For the primary time ever, Metallic Injection is stepping out into the world and placing on a killer competition that includes a few of as we speak’s most enjoyable acts. For one weekend in September, bands like Exhumed, Xibalba, Spirit Adrift, and Exmortus will share the stage with titans like Testomony, Cavalera, Concern Manufacturing unit, and Machine Head for the inaugural Metallic Injection Competition in Orange County, California.

Whereas we like to think about ourselves as the warmer of the 2 websites, we’re completely happy that our decidedly brainier sister website was in a position to put collectively an extremely stacked and various lineup. Wanting on the checklist of bands slated to hit the stage, which you’ll try under, the primary ever Metallic Injection Competition could have bands that signify thrash, loss of life, industrial, hardcore, doom, and every kind of different steel subgenres.

The primary night time’s festivities will happen on Saturday, September 16 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California and can characteristic:

• Max & Igor Cavalera (performing a particular Morbid Visions and Bestial Devastation set)
• Exhumed
• Incite
• Fueled By Fireplace
• Useless Warmth

Then the next day, on the Home of Blues Anaheim, the Metallic Injection Competition will characteristic:

• Testomony
• Machine Head
• Concern Manufacturing unit (performing a particular Demanufacture and Out of date set)
• Xibalba
• Spirit Adrift
• Exmortus
• Kyng
• Contracult Collective
• Upon Stone
• Thrown Into Exile

Metallic Injection founder and firm director Frank Godla stated as we speak’s announcement could be the end result of months of complications, planning, and herding cats, nevertheless it’s now on its solution to turning into an precise dream come true.

“I’ve all the time dreamed of getting my very own competition as a child, I imply what steel head hasn’t!? I even wrote it down on a future aim plan for Metallic Injection within the early days. When my Slay At House digital fest actually took off throughout the pandemic, and reached communities in over 60 international locations, it all of a sudden appeared doable, even overdue.

“At the moment, I deliver you the primary ever Metallic Injection Competition. Two days days of killer bands starting from thrash, loss of life, industrial, hardcore, and extra from legendary names to those price discovering. We’ll even have some actually candy giveaways, a studying space for wonderful causes I imagine in, and particular setlists together with the legendary Max & Igor Cavalera performing Morbid Visions and Bestial Devastation data in entirety, and Concern Manufacturing unit celebrating their sport altering Demanufacture and twenty fifth anniversary of Out of date with us!

“Each new endeavor has to begin someplace, and I couldn’t be extra stoked to have this group of fantastic bands be a part of MI historical past!”

Tickets for the primary night time will run ya $35 and are on sale now, whereas tickets for the second night time will go stay this Friday at 10 a.m. PDT at a equally cheap worth of $50. Naturally, Livenation, Citibank, and Home of Blues pre-sales will launch tomorrow, June 15, at 10 a.m. PDT.

“However Hesher,” I hear you ask. “What if I need to deal with myself with a VIP expertise?!” If that’s the case, then you may get your self a VIP ticket for $99.50, which can embrace a limited-edition poster, a t-shirt, and entry to comfortable mezzanine seating.

Along with the performances, the Metallic Injection Competition may even have kick ass facet actions, together with a sales space sponsored by ESP the place they’ll be raffling off a guitar every night time, with the guitar on provide on the Saturday present being signed by Max Cavalera and the Sunday present’s guitar being signed by Alex Skolnick.

Attendees may even be capable to study varied essential causes from organizations like MusiCares, Greenpeace, and American Basis for Suicide Prevention.

All of it sounds extremely thrilling and I do know I absolutely intend on being there! I do know I converse for myself and everybody right here at each websites that we’re insanely enthusiastic about this and we hope to see you there too.