NXNW Metal Fest devotes three whole days to a dizzying assortment of bands, ranging from hardcore to mainstream metal to death and speed metal. From Friday, July 22, through Sunday, July 24, Sixth Avenue - specifically the Backstage Bar & Grill - will be the absolute loudest place in Tacoma. Put together by Lonnie Local and Chris Cricket Johnson, and sponsored by KISW Metal Shop, NXNW will be an all-ages event with a bar for those older than 21, and discount piercings being done by Johnson, courtesy of Action Tattoo.

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NXNW Metal Fest

Saturday, July 23 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., $8-$10
Backstage Bar & Grill, 6409 Sixth Ave., Tacoma
253.564.0149

Schedule (subject to change)

• Keeping Secrets, 10:45 p.m.
• Monsters Scare You, 10 p.m.
• Ellis Armor, 9:15 p.m.
• Crowd War, 8:45 p.m.
• We Were Dreamers, 8 p.m.
• Plague Ships, 7:15 p.m.
• Athena, 6:30 p.m.
• From Deeper Seas, 5:45 p.m.
• They Charge Like Warriors, 5 p.m.
• I Delilah, 4:15 p.m.
• Vessels, 3:30 p.m.
• Dead Pilots, 2:45 p.m.
• The Day I Ate the Moon, 2 p.m.
• Grizzly, 1:15 p.m.
• It Was Written in the Sky, 12:30 p.m.
• Dismember The Dream, 11:45 p.m.
• Tatarus, 11 p.m.