Thirty metal bands from around the world will descend on Chicopee this weekend for the second annual Hothfest organized by metal Renaissance man musician/promoter/tattoo artist Jamie Cross. On Saturday and Sunday, bands that will take the Max Cap stage include: Dehumanized, Dysentery, Torturous Inception, Western Massacre, Thunderforge, Incontinence, Grzelakurse, ROADHORSE, My Pet Carcass, Disguise the Curse, Carnivoria, Goblet, and Godeater. It’s going to be loud. It’s going to be heavy. It’s going to melt your face. The show has but one rule: “Don’t be a dick.”

Hothfest, Jan. 9-10, noon to midnight. $20 per day (Saturday tickets get you into Sunday’s show for free). Maximum Capacity, 116 School St., Chicopee.