Four teenage girls with a love of heavy metal, a desire to prove naysayers wrong, and a passion to rock formed the metal-esque quartet known as Kittie in 1997 while still in high school. One part glam rock and one part death metal, the London, Ontario women of Kittie have, over the last ten years, played with everyone from Slipknot and Pantera, co-headlined Ozzfest and Snowcore, sold over 1.25M albums and hosted MTV’s Head Banger’s Ball. Kittie is touring in support of their latest album, Funeral for Yesterday.

From the Motor City of Detroit comes the most savage sound in modern music. Few bands possess as much metallic venom in their guitars while retaining the grit and concrete fury of hardcore/punk in their sounds as Walls Of Jericho. The music is propelled by the inhuman roar of Candace Kucsulain, whom regardless of her gender is one of the most energetic front-people in heavy music to grab a mic.

Few individuals throughout this world have the drive to create their own fate in life, resiliently defying all obstacles in their way. IN THIS MOMENT are a group of five people on the path to doing just that, with an eye on carving out their own destiny and refusing to let others deter their sole mission of becoming the biggest band in the world. Their highly anticipated debut album, Beautiful Tragedy, produced by Eric Rachel (Atreyu, God Forbid), is a dynamic opus that proves they are well beyond their years.

The Southern California-based unit formed in 2005 when Chris Howorth (guitars) and Maria Brink (vocals) met via mutual friends and immediately realized they had similar interests. The duo quickly wrote five songs and called the project IN THIS MOMENT. Jeff Fabb (drums), who was playing in another band with Howorth, soon joined the fold, and the three of them entered the studio to record their first demo. The new tracks garnered overwhelmingly positive responses on their MySpace page, and the word started to spread. Blake Bunzel (guitars) and Jesse Landry (bass) rounded out the lineup, and soon their new material caught the attention of Century Media Records, who enthusiastically signed them to a worldwide deal.

Neurosonic emerged from the Vancouver rock scene, early 2006. As driven and unapologetic as the creator, the music of Neurosonic bears its own blend of fierce vigor. Neurosonic’s blatant, brutally honest musings are an intense build of hard rock, industrial reinforcement, standout lyrics, and big, catchy, killer choruses.

Due to reasons beyond our control, I Killed The Prom Queen is no longer on this bill.

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Since their formation in 2004 Eyes Set to Kill have taken the punk-rock and hardcore communities by storm. In less than two years this Arizona based six –piece has become one of MySpace’s #1 unsigned bands, shared stages with many of the scene’s hottest bands and released one of the best selling independent releases for many online retailers.