Chon/Polyphia/Strawberry Girls

If you crave the complex melodies and tight instrumentation of metal music but dread the guttural screaming of the bands’ front men, Chon might be for you. On its first full-length album, 2015’s Grow, the band mixes delicately intertwining guitar melodies and complicated drumming patters to keep their singer-less songs interesting. Now a headliner after opening for similar acts, such as Animals and Leaders and Circa Survive, in the past, Chon will lead a night full of progressive-metal goodness when it takes the stage with Polyphia and Strawberry Girls. (DeSmit)