AEMfest is this weekend. Here's a handy guide.

Hey dudes,

The Athens Experimental Music Festival is coming up on Saturday, May 1st at The Union. It goes from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Here's a handy guide to what you should catch this weekend according to your tastes:

If you like dark ambient:

Check out Cleveland-based act Murderous Vision. MV has been active since the 1990s, alternating between old-school lush death industrial with scathing vocals and long passages of synthy dark ambient. Check out his upcoming releases, a c-70 on Danvers State Recordings and a new full-length orchestral industrial album on his own label Live Bait Recording Foundation.

If you like grindcore:

Make sure you don't miss fellow Clevelanders Fascist Insect. This quartet takes Napalm Death-style grindcore with disgustingly sludgy breaks. Check out their upcoming tracks collection Baptized In Smegma and various releases that they will have with them.

If you like doom metal:

Columbus' Do Chimps Battle? is not to be missed. The group takes a Melvins-esque approach to doom metal, with a pop-infused songwriting style. DCB is one of the many groups returning from last year's AEMfest.

If you like electronica:

Akron's Shapeless Shadow is right up your alley. Brian Wenner (formerly of Octoberfist) is the man behind Shapeless Shadow, which combines cosmic IDM and breakbeats with a rhythm-sequenced light show. Check him, as well as several other electronica artists, out throughout the day.

If you like noise rock:

Dead Peasant Insurance from Cleveland is the right choice for you. DPI is made up of Wyatt Howland (of the super-harsh noise project Skin Graft), Ryan Keuhn (of Thursday Club), Amanda Howland-Davidson (Wyatt's sister and the band's lead vocalist and guitarist) and drummer J Guy Laughlin (also of the band Puffy Areolas). DPI features filthy harsh noise, shrill vocals and chaotic free-jazz drumming.

Check them, as well as all the awesome acts, out on Saturday at The Union from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m.