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Mastodon
Also Playing: Dethklok and Converge and High On Fire
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J. Hubbard
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Sat Oct 31
5:30 pm,
Mastodon, Dethklok, Converge, and High On Fire at George Mason University Patriot Center
Metal dudes who can laugh at themselves are a rare breed; for all the serious-face doom-and-gloom posturing, metal is a pretty nerdy genre, what with the evil imagery, the long hair, the silly-looking fonts—it’s about two steps away from a Magic: The Gathering meet-up. But that’s what makes Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse so cleverly tongue-in-cheek; Dethklok, the show’s cartoon band (fronted in person by co-creator/vocalist-guitarist Brendon Small), encapsulates everything that’s absurd about the genre, but with a lighthearted wit that comes off as pure fandom tribute. Tourmates Mastodon, Converge, and High On Fire make up a fairly weighty bill on their own, each group an essential listen within their own varied metal subgenres.
George Mason University Patriot Center 4400 University Drive, Washington D.C., VA
Metal dudes who can laugh at themselves are a rare breed; for all the serious-face doom-and-gloom posturing, metal is a pretty nerdy genre, what with the evil imagery, the long hair, the silly-looking fonts—it’s about two steps away from a Magic: The Gathering meet-up. But that’s what makes Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse so cleverly tongue-in-cheek; Dethklok, the show’s cartoon band (fronted in person by co-creator/vocalist-guitarist Brendon Small), encapsulates everything that’s absurd about the genre, but with a lighthearted wit that comes off as pure fandom tribute. Tourmates Mastodon, Converge, and High On Fire make up a fairly weighty bill on their own, each group an essential listen within their own varied metal subgenres.
Updated 10/31/2009
