CROWBAR To Headline Entertainment One Music SXSW Showcase 2016
February 29, 2016, 8 years ago
Entertainment One (eOne) has announced their 2016 SXSW Metal Showcase aptly dubbed eOne's Austin Occupation. The event will take place on March 17th in Austin, Texas at Elysium - located at 705 Red River St. Doors will open at 7PM and admission will be FREE for SXSW badge holders.
The inaugural year will include a bill consisting of eOne Music artists spanning the gamut of hard music genres, namely: Crowbar, The Contortionist, Drowning Pool, Black Crown Initiate, and Black Fast.
NOLA sludge masters Crowbar are currently working on their new, yet to be titled album due out later this year. The band has not performed at SXSW since their appearance on the 2011 Metal Alliance tour. Crowbar just announced a Broken Glass 20th Anniversary Tour as well. Click here for all tour dates.
The Contortionist, currently on tour overseas with Tesseract, will return to The States for the showcase before setting out on their own headline tour with Monuments. Drowning Pool, who are enjoying the success of their brand new LP Hellelujah, will make their first appearance at SXSW in the band's 20 year career. Black Fast and Black Crown Initiate will also make their first ever SXSW appearances.
