Louder Than Life 2023: See epic photos of PANTERA, TOOL, A7X and more

Bizkit, Bad Omens, Sleep Token and many more also played

pantera zakk wylde 2023 louder than life THRASHER, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

Over the weekend — from September 21st through the 24th — the annual Louder Than Life festival took over Louisville, Kentucky, once again.

This year, the holy mecca of mosh was headlined by Avenged Sevenfold, TOOL, Foo Fighters and Green Day, with additional heavy-hitters like Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Limp Bizkit, Godsmack, Megadeth, Turnstile and Corey Taylor rounding out the stacked lineup. Coheed and Cambria, Code Orange, Run the Jewels, Bad Omens and many others were also on the bill.

Photographers Lexie Alley, Steve Thrasher and Nathan Zucker were on hand to capture all the hard-rocking action — see some of their standout shots below.

movements 2023 louder than life PROMO, Nathan Zucker

photograph by Nathan Zucker

code orange JAMI MORGAN 2023 louder than life PROMO, Lexie Alley

photograph by Lexie Alley

DEAFHEAVEN 2023 louder than life PROMO, Lexie Alley

photograph by Lexie Alley

coheed and cambria claudio sanchez 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

kittie 2023 louder than life PROMO, Nathan Zucker

photograph by Nathan Zucker

bad omens 2023 louder than life PROMO 2, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

wargasm 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

corey taylor 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

megadeth dave mustaine 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

LIMP BIZKIT FRED DURST 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

godsmack sully erna 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

2023-0922-tool-stevethrasher-4.jpg, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

THE HU 2023 louder than life PROMO 2, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

WHITECHAPEL 2023 louder than life PROMO, Nathan Zucker

photograph by Nathan Zucker

babymetal 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

DETHKLOK 2023 LOUDER THAN LIFE PROMO 2, Nathan Zucker

photograph by Nathan Zucker

sleep token 2023 louder than life PROMO, Nathan Zucker

photograph by Nathan Zucker

PARKWAY DRIVE 2023 LOUDER THAN LIFE PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

PANTERA 2023 ANSELMO Louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

avenged sevenfold 2023 louder than life PROMO 2, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

TURNSTILE 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

RUN THE JEWELS KILLER MIKE 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 2023 louder than life PROMO, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

green day 2023 louder than life PROMO, Nathan Zucker

photograph by Nathan Zucker

green day 2023 louder than life PROMO 2, Steve Thrasher

photograph by Steve Thrasher

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