METALHEADS, PACK YOUR BAGS FOR ATLANTA ON FEB. 28!!
Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 4:36pm by Vince Neilstein
The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival finally has a rival. MS Maniac Toxteth O’Grady and about a bazillion others have tipped us off to one of the most exciting new U.S. festival to hit the scene in years, The Scion Rock Fest, to be held at The Masquerade in Atlanta on February 28th. Before you balk at the corporate name, consider a) that the tickets are fucking FREE, and b) this lineup:
Mastodon, Neurosis, High on Fire, Boris, 1349, Cryptopsy, Torche, Nachtmystium, Wolves in the Throne Room, Baroness, Harvey Milk, Kylesa, Zoroaster, Withered, Krallice, Toxic Holocaust, Skeletonwitch, Rwake, A Storm of Light, Warbringer, Salome, Suidakra, Tyr, Alestorm and more…
And it’s fucking free. Is this for real??
Yes, friends, it is. We aren’t sure how tickets will be made publicly available yet, but we do know this: we will have 20 pairs of tickets to give away on MetalSucks.
Have a fucking great weekend everyone!
-VN
This lineup fucking slays. Too bad I live to far away to even have a passing chance at going.
Bah to living too far away. I’m flying in from Austin just for this.
god damn the sun says:
OH MY GOD
Liam says:
then tits it is.
god damn the sun says:
OH MY GOD
god damn the sun says:
OH MY GOD
god damn the sun says:
are you ready to cum in your pants 13,000 times over?
Liam says:
READY
god damn the sun says:
also, get ready to hate yourself for living in canada
god damn the sun says:
http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/scionrockfest.jpg
Liam says:
oh
Liam says:
my
Liam says:
fucking
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god
Liam says:
i almost want to get a ticket to this and road head my way to georgia
I hope this fucking club is big.
After creaming my pants reading the line-up, I turn around and see that Wolf licking his balls… how odd.
damn…
I saw this on Lambgoat today, but I didn’t see that it was free. Holy shit.
FUCKING FUCKING FUCK FUCK. Why do I have to live in the UK again?!
Ooo…a metal festival I might actually have a chance of attending…
Holy shit.
I was in Atlanta a week ago and heard rumours about this. Shit!!!!! Why do I live in Canada again?
*head explodes*
sweet! i live in atlanta!
but no doubt something will come up
I’ll be there, hopefully get some interviews and decent photos.
*picks jaw off floor, changes underpants*
Is transportation from Canada free too?
That is possibly the best lineup I have EVER seen!!!!!!!!!!!
Joining the whole “OMFG, creamed my pants” sentiment. It would be great if went out as a tour with at least half of these bands.
Either way, it’s pretty amusing that Toyota/Scion is sponsoring this, and I wonder what the members of those bands think of that.
Who knew there were so many Canadian fans of metalsucks??
I’ll be driving from Windsor, Ontario. Lets carpool!!!
wetbiscut at gmail dot com
If i can win a ticket, i’ll definitely be packing my bags!
There’s actually two different stages on separate floors of this venue. Heaven (upstairs, much bigger), and Hell (downstairs, smallter). I can’t imagine it just being upstairs so they’ll probably switch off. Or bigger bands upstairs, smaller bands downstairs etc etc.
The Masquerade actually has four spots bands play. The stages are hell, purgatory, heaven, and an outside stage that has no religious referencing name. The outdoor stage is the largest area and I assume they will be using this.
This is better than any of the past 5 NE fests…holy shit.
I live in Atlanta and have been the to the Masquerade for all kinds of shows and trust me…..metal shows here are spectacular. The sound is amazing and intense. This little bit of news has put me in a good mood that will last the rest of the day. Can’t wait. All these bands are spectacular
You have to be 18 and over…dammit, Scion, I lost all respect for you. And now there’s no chance in hell I’m buying an xB.
“Finally has competition?”
New England Metal and Hardcore sucks. And are you clowns that ignorant of Maryland Death? Jeez.
Quit listening to lamb of God and Opeth and check out something that doesn’t suck for once.
niggaplease, NIGGA PLEASE!!!
MDF isnt till may anyway. so stfu and quit being a fucking snob.
I, for one, will be attending this show.. No fucking matter what.
I booked my flight last night! Wouldn’t miss this for the world, especially with my boys in Nachtmystium, Krallice, and Zoroaster tearing shit up.
I live in atlanta
will be going
will camp outside of the masq if i have to
The masq is incredibly old btw
the place is probably gonna fall down because of this show, it will bet a good way to die though
“Andypants!!!”- Another equally lame commenter made that crippled joke. Try harder.
And try making an actual point. What the hell does MDF being in May have to do with what I said?
LOL@Snobby. It’s called taste.
OMG METAL IS SRS BZNZ
Taste and opinion are two very different things.
Though not mentioned on the scion page, Relapse’s tour date page confirms that Pig Destroyer will also be at this show.
And birds go tweet.
Intenta mas duro, maldito.
I needs them tickets bad man. Help a brother out. Hail the mighty “Mastodon”
I am flying in from northern Michigan. Found an airline ticket for $128 round trip. A little weary of having tickets but still might not get in? Can anyone give some info as to whats going on with admission to the event?