METZ isn’t just a high energy band—they’re a perfect mirror of the post-hardcore loving crowd in front of them.

Here are the sixteen acts that we saw at SXSW that will be making their way up to the area in the next couple of months.

Want some loud rock in your life? Toronto three-piece METZ is hitting DC9 tonight. Check out “Headache” from the band’s soon-to-be-released debut album.