The largest underground metal music festival in Northeastern Pennsylvania, NEPA Metal Meltdown, returned for its second year to Diane’s Deli & Internet Cafe in Pittston, drawing bigger crowds, an incredible lineup, and a whole lot of head banging.
Friday, May 8 featured performances from Bloodeagle, Dreadful Recognition, Threatpoint, King Bison, Wrath of Typhon, Praise the Sinner, and Earthmouth.
The lineup on Saturday, May 9 featured Imperium Mortis, Prosper or Perish, Pave the Way, Assayer, Shallow Ground, Beyond Fallen, Psychoprism, and Prosody.
Read a summary of the festival from the perspective of the fans in attendance here. For photos from last year’s event, click here. For an interview with Beyond Fallen’s Joe Karavis about organizing NEPA Metal Meltdown, click here.
Photos by Cami Kyttle/CLK Photography
