(Los Angeles) PROSTHETIC RECORDS is proud to announce its first official showcase at Austin's South By Southwest music festival. The show will be at the Mohawk on the inside stage (912 Red River) at 7pm on Wednesday night March 17th. The show is all ages and open to SxSW badge holders and the public.
The label has teamed up with sponsors Indie Merch, official media partner Metal Sucks , Epiphone Guitars , Sailor Jerry Rum, Texas based retailer Hastings, heavy metal ringtone provider Tones of Death and Warlord Clothing. The poster for the event was designed by Derrick "Mullet Chad" Nau, of SKELETONWITCH.
The show will be headlined by native Texan instrumetalers SCALE THE SUMMIT, who recently finished up a tour with Between the Buried and Me, Cynic and The Devin Townsend Project and spent last summer out on Dream Theater's "Progressive Nation" tour. Right before them will be Phoenix, Arizona's death metal/grind titans LANDMINE MARATHON whose new album "Sovereign Descent" comes out the day before. Atlanta's WITHERED will be providing a soundtrack of their signature blackened doom, before they head into the studio to record the follow up to the critically acclaimed, "Folie Circulaire."Seattle's BOOK OF BLACK EARTH are making an appearance before they also hit the studio to record a new full length. LA's THE FUNERAL PYRE just wrapped up in the studio for a summer release, and they'll be playing third. Opening the night will be special guests Denver's CLINGING TO THE TREES OF A FOREST FIRE and Austin's own LIONS OF TSAVO.
The label will be giving away two signed guitars, courtesy of Epiphone; one at the show and one in the near future. There will also be Sailor Jerry drink specials throughout the night.
PROSTHETIC RECORDS' 2010 SXSW SHOWCASE
Wednesday March 17, 2010
7PM, All Ages
1:20 AM Scale The Summit
12:20 AM Landmine Marathon
11:20 PM Withered
10:20 PM Book of Black Earth
9:20 PM The Funeral Pyre
8:20 PM Clinging To The Trees of A Forest Fire
7:20 PM Lions of Tsavo
Sponsored by Indie Merch, Metal Sucks, Epiphone, Sailor Jerry Rum, Hastings, Tones of Death and Warlord Clothing.
PROSTHETIC RECORDS is an independent metal label founded in Los Angeles in 1998 and has released over 100 records by acts such as Lamb of God, All That Remains, Skeletonwitch, The Acacia Strain, Kylesa, Gojira, Testament, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Beneath the Massacre, Himsa and many more. |
