Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Those who are more familiar with the hard rock and heavy metal scenes will probably be disappointed by this week’s round of musician additions for the 2026 “Welcome To Rockville.” Like Simple Plan and Highly Suspect, pop-punkers The Paradox, electropop/post-hardcore group Breathe Carolina, and platinum-certified hard rock band Badflower are among the other new members. The festival will take place at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, from May 7–10 of next year. As of right now, the following musicians have been revealed, with more to come, as reported by theprp.
My Chemical Romance (headliner)
Bring Me The Horizon (headliner)
Ice Nine Kills
The Offspring
Motionless In White
Dethklok
Staind
Sevendust
Black Veil Brides
Atreyu
All That Remains
Lorna Shore
Whitechapel
The Plot In You
Cradle Of Filth
DragonForce
Drowning Pool
Buckcherry
The Ataris
Paleface Swiss
Crown The Empire
Saliva
10 Years
Nonpoint
Spineshank
Ill Niño
Avatar
Cradle Of Filth
Fozzy
DragonForce
Signs Of The Swarm
Make Them Suffer
Wolves At The Gate
Sick Puppies
Primer 55
Colorblind
Disembodied Tyrant
Amira Elfeky
The Canadian rock group Simple Plan was founded in 1999 in Montreal, Quebec. Pierre Bouvier (lead vocals and studio bass guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Jeff Stinco (lead guitar), and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhythm guitar and backup vocals) make up the band’s current configuration. Bass guitarist and backup vocalist David Desrosiers joined the group in early 2000 and departed in July 2020. Six studio albums have been issued by the group.
A Grammy-nominated five piece — Johnny Stevens [vocals, guitar], Ryan Meyer [drums, vocals], Rich Meyer [bass, vocals], Matt Kofos [guitar] and Mark Schwartz [synths] — Highly Suspect is nothing if not eclectic. Dabbling in hip-hip, electro-pop, and, of course, rock & roll, the band has spent the last 15 or so years melting faces and stealing hearts with their own brand of brutally honest swagger.
