It’s Bit Naïve To Think That There’s Not An Urgent Need To Break New Headlining Bands

Mayhem Pageant was headlined by bands like Slayer, King Diamond, and Avenged Sevenfold throughout its authentic run between 2008 and 2024. Then Mayhem Pageant got here again final weekend and it had a noticeably completely different lineup that includes bands like headliners Bad Omens alongside Parkway Drive and Architects.

So why the shift? In accordance with Mayhem Pageant organizer (and Sumerian Data proprietor) Ash Avildsen in an interview with Revolver, it is all about citing the following wave of pageant headliners.

“I really like all of the older acts that headline a variety of the rock festivals within the U.S. However I believe it’s a bit naïve to assume that there is not an pressing want to interrupt new headlining bands,” stated Avildsen. “Once I assume again to once I was a young person within the Nineties, the entire new wave of huge bands like Korn and Slipknot have been younger guys.

“It has been a very long time since we have had a wave of bands with singers which might be of their twenties that may actually headline festivals. I really feel like we’re lastly there with various bands, [and] I believe Mayhem can actually assist elevate this period the identical method that it had elevated bands 10-15 years in the past.”

Which is not a shocking opinion given Avildsen‘s controversial lineup for the return of Summer Slaughter. Avildsen later famous that he plans to make Mayhem Pageant a touring pageant as soon as once more in 2025: “We determined [to] deliver it again for someday and reestablish that the model is again, and that can give us much more lead time to assemble a full [2025] summer time tour.”

Given the above feedback, it looks like Mayhem Pageant as a touring unit would possible be that very same vibe. Although Avildsen‘s original idea for Summer Slaughter was a lot more brutal, so who is aware of.