Chaos & Carnage returns with a Brand New Lineup
the San Antonio crowd—known for responding to high-impact tours without hesitation—will push the evening into a full-tilt stress test.
The 2026 edition of Chaos and Carnage arrives in San Antonio with a brand new lineup. Recent reporting on its national footprint has described the annual run as a veteran institution reshaping itself with heavier, more layered programming, emphasizing volatility and scale across U.S. venues . With this installation at Vibes Event Center, the tour will fit perfectly with a local landscape that already treats extreme metal as a communal staple. What makes this date notable is not only the stacked lineup but the expectation that the San Antonio crowd—known for responding to these high-impact tours —will push the evening into a full-tilt stress test.
The national press cycle surrounding Chaos & Carnage has hinted at its growing weight in the touring circuit, often pairing it alongside other extreme-heavy packages drawing global attention. Preview coverage for upcoming Chaos & Carnage years has emphasized the tour’s rotating cast of genre anchors and the momentum that comes from staging multi-band blowouts across cities accustomed to quick escalation . San Antonio has an early start, an unusually dense bill, and a venue with a documented track record of audiences that engage at full capacity from the jump .
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The support lineup this year reads like a statement. Acts such as Carnifex and Bodysnatcher have each built reputations for sets that function less as performances and more as controlled detonations, and recent tour reporting around this circuit underscores how these mid-card acts increasingly shape live intensity, not just the moments leading to the headliner . With additional appearances from 200 Stab Wounds, Ingested, Gates to Hell, and Bodybox, the sequence alone suggests a sustained pressure curve rather than a traditional build—an approach that has become part of the Chaos & Carnage identity as documented in regional previews and festival commentary.
What remains most compelling is how this tour intersects with San Antonio specifically. Local coverage of concerts at Vibes Event Center consistently frames the venue as a pressure point where lineups like this are not only celebrated but absorbed into the city’s broader live-music memory, long after the posters come down . With Thy Art Is Murder closing the night, the May 5 date is positioned as a convergence —an event designed to mark where the tour is headed in its evolving definition.
As Chaos & Carnage continues expanding its scale nationally, San Antonio could very well be highest attended if past reporting on major metal tour cycles proves reliable. May it be remembered long after the 2026 run concludes.
LINEUP
Thy Art is Murder
Carnifex
Bodysnatcher
200 Stab Wounds
Ingested
Gates to Hell
Bodybox
VENUE
Vibes Event Center — Doors 4:00 PM