Fire Fest Day 1 featuring Unearth/If Hope Dies/Fallen Captive/Youth Forgotten/Cholera/This is a Lifetime/Clarity Calls Forth/Drowning/No Second Chance/Triumph Over Shipwreck/Shores of Elysium/Seek Shelter/Ataxia

This two-day hardcore festival starts off with a bang as headlining act Unearth will feature the first hometown performance by Matt DeVries since he left Chimaira in 2011. The bassist has joined the group for its current tour. The recently reunited thrash act If Hope Dies shares headlining duties, and a slew of local and national hardcore and metal bands round out the bill. (Niesel)