Reload Festival – 14-16 August 2025 – Sulingen (DE)
The wait is over: the line-up for the Reload Festival 2025 is set - and it's going to be legendary! 
Three full days of mainstage action and 48 bands are waiting for you to make our 20th anniversary a real demolition. 
The highlights of the new wave of bands:
Trivium – After their unforgettable performance in 2023 they return exclusively and will shake the stage in Sulingen again.
While She Sleeps - Our almost "houseband" is bringing their exciting energy and their only festival show in Germany 2025. A must have!
Mastodon - For the very first time on Reload! The Grammy-winning metal visionaries deliver an epic set guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
And that's not all: Become LANDMVRKS , The Butcher Sisters , TAG , Mambo KurtCelestial Sanctuary Finishing up the line up 2025.
By the way, it's worth it to be quick: There are still tickets available for 179 euros - so grab them before it goes to the next phase: http://www.reload-festival.de/tickets.
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For the first time, the organizers of the Reload Festival are announcing the first bands for the anniversary year 2025 before the start of the 2024 festival. For the 20th anniversary of the Reload Festival, fans can expect an unforgettable event: For the first time, the main stage will open on Thursday and bring a spectacular program to the stage. In addition to the eagerly awaited performance by Machine Head, who will rock the festival for the first time, other top-class acts such as Gojira, who recently thrilled with an impressive performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, and I Prevail are expected. Regular ticket presales begin on August 17, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.
Sulingen, August 14, 2024 - The Reload Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025 and promises to crown this special anniversary with an unforgettable program. We are pleased to be able to present you the first top-class acts for next year. A new milestone is being set: For the first time, the main stage will open on Thursday to offer you an additional day full of energetic live shows.
The Reload Festival 2025 will be ushered in with an absolute highlight: Machine Head will be performing with us for the first time! After almost a decade of absence from festivals, the legendary "Oakland steamroller" is returning and bringing its powerful riffs and intense grooves to Sulingen. Machine Head, who revolutionized thrash metal with their debut album "Burn My Eyes" (1994), have been a fixture in the metal scene for over 30 years. Look forward to an explosive show that will reflect their long and influential career in all its facets.
We are also particularly pleased to welcome Gojira to our stage. The French metal band, which is characterized by its innovative mix of death metal and progressive metal, will be performing at the Reload Festival for the first time. Gojira, known for their technically adept and atmospheric live shows, have impressed the world over with their unique sound and gripping stage presence. Their breathtaking performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris impressively demonstrated how they can inspire a global audience with their powerful music and gripping stage presence. The performance was celebrated by fans and critics alike and has further cemented their position as one of the world's leading metal bands. Their performance will certainly be a highlight of the festival and immerse the audience in a powerful metal storm.
Another big highlight for 2025 is the performance of I Prevail. With their genre mix of metalcore, electronic elements and melodic pop rock, the US band is one of the most innovative groups in the modern rock and metal scene. After pandemic-related cancellations in 2020 and 2021, their appearance at the Reload Festival will be a long-awaited highlight.
A total of 22 bands have already confirmed their participation in the Reload Festival 2025. Regular ticket presales start on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.
Managing Director André Jürgens is enthusiastic: "We are delighted to be celebrating our 20th anniversary with an extraordinary line-up and an expanded festival experience: For the first time, the main stage will open on Thursday, and the first confirmed bands for 2025 are real top-class acts. We can hardly wait to welcome these great acts and experience an unforgettable festival with you."
You can find more information about the Reload Festival 2024, the bands performing and exclusive ticket sales on the festival homepage (www.reload-festival.de/tickets).
