Mötley Crüe performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 13, 2024. AFTERSHOCK 2024: • Slayer reunites for explosive Thursday headlining set • Slipknot rocks like its 1999 on fest’s second day • Iron Maiden, Judas Priest lead British invasion on day 3 SACRAMENTO —…

Iron Maiden performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 12, 2024. Photos courtesy Aftershock Festival. AFTERSHOCK 2024: • Slayer reunites for explosive Thursday headlining set • Slipknot rocks like its 1999 on fest’s second day SACRAMENTO — Saturday night’s Aftershock headliners were proof that…

Slipknot performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 11, 2024. Photos courtesy Aftershock Festival. AFTERSHOCK 2024: • Slayer reunites for explosive Thursday headlining set SACRAMENTO — Aftershock Festival’s second day featured a variety of punk icons and modern rock heavyweights. The crowds felt bigger…

Slayer performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento, Calif. on Oct. 10, 2024. Photos courtesy Aftershock. SACRAMENTO — Aftershock Festival returned to Discovery Park bigger than ever on Thursday, the first of four days. The addition of a fifth stage for the first time created a Warped-Tour-esque environment…

Slayer performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Nov. 26, 2019. The reunited band will headline Aftershock Festival this fall.  Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. The grassy, tree-lined fields of Sacramento’s Discovery Park will again reverberate with the thunderous circle pits of the hard-rock-centric Aftershock Festival this October. This year’s edition of…

Guns N’ Roses perform during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 8, 2023. SACRAMENTO — The final day of Aftershock Festival was all about headliners Guns N’ Roses. The biggest rock band on the bill, which also included the likes of Queens of the Stone Age,…

Korn performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 7, 2023. SACRAMENTO — The third day of Aftershock Festival was marked by eclectic takes on hard rock, both from legacy acts like Korn and buzzworthy up-and-comers. The heat subsided a bit but the musical fireworks burned…

Tool performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 6, 2023. SACRAMENTO — Business picked up substantially at Discovery Park for the sold-out second day of Aftershock Festival. The crowds were bigger, the acts’ productions were more ambitious—and the sweltering heat had no intention of leaving.…

Avenged Sevenfold performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 5, 2023. SACRAMENTO — Aftershock Festival returned to Discovery Park with an eclectic lineup of acts spanning rock and roll from heavy metal to punk, classic rock and more. Also returning was the Sacramento early fall…

Killswitch Engage performs at Aftershock Fest in Sacramento on Oct. 6, 2022. Photo courtesy Steve Thrasher. Sacramento’s Discovery Park will feel the rumble once again in October as Aftershock Festival returns for four days from Oct. 5 to 8. The festival has become a staple for heavy music bands.…