners Breaking Benjamin, Godsmack and Shinedown, as well as the likes of The Offspring, Halestorm, Bad Omens, Machine Head, Chimaira and Poison The Well also on the bill. The epic Louder Than Life festival takes place September 26-29 at the Kentucky Exposition Center and will feature the return of Slayer, plus fellow headliners Slipknot, Motley Crue and Korn alongside Gojira, Anthrax, Disturbed, Judas Priest, Evanescence and more. Finally, Aftershock 2024 will run from October 10-13 from Discovery Park in Sacramento, California, with Iron Maiden making their DWP debut along with fellow headliners Slayer, Slipknot and Motley Crue, plus another stacked support bill including Judas Priest, Disturbed, Mastodon, Evanescence and many more.

Full information on all five festivals along with links to buy tickets can be found via the below websites:

https://welcometorockville.com/
https://sonictemplefestival.com/
https://inkcarceration.com/
https://louderthanlifefestival.com/
https://aftershockfestival.com/

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Louder Than Life have announced an absolutely stacked lineup for 2024, and it's packing one of this year's biggest surprises: Slayer are reuniting to headline this year's festival!

The thrash metal titans - who seemingly disbanded for good in 2019 - will headline Louder Than Life 2024 alongside Slipknot, Motley Crue and Korn when the festival touches down at the Kentucky Exposition Center from September 26-29.

Joining those four headliners on this year's bill are the likes of Evanescence, Disturbed, Judas Priest, Five Finger Death Punch, In This Moment, Halestorm, Gojira, Tom Morello, Anthrax, Mastodon, Architects, Lorna Shore, Body Count, Spiritbox, Jinjer, Poppy and many, many more.

"We're thrilled to announce that Slayer will be reuniting for an earth-shattering performance at Louder Than Life,” comments Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents, the organisers of the festival. ”I was at their last show at The Forum in 2019 and have been working since then to bring them back to the Louder stage! With over 140 bands on five stages, we’re celebrating our 10th Louder Than Life with the biggest lineup yet!”

Tickets for Louder Than Life 2024 are on sale now from their official website. See the full lineup for this year's huge festival below.

As well as LTL, the thrash heroes will additionally be playing at this year's Riot Fest in Chicago on September 22. 

The news of Slayer's return will shock most fans, with guitarist Kerry King stating earlier this very month that he hadn't heard from frontman Tom Araya since the band hung up their instruments after their 'final' show at the LA Forum on November 30, 2019.

King, who kicked off his new project this year, told Rolling Stone that he'd had no contact whatsoever with his former bandmate. "Not even a text," he insisted. "Not even an email. I’ve talked to everybody else from the band on the phone, text, or email. If Tom hit me up, I’d probably respond. It probably depends on what he hit me up for, but I don’t wish him dead at this moment."

Kerry King's new project - bannered under his own name - will feature Slayer bandmate Paul Bostaph on drums, ex-Machine Head guitairst Phil Demmel, Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders and Death Angel singer Mark Osegueda. The band's debut album, From Hell I Rise, will arrive on May 17.

"Will Slayer tour again? I’m pretty sure that’s not going to happen," King told Rolling Stone. "Could Slayer play a show again? I’m sure there’s a scenario." It seems that scenario has unfolded sooner than expected. 

Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool and Avenged Sevenfold have been confirmed as headliners for this year's Louder Than Life festival, which will be held at the Highland Festival Grounds At Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, between September 21-24.

Foo Fighters will perform on the opening night, heading a bill that also includes Weezer and Rancid, while Tool will top a Friday lineup that also stars Godsmack, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth and Corey Taylor. Saturday's festivities will conclude with Avenged Sevenfold following Pantera onstage, while the weekend will finish with a set from Green Day after performances from Queens Of The Sone Age, Turnstile and Run The Jewels.  

Other acts booked for the four day event include Falling In Reverse, 311, Pierce The Veil, Coheed and Cambria, Royal Blood, Parkway Drive, Bad Omens, Babymetal and many more.

“The fans spoke and we listened!" says festival founder Danny Wimmer. "The Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool and Avenged Sevenfold were our most fan-requested bands for 2023, so being able to deliver this massive lineup to them is so special."

Tickets are on sale now. Full lineup below.

Louder Than Life 2023 lineup

Thursday, September 21
Foo Fighters, Weezer, Rancid, 311, Coheed and Cambria, Royal Blood, Code Orange, White Reaper, L7, Deafheaven, Nothing But Thieves, Sueco, Movements, The Bronx, Nothing, Nowhere., Mannequin Pussy, Beauty School Dropout, Pinkshift, Bob Vylan, Starcrawler, Starbenders, KYNG, Tigercub, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Guerilla Warfare, Asava

Friday, September 22
Tool, Godsmack, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Corey Taylor, Dance Gavin Dance, Bad Omens, Wage War, Avatar, Fever 333, Kittie, Enter Shikari, Miss May I, Fame On Fire, Dead Poet Society, Rain City Drive, Austin Meade, SIM, Tallah, Cassyette, Ten56., Hanabie., Gnome, Fox Lake, Widow7, Luna Aura

Saturday, September 23
Avenged Sevenfold, Pantera, Falling In Reverse, Pierce The Veil, Parkway Drive, Babymetal, Asking Alexandria, Dethklok, The Hu, The Amity Affliction, Memphis May Fire, Suicide Silence, Sleep Token, Whitechapel, Zero 9:36, Gideon, Strange Kids, Dragged Under, Jesus Piece, Afterlife, Another Day Dawns, Ithaca, Devil's Cut, Reach NYC, Feast For the Crows, Dissonation

Sunday, September 24
Green Day, Queens of the Stone Age, Turnstile, Run The Jewels, Flogging Molly, The Interrupters, Awolnation, Rival Sons, Billy Talent, Mayday Parade, You Me At Six, Senses Fail, Viagra Boys, Boston Manor, DeathbyRomy, Jehnny Beth, The Emo Night Tour, Call Me Karizma, Ryan Oakes, Thousand Below, Holy Wars, Reddstar, Letdown., As You Were, Death Valley Dreams, JVK