The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is still young, but it has taken the American Metal Scene by storm. If you have forty bucks and like heavy metal, then most of the time, Mayhem Fest is your choice (But then again, for thirty bucks you can go see Summer Slaughter, and in a more intimate setting). A great thing that Mayhem Festival does is it always brings on a local band in each state.
Mayhem Festival started in 2008 and was assembled by Kevin Lyman (of Vans Warped Tour fame) and John Reese (who had been Lyman's partner on the short-lived Taste of Chaos tour). It happens annually every summer across the U.S. and Canada. It's most prominent sponsor (as its namesake suggests) is Rockstar Energy Company. Other sponsors include, or have included Revolver Magazine, Hot Topic and Jagermeister. Along with these different sponsors, the festival also always brings on the freestyle motorcross team Metal Mulisha.
There have to date always been three stages at Mayhem Festival: The Main Stage, The Jagermeister Stage and a third stage, which has had a different sponsor almost every year. 2008-2009 was Hot Topic, 2010 was Silver Star, 2011 was Revolver and 2012 is Sumerian Records.
Mayhem Festival also has not shied away from social activism. From bringing Keep-A-Breat on tour, to boycotting BP oil in 2010, to this year recruiting volunteers to clean up the festival grounds, Mayhem Festival brings a bit of activism and awareness to town with it.
For current Mayhem Festival new, for tickets, and to weigh in on what bands should play in 2013, please visit the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival website at: http://www.rockstarmayhemfest.com
Below are the line-ups from each year as well as the local bands from each date:
2008 Lineup
Main Stage
Slipknot
Disturbed
DragonForce
Mastodon
Jägermeister Stage
Machine Head
Airbourne
Five Finger Death Punch
Walls of Jericho
Jägermeister Opening Band
Hot Topic Stage
Underoath
Black Tide
Suicide Silence
36 Crazyfists
The Red Chord
2008 Local Bands:
Drown Mary
Vengince
Stigmurder
Sixx
V engince
Six Ounce Gloves
Mower
Psychostick
Switchpin
Continent Ash
Conquest
Powderburn
The Destro
The Autumn Offering
Epoxy
Hemlock
Kingdom of Sorrow
Ray Street Park
Soil
Colossick
Dead Broke
Beyond the Scar
Unbroken
Stuck in Kaos
Stemm
2009 Lineup
Main Stage
Marilyn Manson
Slayer
Killswitch Engage
Bullet for My Valentine
Mushroomhead (filling in for Bullet for My Valentine on 7/31, 8/1 and 8/2)
Jägermeister Stage
Trivium
All That Remains
God Forbid
Jägermeister Battle of the Bands winner (one per location)
Hot Topic Stage
Cannibal Corpse
Behemoth
Job for a Cowboy
The Black Dahlia Murder
Whitechapel
2009 Local Bands
Skinlab
Corrupt Absolute
Madlife
Northwest Royale
Hemlock
Switchpin
Continent Ash
Seasons After
Swingshot
Ascend Through the Depths
Dirge Within
XFactor1
Mobile Deathcamp
Lost Chapter
Know Lyfe
STEMM
Property
Beyond the Star
Soul Made Visible
Saint Diablo
Must Not Kill
Gollum
Negative 263
Adakain
2010
Main stage
Five Finger Death Punch
Lamb of God
Avenged Sevenfold (July 25 and 27 only)
Rob Zombie
Korn
Silver Star Stage
Atreyu
Norma Jean
In This Moment
3 Inches of Blood
Jägermeister stage
Hatebreed
Chimaira
Shadows Fall
Winds of Plague*
Jägermeister Battle of the Bands winner
Note: Despite being announced as performing on the Jägermeister stage on press releases, Winds of Plague performed on the Silver Star stage on most of the tour dates.
2010 Local Bands:
Sangre
Vengince
Drown Mary
A Balance of Power
Hostility
Switchpin
Psychostick
Ascend Through the Depths
Hemlock
Stemm
His Name Was Yesterday
Soil
Xfactor1
Mobile Death Camp
Gollum
Saint Diablo
Tension Head
Waiting for Never
Art of Destruction
Must Not Kill
Catalysis
Brotherhood
Upon a Burning Body
2011 Lineup (2011 brought about the advent of the rotating Main Stage)
Main Stage
Disturbed
Godsmack
Megadeth
Dethklok (replaced Megadeth on 7/09
Rotating Main Stage openers
Machine Head
Trivium
Revolver Stage
In Flames
Testament (headlined 7/09-7/10, replacing In Flames)
Suicide Silence
All Shall Perish (cancelled July 24, replaced by The Athiarchists for that date)
Straight Line Stitch
Jägermeister Mobile Stage
The Athiarchists (headlining in place of In Flames after 7/30)
Trivium (headlining 7/09-7/20)
Unearth
Kingdom of Sorrow
Red Fang
Jägermeister Battle of the Bands winner
Nihilist
Valdur
Drown Mary
A Balance of Power
Back from Ashes
Until Chaos
Switchpin
Psychostick
Mobile Deathcamp
Dead Season
Hell Within
Dr. Acula
Lost Chapter
Silvertung
Beyond the Scar
Saint Diablo
Gollum
Seven Year Existence
The Surface
Texas Hippie Coalition
Powderburn
Uncrowned
Catalysis
Must Not Kill
"If history is violence and sex, I'd rather not pay my respects. If I've caused offense, I'm just trying to talk sense. Forgive me if I'm too direct or politically incorrect." Jon Foreman
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