Some of music’s most extreme bands will converge on the Las Vegas Strip this week for an annual festival that always delivers the high-powered goods over a three-day period: The Psycho Las Vegas festival. Dozens of bands are part of this year’s festival, highlighted by American metal groups Deafheaven, pictured, and Danzig. And while the perception might be that this festival is only for the head-banging crowd, think again: The bill also features pop/rock band The Flaming Lips, rapper GZA, and rocker Ty Segall, all of whom are known for their wide-ranging discographies.
But fear not, you metal worshipers. The lineup this year provides plenty of the music you do expect. While it hasn’t released an album since 2015’s Goliathan, North Carolina-based stoner metal band Weedeater have plenty of doom-laden material to keep the crowd busy. And California-based heavy metal band High on Fire is high on its recent Grammy win (they won in 2019 in the Best Metal Performance category for “Electric Messiah”), so look for its performance to be even more intense than usual. And East Coast grindcore unit Full of Hell are sure to unleash some when they hit the stage.
Mandalay Bay, axs.com/psycho
Cover image by Chad Kelco
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