by Elise Yablon | May 12, 2020 | News
Metal fans will have to wait another year for the return of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The touring summer festival announced its decision Sunday (5/10) to postpone it’s 2020 comeback until 2021. The announcement was made via a post on the...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 2, 2019 | News
2015 was the year we said goodbye to the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival as Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, and The Devil Wears Prada led the eighth and alleged final year of the touring festival. As we continue to use Mötley Crüe as an example, if these icons...
by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 12, 2017 | News
The 2015 run of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival was a rough one. It was plagued by spotty attendance, founder Kevin Lyman saying that metal had gotten “gray, bald and fat,” and Slayer’s Kerry King reacting to that in the most...
by Seth Werkheiser | Sep 15, 2015 | Interviews, News
In a recent interview with Alternative Press, Mayhem Festival co-founder and music industry veteran John Reese makes some big points about the overall state of heavy music. As you might remember Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman got himself in a bit of hot water...
by Seth Werkheiser | Aug 14, 2015 | Touring
When asked about Slipknot’s connection to Rock Star Energy Drink (they’re a sponsor of the current “Summer’s Last Stand” tour) in a recent interview, along with the dismal end of the Mayhem Festival, Corey Taylor spoke of possibility to...