SXSW GOES METAL
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 11:40am by Vince Neilstein
MetalSucks commenter LiquidMan666 was kind enough (or just bored at work) to compile this list of MetalSucks-friendly artists playing this year’s edition of SXSW, the yearly Austin, TX music festival usually dominated by flavor-of-the-moment indie rock turds. Is metal finely getting a fair shake in the music community at large? The following bands are confirmed to be playing SXSW official showcases, which says nothing of other bands who might be playing day parties or unaffiliated shows:
High on Fire, Between the Buried and Me, Blue Cheer, Enslaved, 1349, At All Cost, Fucked Up, Yakuza, Vvervvolf Grehv, Weedeater, Tub Ring, Russian Circles, Alex Skolnick, Trio, The Warriors, Pissed Jeans, Graveyard, Goat the Head, Coliseum, Genghis Tron, and Roger Miret & The Disasters.
Sadly MetalSucks will not be throwing down at this year’s 5-day booze and drug bender music festival. Throw your horns in the air for us.
-VN
Doubt I’ll be able to go to this, but it’s always nice to see metal drawing more fans.
Oh man, i went 2 years ago and had the most fun ever. Nothing but alcohol and metal (and some tolerable indie rock) all day and all night.
actually, now that i think if it, I kinda had to look for the metal showcases but even then there was still plenty to see every night.
wow i did not know that tub ring was still together, thats fucking awesome
1349 at SXSW? I’m not the biggest fan of that band (although they’re pretty cool), but that’s pretty fucking brutal. I wonder what the alt-country assholes will make of that.
Um, isnt that Alex Skolnick Trio as in Alex Skolnick from Testament?
Hi
Tourettes – Australian metal band – Play SXSW
Red 7 Patio on Wednesday, March 12 at 11:00 p.m
http://www.tourettes.com.au