Official press release:
Shamrock Slaughter’s 2026 lineup is here and it slays.
The promoters have announced the full lineup for the 2026 edition, which brings the brutality March 13-14 of next year at Piere’s Entertainment Center + Stan’s Room in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
A whopping 28 bands will perform across two stages during the course of the two-day event. Get tickets here.
The lineup features iconic acts, rising forces, and fresh blood all under one roof for one of the Midwest’s heaviest weekends. If you don’t go, you WILL be infected with a major case of FOMO.
Death metal legends Incantation will headline Friday night’s festivities, while Ohio modern metal merchants Sanguisugabogg will close out Saturday night.
The rest of the increasingly extreme lineup is as follows:
Pyrexia
Atoll
Regurgitation
Prophecy
Syphilic
Concrete
Necessary Death
Violence Only
Human Artifacts
Between The Killings
Cemetery Rapist
Abraded
Flesher
Anatomize
Despise The Sun
Protrusion
Sacrificial
Cheese Grater Masturbation
Legion
Ancient Entities
Severed Headshop
Goremonger
Burrito Bowel
Animated Dead
À la Carte
Shoved Into Traffic
Vendor applications are open through January 31. Apply by sending an email here if you’d like to peddle your wares at this can’t miss event.
Gravemind Entertainment, LLC is the official promoter of Shamrock Slaughter Fest 2026. Promoter Braxton Keyser says:
“I grew up in this scene, surrounded by people who live and breathe this music. Shamrock Slaughter Fest was built from that same passion — to bring together every part of death metal and extreme music under one roof. For our first year to feature one of the biggest names in metal today, legendary bands that helped shape the genre, and young acts keeping it alive — that says everything about where this scene is right now. My goal is to keep building something the fans, the bands, and the entire community can be proud of, and with their support, take it even further every year.”
Other sponsors include DNA Entertainment, Ablated Records, Comatose Music, Obscenery Films, Sweaty Fingers Design, and more.
