The Metal Guide to SXSW 2016: All the Showcases, Parties and Panels
MetalSucks will be at SXSW this year for the umpteenth year in a row and, as usual, we’ve got a complete list of all the metal happenings for you to print out or keep handy on your phone. We’ll be updating this list as more events come in, so if we’ve missed anything feel free to email us at [email protected] with SXSW 2016 in the subject line.
Wednesday, March 16th
Panel: Back From the Dead: Is Rock & Roll on Life Support? (more info)
Austin Conventer Center
531 E. 4th St.
Room 10C
2pm-3pm
Media and industry executives discuss the trend of rock, hard rock and metal being sidelined as a genre, rock radio stations closing shop, market share down, big names getting old and tired, and nothing new on the horizon. What will happen when the old guard dies and we are left with Shinedown? The truly great eras of Rock and Roll have been defined by great change, birth of Metal, Hardcore and Punk, Grunge, Nu Metal and now? We have passed the decade bridge with nothing to catapult the genre forward, is rock music capable of breathing on its own? Or is it time to buy the headstone?
Panelists: Dave Rath (Roadrunner Records), Jason McMaster (Broken Teeth, Ignitor, ex-Dangerous Toys), LA Lloys (Emmis Radio Austin)
Moderator: Chuck Loesch (The MetalSucks Podcast, Emmis Radio Austin, No Control Radio)
Panel: Management: The Busiest People in Show Business (more info)
Austin Conventer Center
531 E. 4th St.
Room 10C
5pm-6pm
Panelists: Mike Mowery (Outerloop Management), Steve Hutton (Uppercut Management), Deb Klein (Primary Wave)
Moderator: Godless (The MetalSucks Podcast)
The artist manager alone is often your music business dream team, and their neccesity to performers, engineers and producers, songwriters, and other artists in the music business has never been more vital, nor as misunderstood, as it is today.
Three of the busiest people in the music business will talk about how they have needed to evolve their businesses, the value they provide their clients, and the challenges they are facing on a daily basis.
MetalSucks Presents: South by South Death 2016 (more info)
The Dirty Dog Bar
505 E. 6th St.
21+, Free for badgeholders/wristbands, limited space for the general public (admission $8), 7pm doors
1am: Monuments
12am: Conan
11pm: Lord Dying
10pm: InAeona
9pm: Khemmis
8pm: Expander
Thursday, March 17th
eOne’s Austin Occupation (more info)
Elysium
705 Red River St.
21+, Free for badgeholders/wristbands, limited space for the general public (admission tbd), 7pm doors
1am: Crowbar
12am: The Contortionist
11pm: Drowning Pool
10pm: Black Crown Initiate
9pm: Black Fast
8pm: Toothgrinder
Roadrunner Records Official SXSW Showcase (more info)
Empire Garage
606 E 7th St.
Free for badgeholders/wristbands, limited space for the general public (admission tbd), 7pm doors
12am: Killswitch Engage
11:10pm: Turnstile
10:20pm: Power Trip
9:40pm: Wild Throne
9pm: More to Monroe
The Artery Foundation Official SXSW Showcase (more info)
Monster Energy Outbreak House
213 W. 5th St.
21+, Free for badgeholders/wristbands, limited space for the general public (admission tbd), 7pm doors
12:30am: Capture the Crown
11:50pm: A Lot Like Birds
11:10pm: Hail the Sun
10:15pm: Entheos
9:15pm: Conquer Divide
8:40pm: Stolas
8pm: Message to the Masses
Friday, March 18th
SPIN at Stubb’s (more info)
801 Red River St.
11am-5pm. Free with RSVP.
Stubb’s Stage:
4:10pm: Chvrches
3pm: Deftones
2pm: Dawn
1pm: White Lung
North Stage:
3:40pm: Vince Staples
2:30pm: Baio
1:30pm: Bleached
12:30pm: Beach Slang
Panel: The Hunt for the Next Great Metal Band (more info)
Austin Conventer Center
531 E. 4th St.
Room 10B
2pm-3pm
Panelists: Mike Mowery (Outerloop Management), Mike Gitter (Century Media), Scott Givens (eOne), Jose Mangin (SiriusXM)
Moderator: Eric German (Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP)
In an era where many of metal’s seminal headliners are reaching middle age, this panel will discuss the search for the next heirs to the heavy metal throne. Drawing upon the expertise of industry insiders including a major artist, record label executive, manager, booking agent and attorney, the panel will explore what the industry is looking for in new talent, and what is, can and should be done to curate the development of that talent to breed the next generation of metal titans and festival headliners.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3 — Day 1 (more info / tickets)
The Lost Well
2421 Webberville Road
2pm-2am, $22
Weedeater
Bongzilla
Kings Destroy
Black Cobra
Author and Punisher
Today is the Day
Lord Dying
Lo Pan
Widower
Slurr
Thunderkief
The 2016 Metal Injection Official SXSW Showcase (more info)
505 E. 6th St.
21+, Free for badgeholders/wristbands, limited space for the general public (admission tbd), 7pm doors
12:30am: Steve N’ Seagulls
11:30pm: Exmortus
10:45pm: Wild Throne
10pm: The Fine Constant
9:15pm: Wrong
8:30pm: Take Over and Destroy
7:45pm: Aminals
SXSW Outdoor Stage (more info)
Outdoor Stage at Lady Bird Lake
Riverside Dr. and S. 1st St.
Free with badge, wrist band or guest pass, 7pm
8pm: Coheed & Cambria
7pm: Wolfmother
6pm: Beach Slang
5pm: Tijuana Panthers
Austin City Limits Live (more info)
The Moody Theater
310 Willie Nelson Blvd.
18+, 7pm doors, badges and wristbands admitted
12am: The Cult
11pm: Blue October
10pm: Fantastic Negrito
8pm: Joe Scarborough Band
Sledge Hammer (more info)
503 E. 6th St.
21+, 7pm
1am: Chemical Burn
12am: Joliette
11pm: Illustrations
10pm: The Great Discord
9pm: Culture Abuse
8pm: Dead Earth Politics
Saturday, March 19th
Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3 — Day 2 (more info / tickets)
The Lost Well
2421 Webberville Road
2pm-2am, $22
Pentagram
Mondo Drag
Venomous Maximus
Sweat Lodge
The Blood Royale
Tower
Sabbath Crow
Special Guests
Against the Grain
Destroyer of Light
Banquet
From Beyond
Green Beard
Tone Deaf Touring Official SXSW Showcase (more info)
Swan Dive Patio
615 Red River St.
21+, 7pm
Bongzilla
Black Cobra
Author & Punisher
Kings Destroy
Lo Pan
Dirty Streets
(set times tbd)
Circle Talent Agency and Come & Take It Productions (more info)
The Dirty Dog Bar
505 E. 6th St.
21+, Free for badgeholders/wristbands, limited space for the general public (admission $8), 7pm doors
1:15am: Pouya
12:35am: $uicide Boy$
12am: Montana of 300
10:45pm: I See Stars
10:05pm: Chunk! No Captain Chunk!
9:30pm: Summer Wars
8:55pm: Currents
8:20pm: Memories in a Broken Glass
7:45pm: The Ansible
