Finger Lakes Metal Fest 2012 has announced this year’s band line-up for the free, all ages music event featuring all types of heavy metal bands from around the Finger Lakes region of New York and an ARIA guitar raffle.

 Location: DONSELAAR’S, 10257 Rt. 31, Clyde, New York 14433. Just outside of town.

 When: May 19th

 Cost: FREE

 Doors open at 12pm Saturday and event ends at 2am Sunday

 We will be raffling an ARIA URCHIN (U-1 model) guitar sponsored by ARIA GUITARS USA, and DANA B GOODS the US distributor of ARIA guitars.

 Drawing will be between 9pm and 10pm. Do not need to be present to win. (raffle tickets will be $5 at the door)

 Camping is available on-site for those who wish to spend the night after the show.

 To reserve a tent site, call Donselaar’s at (315) 923-9801, otherwise its first come first serve.

 Bowling and video games will also be available at Scotty Mo’s in the same building.

 Donselaar’s will be serving food all day.

 Special hosts this year will be the cast of The Metallic Onslaught Radio show, WEOS Geneva, NY, which airs every Friday night from 9pm until 2am.

 Bands scheduled for this year’s event will be:

 TARANTULA - Newark, NY

 STYGIAN - Canandaigua, NY

 TAKKEN - North Tonawanda, NY

 THE UNTOLD LIES - Newark, NY

 POETRY IN BLACK - Geneva/Phelps, NY

 CASSIDY HAS CHOLER - Watertown, NY

 THE LONG COLD DARK - Buffalo NY

 LOWKEY - Newark, NY

 AWAKEN - Ithaca, NY

 DAWN OF THE APOCALYPSE - Dansville, NY

 SPATER - Waterloo, NY

 HORSEFACE - Canandaigua, New York

 BURN EVERYTHING - Rochester NY

 CIRCUS GRENADE - Lockport, NY

 ORDER OF THE DEAD - Rochester NY

 HATE MACHINE - Rochester, NY

 ARMED WITH VALOR - Syracuse, NY

 INERSHA - Newark, NY

 LEASTRYGONIA - Geneva, NY

 CAGED - Seneca Falls, NY ?

 This event is designed to promote the local and regional heavy metal music scene and support the music arts.