Sweat Lodge

Baltimore's U+NFest also has ESG, Celebration, Terry Malts, ESCAPE-ISM (Ian Svenonius), Permanent Waves (Christina Billotte of Slant 6 / Quixotic), and more.

Swedish doom outfit Monolord has announced a big, sludgy tour with Sweat Lodge and Beastmaker for August and September. Monolord is touring behind 2015's Vaenir, which is pretty great and deeply crushing...

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...