In the absence of new festivals to cover, GameOn.media is taking a look back at some of our favorite festivals, which we look forward to writing about and taking pictures of, just as soon as we are able to safely do so again.
Danny Wimmer Presents has become the leading producer of rock festivals in the United States, and one of their crown jewels is Monster Energy Aftershock Festival, which takes place in the fall at Discovery Park in Sacramento, the state capital of California. This event, held amongst the trees in the brilliant sunlight of the day, which fades into the cool crisp autumn evening, has become the biggest hard rock event west of the Mississippi. Fans travel from far and wide to catch up with old friends, check out the biggest legends in music, and discover the new artists which will become their favorites.
Aftershock Festival is perfectly curated to bring in the biggest acts of today, rare appearances by legends, and star-making sets by new bands. Headliners Slipknot, Tool, Blink-182, Korn, Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Shinedown, Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold, System Of A Down, Deftones, and Slash always put on a killer performance. This fest also offers the chance for younger fans to experience legends such as Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Testament, Megadeth, Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Tech N9ne and Ozzy Osbourne. You should always show up early, as you may get the chance to be introduced to rising stars like Nothing More, Volbeat, Avatar, Ghost, Fever 333, Starset, In This Moment, Badflower and Highly Suspect.
More than 200 artists have graced the stage of California’s largest rock festival, including:
311 |
’68 |
A Day To Remember |
A Perfect Circle |
Airbourne |
Alice In Chains |
All That Remains |
All Time Low |
Amigo The Devil |
Andrew W.K. |
Anthrax |
Anti-Flag |
Architects |
Art Of Dying |
Asking Alexandria |
At The Drive In |
Atreyu |
August Burns Red |
Avatar |
Avenged Sevenfold |
Awolnation |
Babymetal |
Bad Religion |
Bad Wolves |
Badflower |
Baroness |
Beartooth |
Black Label Society |
Black Map |
Black Stone Cherry |
Black Veil Brides |
Blink-182 |
Breaking Benjamin |
Bring Me The Horizon |
Buckcherry |
Bullet For My Valentine |
Burn Halo |
Bush |
Butcher Babies |
Chevelle |
Cilver |
Clutch |
Code Orange |
Coheed And Cambria |
Crossfaith |
Dance Gavin Dance |
Dead Posey |
Dead Sara |
Deadland Ritual |
Death From Above 1979 |
Ded |
Deftones |
Device |
Devour The Day |
Disturbed |
Dorothy |
Dropkick Murphys |
Eagles Of Death Metal |
Emmure |
Escape The Fate |
Everlast |
Eye Empire |
Faith No More |
Falling In Reverse |
Fever 333 |
Filter |
Fire From The Gods |
Fishbone |
Five Finger Death Punch |
Fozzy |
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes |
Fu Manchu |
Fuel |
Gemini Syndrome |
Ghost |
Ghostemane |
Girl On Fire |
Godsmack |
Gojira |
Greta Van Fleet |
Gwar |
Halestorm |
He Is Legend |
Heaven’s Basement |
Hell Or Highwater |
Hellyeah |
Helmet |
Highly Suspect |
HIM |
Ho99o9 |
Hollywood Undead |
Hyro The Hero |
I Prevail |
In This Moment |
Incubus |
Issues |
Jane’s Addiction |
Jonathan Davis |
Joyous Wolf |
Korn |
Kyng |
Lacuna Coil |
Lamb Of God |
Limp Bizkit |
Love And Death |
Marilyn Manson |
Mastodon |
Megadeth |
Memphis May Fire |
Meshuggah |
Miss May I |
Monster Magnet |
Motionless In White |
New Years Day |
Nine Inch Nails |
Nothing More |
Of Mice & Men |
Oleander |
Otherwise |
Ozzy Osbourne |
P.O.D. |
Papa Roach |
Parkway Drive |
Pennywise |
Pepper |
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals |
Pop Evil |
Power Trip |
Primus |
Puscifer |
Red Sun Rising |
Redlight King |
Rise Against |
Rob Zombie |
Run The Jewels |
Santa Cruz |
Seether |
September Mourning |
Sevendust |
Shinedown |
Sick Puppies |
Skillet |
Slash |
Slayer |
Sleeping With Sirens |
Sleepwave |
Slipknot |
Snot |
Soil |
Staind |
Starset |
Steel Panther |
Stick To Your Guns |
Stone Sour |
Stone Temple Pilots |
Suicidal Tendencies |
Suicide Silence |
Sum 41 |
System Of A Down |
Tech N9ne |
Testament |
The Amity Affliction |
The Crystal Method |
The Hu |
The Interrupters |
The Last Internationale |
The Offspring |
The Pretty Reckless |
Them Evils |
Theory Of A Deadman |
Thousand Foot Krutch |
Tool |
Turbowolf |
Twelve Foot Ninja |
Underoath |
Volbeat |
Wage War |
We Are Harlot |
We As Human |
We Came As Romans |
Weezer |
Whitechapel |
Yelawolf |
Zakk Sabbath |
Get your tickets and all info NOW for the 2021 edition, expanded to 4 days and featuring 2 sets from Metallica, as well as headline sets from My Chemical Romance and Limp Bizkit – https://aftershockfestival.com/
These are some of our favorite pictures, captured between 2013 and 2019: