Blood of the Sun

The stacked festival has Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Truth & Janey, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Pentagram, Candlemass, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Boris, Baroness, Drive Like Jehu, Converge, and much more.

Also: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Baroness, Pentagram, Converge, Death, High On Fire, Fu Manchu, Boris, Down, Yob, and still many more.

and Andrew Sacher Black Tusk at Saint Vitus in 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison) SXSW may be all about catching the hippest bands–check out the SXSW schedule for a lowdown on what’s going on (or browse our “SXSW” tag for some highlights) — including three BV day parties and the BV official showcase — but there’s no shortage of metal to bang your head to, either…