Music
Chris Parker
I Wrestled a Bear Once with Molotov Solution, Glass Cloud and more
6 p.m. Monday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$12-$15
Tuesday 21 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: metal
Bear necessities
I Wrestled a Bear Once takes a kitchen-sink approach to its raging mix of alt-metal.
Music
Chris Parker
I Wrestled a Bear Once with Molotov Solution, Glass Cloud and more
6 p.m. Monday
The Conservatory
8911 N. Western
conservatoryokc.com
607-4805
$12-$15
Eat this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
How much metal can you sink your teeth into? On Saturday, Diamond Ballroom hosts Decibel magazine’s tour of Cannibal Corpse pictured with Behemoth, Waitain, Exhumed, The Devil’s Blood, In Solitude, Arkaik and Abysmal Dawn — all you can rock for one price! The feast begins 3 p.m. at 8001 S. Eastern. Tickets are $22-$25. Call 677-9169 or visit diamondballroom.net.
Saturday
For those not about to rock ...
Rocklahoma comes to your home.
Can’t make the trip to Pryor for Rocklahoma this weekend? Bang your head in the air-conditioned comfort of your own home, as HDNet brings the metal to you.
Seven hours of live coverage from the sixth annual music festival will be beamed starting at 4 p.m. Sunday. That means HDNet viewers can catch performances by Rains, Blackstone Cherry, Charm City Devils, Puddle of Mudd, Jackyl, Art of Dying, Queensrÿche, Hellyeah and Chickenfoot. Oklahoma City’s own Aranda pictured also is part of that lineup.
In Oklahoma, HDNet can be found on the following channels:
• AT&T U-verse, 1105
• Charter, 770
• DirecTV , 306
• DISH, 362
• Suddenlink, 771
Air-guitar without shame, viewers. —Rod Lott
Hey! Read This:
• Aranda interview
• Rocklahoma 2012 feature
Cosmostanza — Rad Vibes
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Some music is meant to be studied — sat down with for extended periods of time with each subsequent listen revealing another layer to savor.
Mayhem fest
Chronicles of Mayhem specializes in Southern-fried, Okie-made metal that grabs crowds and melts faces.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Rock Against Autism with Chronicles of Mayhem, Soul Crisis, Warneck and Lead Halo
7 p.m. Friday
Oklahoma City Limits
4801 S. Eastern
oclimits.com
619-3939
$10
Metal man
When not designing buildings and homes, Larry Pickering constructs sculptures that celebrate natural materials.
Visual Arts
Zach Hale
Musings of a Muddled Mind
7 p.m. Saturday
through Nov. 8
Gallery Grazioso
301 W. Oklahoma, Guthrie
gallerygrazioso.com
282-6467
free
Rock of ageless
That Aug. 31 show of Def Leppard, Poison and Lita Ford proved nothin’ but a good time.
Music
Louis Fowler
For one sweltering night, everyone at the Zoo Amphitheatre — young and old, black and white, old-school hesher and decked-out hipster — were 16 years old again, living in the much-missed year of 1987, all without a single hint of irony.
Movin’ Melvins
Presidential candidates aren’t the only ones scouring the states. So are punk’s Melvins, on the march for a Guinness World Record.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Melvins Lite with Tweakbird
9 p.m. Saturday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org
820-0951
$15
Lost Empires — Death and Evil Beasts
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Oklahoma is flush with Southern and hard-rock acts, but there’s a narrower selection of quality straight-ahead metal bands. Enter Lost Empires.
