The Damned at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG)

Chaos in Tejas has announced yet another round of bands, including  The Damned, Gehenna (who play next weekend in NYC with Catharsis), Tragedy, Rotten Sound, Rival Mob, New Zealand's The Bats, Andy Stott, Power Trip, Hoax (who play NYC this weekend), Iceage (who have a new song/tour coming), Anhedonist, Akitsa, Parquet Courts and many more. Full list of names are below, which join the previously announced names like Bolt Thrower, Infest, Abigail, Integrity, Iron Lung (who play DBA soon), Final Conflict, Manilla Road, Merchandise, Milk Music, Total Control, and many many more.

The announcement comes on the same day that passes for the Austin festival, which happens May 30 - June 2,  go on sale. Passes are on sale.

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Chaos in Tejas 2013 (5/30 - 6/2) expands yet again with some mammoth additions to their lineup! Among today's announcements are names like Framtid (from Japan, playing their first and only US show!), Infest (who are also playing MDF), Total Control, the Men, Iron Lung, the Marked Men, Effluxus, Absu, Mammoth Grinder, Mitochondrion, Screaming Females, Step Forward, UV Race, Wiccans and Wrathprayer.

Full lineup so far is below, with 100+ bands still TBA. The announcement comes on the heels of last month's batch of bands that included Bolt Thrower, Final Conflict, Abigail, Manilla Road, and more. Ticketing info for the  weekend are forthcoming.

Check out the current Chaos lineup, as well as releated video, below.

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Gehenna at Sonar (more by Chris Bavaria)

"Sonar has been reopened! We are working hard at getting our liquor license back in place, this should be resolved very quickly!

We will have announcements about ALL upcoming shows but most should be going on as planned with all tickets honored!

There were some shows that got canceled and refunds have not been offered, we will be giving refunds for these shows as soon as we can, please bear with us!" -[Sonar]

Though some shows have already been relocated, Maryland Deathfest is back on at Baltimore music venue Sonar which announced it was closing on May 4th. Dillinger Escape Plan/Deftones, Odd Future, and other shows are back on at the venue too. Head to the Sonar Facebook page for more details on what's been moved and what is staying put.

In related news, two bands I was looking forward to seeing at MDF 2011, Hatred Surge and Death Breath, have sadly both dropped off the fest. The former will also not be on board for a previously discussed tour with Miasmal/Innumerable Forms that hits Acheron on May 24th, but instead will be replaced by The Impalers, which contains members of Hatred Surge/Mammoth Grinder. Stream The Imaplers's demo and a forthcoming 7" below, it rips.

And don't forget that The Dillinger Escape Plan play Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 15th (tickets), a one off solo show for the band whose tour with the Deftones also bring them to Best Buy Theater for sold out shows on 5/13 and 5/14. The Psychic Paramount & Psychic Limb support at MHoW.

Odd Future play NYC at the sold-out Highline Ballroom on May 13th. Tyler the Creator's new album Goblin is out NOW via XL.

Stream those tracks by The Impalers, with updaed Miasmal dates, below...

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