ED GEIN, DESPISED ICON Confirmed For VIRGINIA METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

The first annual Virginia Metal & Hardcore Festival will be taking place Saturday, January 28, 2006 at KC's Music Alley in Fredericksburg, VA. Doors are at 1:00 p.m., all ages, two stages. Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the door. These will be the only D.C./Maryland/Virginia appearances of the bands for quite some time. Confirmed acts are as follows (in alphabetical order):

A KID NAMED DARWIN
ABACABB
ADONIS DECAY
ALL ELSE FAILED
AORTA CONSUMPTION
BURIED AMONG US
CASSIUS
DESPISED ICON
ED GEIN
FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW
ON BROKEN WINGS
REFLUX
THE BURNING SEASON
THIS TIME IT'S WAR
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD
TIME OF CHOLERA
TOO PURE TO DIE
WE WERE GENTLEMEN
+Surpise Guests

More information can be found at www.virginiametalfest.com (site launching on Monday).