Mayhem Festival 2014

Mayhem Festival 2014 was the seventh annual Mayhem Festival. Dates were announced on February 18, 2014, and lineup officially announced March 31, 2014.

In a January 2014 video interview at the NAMM Show, Korn guitarist James 'Munky' Shaffer revealed that Korn and Avenged Sevenfold 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

• Avenged Sevenfold
• Korn
• Asking Alexandria
• Trivium

Coldcock American Herbal Whiskey Stage

• Cannibal Corpse
• Suicide Silence
• Miss May I
• Mushroomhead
• Texas Hippie Coalition
• King 810
• Hell or Highwater

Sumerian Records / Headbang For The Highway Stage

• Body Count
• Upon a Burning Body
• Veil of Maya
• Darkest Hour
• "Headbang For The Highway"

Victory Records Stage

• Emmure
• Ill Niño
• Wretched
• Islander
• Erimha
• Second Pass

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")

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