Co-authored by professors at Mathematical Science Research Institute in Berkeley, California and Middlesex University across the pond in London, a 19-page research paper entitled “The effect of messaging and gender on intentions to wear a face covering to slow down COVID-19 transmission” revealed a frustrating finding: In the age of the coronavirus, men are less likely to wear a mask in public. Despite memorizing the entire Carcass discography, we don’t have the proper medical credentials to speak eloquently about COVID-19 on any kind of authoritative level. What Decibel does have, however, is a largely male demographic and many, many friends in the music industry with a very real sense of what’s at stake.
What it will take for metal shows to come back is most likely an eradication of the novel coronavirus. Though you may not be a doctor or research scientist, you are still an active member of society, tasked with holding yourself to a certain set of responsibilities not only to ensure your comfort but the general safety of those around you. And if the general welfare of your community isn’t enough, let us break it down in the most selfish terms possible: no mask, no show.
Wearing a mask isn’t difficult. Spending over a year without experiencing a live concert will be, however. Which is why the over 140 artists here—metal gods, local bands, white, black, Asian, celebrities, laborers, health care workers—are asking you to do your part to get behind the mask. We can all limit the spread of coronavirus; help protect each other and get one step closer to a time when we can safely watch these artists perform live in the flesh.
Phil Anselmo // ex-Pantera / Down
Daniel Martinez // Atheist
Anthony Medeglia // Atheist
Balsac the Jaws of Death // GWAR
Jacob Bannon // Converge / Wear Your Wounds / Umbra Vitae
Adam Bartlett // Gilead Media / Cavernlight
Vincent Bennett // The Acacia Strain
Blöthar the Berserker // GWAR
Derek Boyer // Suffocation
Stephen Brodsky // Cave In / Mutoid Man
Brett Campbell // Pallbearer
Ryan Canavan // Hex Records / Dialysis
Scott Carlson // Repulsion
Will Carroll // Death Angel
Max Cavalera // Soulfly / Cavalera Conspiracy / ex-Sepultura
Dino Cazares // Fear Factory
Doc Cole // Bad Wolves / God Forbid
Casey Hansen // Cult Leader
Anthony Lucero // Cult Leader
Mike Mason // Cult Leader
Sam Richards // Cult Leader
Rhett Davis // Gravehill / Stygian Crown
Phil Demmel // Vio-lence / ex-Machine Head
Josh Cohen // Die Choking
Jeffrey Daniels // Die Choking
Paul Herzog // Die Choking
Chris Dodge // Trappist / ex-Spazz
Adam D // Killswitch Engage
Charles Elliott // Abysmal Dawn
Charlie Errigo // Suffocation
Zachary Ezrin // Imperial Triumphant
Ben Falgoust // Goatwhore
Tony Foresta // Municipal Waste / Iron Reagan
Matt Fox // Shai Hulud / Zombie Apocalypse
Rob Fusco // One King Down / Most Precious Blood / Take Life
Jay Gambit // Executioner's Mask / Crowhurst
Nate Garrett // Spirit Adrift
Eddie Gobbo // Something is Waiting
Barney Greenway // Napalm Death
Chris Grigg // Woe / Glorious Depravity
Joel Grind // Toxic Holocaust
Rob Halford // Judas Priest
Kirk Hammett // Metallica
Blake Harrison // Pig Destroyer / Zealot R.I.P.
Matt Harvey // Exhumed / Gruesome / Pounder
Scotty Heath // Tankcrimes
Dwid Hellion // Integrity
Terrance Hobbs // Suffocation
John Hoffman // Ledge / ex-Weekend Nachos
Damian Herring // Horrendous / Subterranean Watchtower Studios
Alex Kulick // Horrendous
Scott Ian // Anthrax / The Damned Things
Luca Indrio // Necrot / Acephalix / Vastum
Neill Jameson // Krieg / Poison Blood
Bill Kelliher // Mastodon
Skot Hamilton // KEN Mode
Jesse Matthewson // KEN Mode
Shane Matthewson // KEN Mode
Nico Camacho-Logan // Glacial Tomb
Zach Coleman // Khemmis / Black Curse
Ben Hutcherson // Khemmis / Glacial Tomb
Phil Pendergast // Khemmis
Michael Salazar // Glacial Tomb
David Small // Glacial Tomb
Andrew Lee // Ripped to Shreds / Skullmasher
John Longstreth // Origin
Austin Lunn // Panopticon
London May // Samhain / Ministry
Mike Mayo // Waking the Cadaver / Ground
Ethan McCarthy // Primitive Man / Vermin Womb / Many Blessings
John McEntee // Incantation
Matt McGachy // Cryptopsy / Vox&Hops
Mike McKenzie // The Red Chord / Wear Your Wounds / Umbra Vitae / Stomach Earth
Bob Meadows // Mind Power / A Life Once Lost
Champ Morgan // BLK OPS / Triage / ex-Kill the Client
Joel Omans // Rings of Saturn
Erika Osterhout // Chthonic Deity / Scolex
Trevor Shelley de Brauw // Pelican
James Pligge // Harm's Way
Chris Pervelis & Chris McCarthy // Internal Bleeding
Paul Riedl // Blood Incantation / Spectral Voice / Chthonic Deity
Eugene Robinson // Oxbow / Buñuel
Domenic Romeo // Integrity
Dave Rosenberg // Deadguy
Derek Rydquist // John Frum / ex-The Faceless
Enrique Sagarnaga // Crypt Sermon / Daeva
Patrick Sheridan // Fit For An Autopsy
Tim Singer // Deadguy / Process Black / ex-Kiss It Goodbye
Justin Smith // Graf Orlock / Dangers / Ghostlimb / Vitriol Records
Trevor Strnad // The Black Dahlia Murder
Eric Morotti // Suffocation
Ricky Myers // Suffocation
Alejandro Aranda // Teeth
Mike Thompson // Withered
Aaron Turner // Sumac / Old Man Gloom / ex-Isis
Colin van Eeckhout // Amenra
Joey Vera // Armored Saint
Vlad the Inhaler // Persekutor
Dirk Verbeuren // Megadeth / Cadaver / Bent Sea
Greg Weeks // The Red Chord / Umbra Vitae / Wormwood
Karl Willetts // Memoriam / ex-Bolt Thrower
Mike IX Williams // Eyehategod
Liam Wilson // Azusa / John Frum / The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dave Witte // Municipal Waste / Burnt By The Sun / every band ever
Colin Young // Twitching Tongues / God's Hate
Taylor Young // Twitching Tongues / Zous / The Pit Recording Studio
