The Chicago Metal Factory presents the Holiday Of Horror 2026 edition
featuring two rooms of heavy bands! at Reggies Rock Club & Music Joint
Saturday, December 26th @ Reggies
6:30pm door 7pm show
17+ in Rock Club with MACABRE, Lair Of The Minotaur, Hatemonger & Backlash
21+ in Music Joint with Armored Assault, Gutnoose & HANZxGRUBER
AND – FREE MIDNIGHT AFTER PARTY in the Joint (21+)
back by popular demand
HELLFROST (CELTIC FROST / HELLHAMMER tribute)
special Morbid Tales set – Are You Morbid?
TICKETS:
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/holiday-of-horror-2026-edition-reggies-rock-club-tickets/14993403
Admission ($20adv UNTIL 12/1/26 THEN $25 /$25dos)
save money – no transactions fees if you buy tickets at the Reggies box office on the second floor
MACABRE started the Holiday Of Horror 12/26/98 @ Fireside Bowl
with Reggies being its home since 2007
MACABRE at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago on December 26, 1998
MACABRE
Formed in 1985, The trio is a vanguard of the style they’ve come to describe as “murder metal,” a ferocious mix of death metal, punk rock, grind, jazz fusion, thrash and folk melodies among other sounds with lyrics examining real-life stories of serial killers, mass murderers and more.
CORPORATE DEATH – LEAD VOCALS AND GUITAR
DENNIS THE MENACE – DRUMS
NEFARIOUS – BASS AND VOCALS
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lbJzDX11fy6cLeFtlkUA8?si=IAEp8oTuTmCdSyO6nsYxrA
https://murdermetal.bandcamp.com
https://www.linktr.ee/MurderMetal
https://www.youtube.com/c/MURDERMETAL1985/featured
https://www.facebook.com/OFFICIALMACABRE
https://www.instagram.com/macabremetal
listen to Holiday Of Horror:
https://murdermetal.bandcamp.com/track/holiday-of-horror
LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR
Formed in 2003 and signed to Southern Lord Records just one month after their first show. The Midwestern death-doom metal warriors LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR have released 5 full-length albums, and 3 EP’s; interconnected concept records based on the bloodier tales of mythology.
The band has toured extensively across North America and Europe, crushing all in their path with their own brand of heavy fucking metal that has been likened to being beat to death with a spiked club.
In the words of Maximum Metal, “If there is a [band] heavier than this, then I have simply never heard it.”
Steven Rathbone – Guitar, Vocals, Synth
Chris Wozniak – Drums
Sanford Parker – Bass
Bandcamp
https://lairoftheminotaur.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lair.of.the.minotaur?stkn=MWljY2l6cW1taTM0Mg==
listen:
Let’s Kill These Motherfuckers | Lair of the Minotaur
HATEMONGER
First show in over five years!
Chicago’s Blackened Death Grind Onslaught of animosity and misanthropic disgust. Hatemonger features members from Trouble, Bear Mace, Yakuza, ex-Immortal Bird, Abigail Williams, a collective of Chicago metal lifers.
Jerome Marshall- Vocals/Guitars
John Porada- Bass/Vocals
Nate Madden- Guitars
Garry Naples- Drums
BACKLASH
Backlash is a thrash / heavy metal band from Joliet, formed in 2014. They channel classic thrash and heavy metal while staying current with the modern underground.
Lineup:
Ryan Sorensen — guitar and lead vocals
Vaughan Reed — lead guitar and vocals
Tyler Smith — bass
Shawn Johnson — drums
Catalog: debut LP Colossus (2021); single False Flag (2022). Second full-length For the Throne coming soon.
listen:
False Flag — https://backlashus.bandcamp.com/track/false-flag
Links:
Site: https://www.backlashlive.com
Link hub: https://ffm.bio/backlash
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backlash_legion/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Backlash15/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BacklashYT
Bandcamp: https://backlashus.bandcamp.com Stream hub: https://ffm.to/streambacklash.bio False Flag smartlink: https://ffm.to/falseflag
in the Joint 21+
ARMORED ASSAULT
Armored Assault (RECORD RELEASE SHOW) is celebrating 23 years of thrashing this December, with a new album titled “Armageddon”. The Chicago-based quintet consists of Andy Pindelski (vocals), Billy McDonald (bass), Tony Notardonato (guitar), Mark Suttner (drums), and Tommy Bellino (guitar).
https://www.facebook.com/ArmoredAssaultMusic/
https://www.instagram.com/armored_assault/
https://armoredassault.bandcamp.com/album/blood-queen
GUTNOOSE
Slamming brutal death metal band based out of the Chicago suburbs.
Lineup:
Vocals – Ashton McGillivray
Guitar – Irvin Gonzalez
Guitar/bass – Andreas Rivas
Drums – Dennis Blanke
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1DVtf4WK3g/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gutnoose_official?stkn=YnNkNHc1bms3b3Jq&utm_source=qr
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gutnoose_offical?_r=1&_t=ZP-9AKJyvn4ZLi
Bandcamp: https://gutnoose.bandcamp.com/album/gutnoose
listen: https://gutnoose.bandcamp.com/track/home-invasion
HANZxGRUBER
Eric – Vocals
Kurt – Guitar
Chris – Drums
Chicago mincecore Agathocles worship destroying melody since 2019 with a touch of Bombastic Dbeats
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085471200420
Bandcamp page: Music | HANZxGRUBER
listen: https://hanzxgruber.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-the-mincer
after party:
+ FREE after party in the Joint
HELLFROST – Chicago’s Hellhammer / Celtic Frost tribute
special Morbid Tales set – Are You Morbid?
featuring
Mike Legros
Markus Kolar
Mark Piotrowski
Frank Rizzo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557002532292