Metal Injection

File this under: Best News Ever.

The madmen behind Maryland’s goriest, circlepittiest, most blastbeat-engulfed metal festival have announced plans to include a second stage, featuring a proposed lineup of fifty (count ‘em, fifty!) crazy-awesome bands. Ten have already been announced, with many more to come.

Worried about being forced to make that agonizing choice between your favorite band and your other favorite band that the conflicting time schedules at so many festivals thrust upon us poor patrons? No worries, Ryan and Evan’ve got your back.

According to the festival organizers, “Bands that will perform on the second stage will not be scheduled to start until a band finishes playing on the main stage. This will allow every band on the second stage to play for at least 15-20 minutes when no other band is playing, not to mention many of the bands on the second stage won't need much more than 20 minutes to play.”

The first ten second stage acts will include:

Kill the Client (Texas)
Grief (Massachusetts)
Magrudergrind (Washington DC)
Lair of the Minotaur (Illinois)
Unearthly Trance (New York)
The Endless Blockade (Canda)
Maruta (Florida)
Car Bomb (New York)
Weekend Nachos (Illinois)
Drugs of Faith (Maryland)

More bands and ticket prices to be announced soon!

Already confirmed:

PESTILENCE - Netherlands
MAYHEM – Norway
ATHEIST – Florida (!!!!!)
ASPHYX – Netherlands
IMMOLATION – New York
BRUTAL TRUTH – New York
ABSCESS - California
HAIL OF BULLETS – Netherlands
GENERAL SURGERY – Sweden
TODAY IS THE DAY - Tennessee
PHOBIA – California
SAYYADINA – Sweden
FLESH PARADE – Louisiana
JIG-AI - Czech Republic
ANTIGAMA – Poland
CROWPATH – Sweden
GNOSTIC – Georgia
MAN MUST DIE – Scotland
ENTRAILS MASSACRE - Germany
TRIAC – Maryland

Pig Destroyer - Virginia
Splitter - Sweden