Video: Cutting Class in the Name of Metal

Just before the first drops of a heavy rainstorm began falling on midtown Kansas City, I accosted a few young metalheads outside the Uptown Theater for an impromptu interview. Brothers Matt (20), Dustin (18) and Joe Sherman (15) and their friend Vince Cash (18) left their home of Lebanon, Missouri, at 4 a.m. to get to the Uptown by 8 to ensure a place down front for tonight’s Lamb of God show. Among other things, we talked about the educational properties of metal, because, after all, they did skip school for this show.

These four comprise the better part of two Lebanon metal bands: Prodigies of the Fallen and As Shadows Collapse. Rest assured, tonight these boys’ll be taking notes.