An upcoming metal fest in Orlando has lost most of its lineup and garnered a boatload of negative publicity (look ma, they made
) — over the utterly bizarre decision to book right-wing grifter Kyle Rittenhouse alongside a bunch of hardcore and metal acts.
Jacksonville metalcore faves Evergreen Terrace and more have dropped off the roster of the Shell Shock II festival, set for Oct. 19 at the Level 13 Event Center on Edgewater Drive. The fest has a stated mission of raising funds and awareness for veterans and first responders dealing with PTSD, which made things only weirder when news broke that Rittenhouse had been booked as a special guest.
The baby-faced Kenosha protest shooter and right-wing poster boy was confirmed as a guest of the festival
from organizers.
The resulting — and justified — uproar culminated in Evergreen Terrace, Southpaw and Let Me Bleed dropping off Shell Shock.
, Shell Shock is now down to a Texan Slipknot cover band, SiC, as headliner.