KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 22 -- Local metalheads, listen up: a new heavy metal festival with a pretty stacked lineup is set to take over KL next year.

The inaugural two-day festival,Metalverse Music Festival 2026, is going to take place on April 30 and May 1 next year at Mega Star Arena in Sungei Wang Plaza and they will be featuring a total of six top beloved international acts.

Although the full lineup is yet to be revealed, the four confirmed acts include American metalcore band from Ohio, Miss May I and popular emo-band the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus who are best known for their multi-platinum single Face Down.

They are followed by California-based post hardcore band A Skylit Drive as well as metalcore group Blessthefall who had just released...