Volume 15.

By that point, Metal Bash wasn’t an experiment. It was a machine.

This one was special because it was the first time bringing Metal Bash to Cain's Ballroom. Bigger room. Bigger stakes. And somehow, we crammed the whole lineup into a 60-second commercial. No music from every local band either, just names, because the national package took priority.

But the local scene still mattered.

80 Proof. Skullplate. Self Inflicted. Transfixed. NOS out of Bartlesville. Sounds of War. Separation From All. Bands new enough to be hungry, proud enough to show up early, and loud enough to justify two stages. That’s what Metal Bash was built on, giving local heavy bands a real platform in a real venue.

And the ripple effect is still there.

Kyle Williams from 80 Proof later connects into Medicine Horse, a Cherokee heavy project. Names and scenes keep evolving, but the roots were those nights. Those flyers. Those two-stage lineups where everybody wanted to prove something.

Metal Bash 15 was part of a longer run. You did a lot of them. The numbers blur. But the intent never changed.

Put the right bands together.
Give them a real stage.
Let the scene speak for itself.

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