Austinist Show Giveaway: Rigor Mortis & More @ Room 710

Metal bands from several parts of Tejas will take centre stage at Room 710 this Saturday with Dallas’ Rigor Mortis being the featured act at 11:30 p.m. Formed in the early '80s, they were one of the few standard-bearers of Texas thrash metal back in the day when Megadeth and Anthrax, among others, ruled the roost in that genre. Rigor Mortis released a few records of mega-heaviness through the early '90s and their debut full-length from 1988 was re-released in 2003. The soundtrack to the 1998 movie The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years contained their “Foaming at the Mouth” track.

Rigor Mortis is currently comprised of Bruce Corbitt (vocals), Harden Harrison (drums), along with bassist Casey Orr who has previously played with GWAR and guitarist Mike Scaccia who had a stint with Ministry in the past.

Included in this evening’s line-up are San Antonio’s HOD and San Marcos’ Disfigured. Austin metal is well represented too -- 1nch Punch and Distempered will both be on hand to play raucous sets, no doubt; the latter closing out the deafening night with a performance at 1 a.m. Your ears need this. Enter below for a chance to win free tickets to this show!

This contest is closed - Congratulations, Mr. Ortiz!

[Rigor Mortis MySpace]
[HOD MySpace]
[Disfigured MySpace]
[1nch Punch MySpace]
[Distempered MySpace]