Saturday, Apr. 18, 2009
By Jonathan F. McVerry- For the CDT

It was a bright day for dark music. As the sun was falling behind the mountains and a peaceful, warm spring day in State College was heading toward night, the walls of the Bryce Jordan Center shook. The water in the restroom toilets rippled. And inside the arena, dark purple lights lit up tufts of smoke as the sounds of metal band Chimaira began the culminating event of a day chock full of heavy metal music.

The metal mini-festival "Music as a Weapon" Tour roared into the BJC Friday. As a part of its fourth installment, some of metal's heavyweights signed up and have been strutting their heaving riffs and baritone screeching on stages across the country. Read more