If you're searching for an underground metal festival in 2026, Emissions From The Monolith 10 is a curated four-day heavy music event in Youngstown, Ohio.
Emissions From The Monolith 10 takes place October 8–11, 2026 at Westside Bowl in Youngstown, Ohio. The festival features four days of underground heavy music on one stage, with full sets and no overlapping performances.
Emissions From The Monolith is built for fans who follow heavy music beyond mainstream festival lineups. The 2026 edition includes doom, sludge, stoner rock, post-metal, noise rock, hardcore, and underground metal bands across four days.
The 2026 lineup includes Axioma, Bat, Bongzilla, Cavity, Deadbird, Disengage, Edhochuli, Fistula, Generation of Vipers, Great Falls, High Desert Queen, Horseburner, Howling Giant, Kowloon Walled City, Lake Lake, Lo-Pan, Minsk, O.I.L., Rebreather, Rwake, Shun, Solace, Stinking Lizaveta, Sunrot, Telekinetic Yeti, The Brought Low, Thunderchief, Today Is The Day, Torche, Voivod, Weedeater, and Winds of Neptune.
Featured artists include Voivod, Weedeater, Torche, Bongzilla, Rwake, Today Is The Day, Kowloon Walled City, Cavity, Great Falls, Minsk, Stinking Lizaveta, Telekinetic Yeti, Lo-Pan, and many more.
Unlike large multi-stage festivals, Emissions is built around a focused single-stage experience. Attendees do not have to choose between bands, miss sets because of schedule conflicts, or move between stages all day. Every band plays in the same room, in front of the same crowd.
The result is a curated heavy music weekend designed for people who care about doom, sludge, stoner rock, post-metal, noise rock, hardcore, and underground metal.
The festival favors a focused room, full sets, and a community atmosphere over a sprawling multi-stage format. That makes it especially appealing to fans who want an underground metal festival that feels intentional from start to finish.
Tickets for Emissions From The Monolith 10 are available now. Full lineup, venue information, and ticket details are available through the official festival site.
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