Avenged Sevenfold and Korn headlining Mayhem Festival; Suicide Silence hitting the road as well

Mayhem Festival, one of the biggest touring rock festivals in North America, has continued to grow as it enters its seventh year. The event released its official lineup on Monday, as well as all of the locales where the tour will be stopping. Avenged Sevenfold and Korn are listed as the headliners, and nearly 20 other bands will perform across a total of four stages.

Trivium and Asking Alexandria will join the headliners on the event's main stage, but metal fans might take more interest in the acts that will populate the festival's smaller stages. For one, Mayhem Fest will be the first tour for deathcore act Suicide Silence since the death of vocalist Mitch Lucker during 2012. Eddie Hermida of All Shall Perish was formally brought on by the band as a replacement for Lucker.

Cannibal Corpse will bring a level of heaviness to Mayhem Fest that's a bit more than even the most hardcore bands featured in the event's history, and on the other side of things, Ice T and Body Count will also be performing. Ice T is often thought of as a hip-hop performer, but his work with Body Count is more heavy metal than anything.

There will also be a motorsports exhibition featuring motocross performer Jimmy Fitzpatrick and the Fitz Army, as well as "surprises and attractions." Check out the full list of dates below:

07/05: San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheatre

07/06: Mountain View, CA@ Shoreline Amphitheatre

07/08: Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre

07/09: Boise @ Idaho Center Amphitheatre

07/11: Phoenix @ Ak-Chin Pavilion

07/12: Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheatre

07/14: Denver @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Main Stage only with Body Count feat. Ice-T)

07/16: St. Louis @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

07/17: Detroit @ DTE Energy Music Theater

07/18: Milwaukee @ Eagles Ballroom (Taste of Mayhem)

07/19: Indianapolis @ Kilpsch Music Center

07/20: Chicago @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

07/22: Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center

07/23: Saratoga, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center

07/25: Toronto @ Molson Amphitheatre

07/26: Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagra Pavilion

07/27: Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre

07/29: Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake

07/30: Wantagh, NY @ Nikon Theatre At Jones Beach (Main Stage Only)

08/01: Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center

08/02: Scranton, PA @The Pavilion At Montage Mountain

08/03: Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live

08/05: Atlanta @ Lakewood Amphitheatre

08/07: Oklahoma City @ OKC Air Park

08/09: Dallas @ Gexa Energy Pavilion

08/10: The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (Main Stage and Second Stage Only with Body Count feat. Ice-T and Emmure)

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Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Body Count