System Of A Down, Deftones, Slayer, Korn & More Set For 2026 ‘Sick New World’ Festivals

The Sick New World Festival is set to return in a huge way next year — expanding to two major events across the U.S. in 2026. The nu-metal and alternative juggernaut will once again take over Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, before heading to Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX on Saturday, October 24th, 2026.

Each lineup is stacked top-to-bottom with some of the biggest names in heavy music, industrial, and alternative rock — including headliners System Of A Down, Korn, Deftones, and a rare 40th-anniversary performance of ‘Reign In Blood’ from Slayer at the Texas edition.

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April 25th – Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas Festival Grounds

Presale: Thursday, October 23 at 10:00am PT via sicknewworldfest.com/vegas

Lineup:
System Of A Down
Korn
Bring Me The Horizon
Evanescence
Marilyn Manson
Knocked Loose
Cypress Hill
Mastodon
Filter
Ministry
AFI
Danny Elfman
Acid Bath
Underoath
She Wants Revenge
Wage War
Coal Chamber
Poison The Well
KMFDM
Terror
Clutch
P.O.D.
Melvins
Glassjaw
Sunami
Scowl
Twin Tribes
HEALTH
SPEED
Orgy
Superheaven
Carpenter Brut
Failure
Kittie
Alien Ant Farm
Snot
Bloodywood
Corrosion Of Conformity
Norma Jean
Pain Of Truth
Violent Vira
VOWWS
Sleep Theory
Lords Of Acid
END IT
Better Lovers
Pigpen
TSS
Speed Of Light
Ego Kill Talent
The Dark
Chained Saint

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October 24th – Fort Worth, TX | Texas Motor Speedway

Presale: Friday, October 24 at 10:00am CT via sicknewworldfest.com/texas

Lineup:
System Of A Down
Deftones
Slayer (40 Years of Reign In Blood)
Evanescence
Marilyn Manson
The Prodigy
Knocked Loose
Mastodon
Power Trip
Ministry
AFI
Underoath
Boy Harsher
Clutch
Down
She Wants Revenge
Wage War
Coal Chamber
Poison The Well
Terror
Sunami
Scowl
KMFDM
Glassjaw
SPEED
P.O.D.
Deafheaven
Melvins
Kittie
Superheaven
Alien Ant Farm
Snot
Orgy
Twin Tribes
Norma Jean
Pain Of Truth
Haywire
Violent Vira
Sleep Theory
Better Lovers
TSS
Speed Of Light
Dying Wish
Amira Elfeky
PeelingFlesh
The Dark
Ego Kill Talent

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