Mayhem Festival 2014 was the seventh annual

Mayhem Festival The Mayhem Festival was a touring heavy metal festival that took place during the summer. The inaugural season took place in 2008; the festival later became an annual event across the United States. Most years also included a single date in eit ...

. Dates were announced on February 18, 2014, and lineup officially announced March 31, 2014. In a January 2014 video interview at NAMM, Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer revealed that Korn and

Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance ...

would headline the 2014 Mayhem Festival. On March 5, over 3 weeks ahead of the scheduled official announcement, nearly the entire lineup leaked.

Mayhem Festival 2014 lineup

Mainstage

* Korn *

Asking Alexandria Asking Alexandria are a British Rock music, rock band from York, North Yorkshire, consisting of guitarists Ben Bruce and Cameron Liddell, drummer James Cassells, lead vocalist Danny Worsnop, and bassist Sam Bettley. Initially formed in 2006 ...

Trivium The trivium is the lower division of the seven liberal arts and comprises grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The trivium is implicit in ''De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii'' ("On the Marriage of Philology and Mercury") by Martianus Capella, but t ...

Coldcock American Herbal Whiskey Stage

* Cannibal Corpse *

Suicide Silence Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California. The band was established in 2002, and has released six studio albums, three EPs, and nineteen music videos. They were awarded the ''Revolver'' Golden God award for "Bes ...

Miss May I Miss May I is an American metalcore band from Troy, Ohio. Formed in 2007, they signed to Rise Records in 2008 and released their debut album, ''Apologies Are for the Weak'' through the label while the members were still attending high school. ...

Mushroomhead Mushroomhead is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in the Cleveland Warehouse District, the band is known for their avant-garde sound and horror film-inspired imagery which features masks and costumes as well as ...

* Texas Hippie Coalition *

King 810 King 810 (pronounced ''King eight one oh''; formerly known as, and often shortened to, simply King) is an American heavy metal band from Flint, Michigan, formed in 2007. The band currently consists of David Gunn and Eugene Gill, with touring m ...

Hell or Highwater Atreyu is an American metalcore band from Yorba Linda, California, formed in 1998. The band currently consists of clean vocalist Brandon Saller, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, bassist and unclean vocalist Marc "Porter" McKnight, and ...

Sumerian Records / Headbang For The Highway Stage

Body Count A body count is the total number of people killed in a particular event. In combat, a body count is often based on the number of confirmed kills, but occasionally only an estimate. Often used in reference to military combat, the term can also r ...

Upon a Burning Body Upon a Burning Body is an American metalcore band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2005. The band currently consists of vocalist Danny Leal, guitarist Ruben Alvarez, drummer Tito Felix and bassist Thomas Alvarez. Their second studio album, '' ...

Veil of Maya Veil of Maya is an American metalcore band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, by members Marc Okubo and Sam Applebaum in 2004. They are currently signed to Sumerian Records and have released six studio albums. Their first four albums are considered ...

* Darkest Hour * "Headbang For The Highway"

Victory Records Stage

Emmure Emmure () is an American metalcore band formed in 2003. Originally based in New Fairfield, Connecticut, before moving to Queens, New York, the group has released eight albums, with their first public release being a 2006 EP entitled '' The Comp ...

Ill Niño Ill Niño (stylized as ill niño) is an American metal band formed in Union City, New Jersey, in 1998 by drummer and percussionist Dave Chavarri. They have released seven studio albums, two EPs and one compilation album, totaling in over 1.3 mi ...

Wretched Wretched may refer to: * Wretched (punk band) *Wretched (doom metal band) * Wretched (metal band), a death metal band from Charlotte * ''The Wretched'' (film), a 2020 supernatural horror film by the Pierce Brothers *"The Wretched", a song by The Wo ...

* Islander * Erimha

Dates

A number of the dates were scheduled to feature altered lineups: * Denver (Main Stage acts only: Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium and Body Count) * Wantagh (Main Stage acts only: Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium) * San Bernardino + Mountain View (Emmure did not perform at these shows) * Houston (Main stage and Coldcock Stage artists, as well as Body Count and Emmure. King 810 did not perform) * Milwaukee featured 18 bands, but Avenged Sevenfold and Korn did not perform (dubbed "A Taste Of Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival")

References

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