It’s still nearly three months until Housecore Horror, the new fusion horror film/heavy metal festival from the twisted mind of Phil Anselmo, comes ripping, but Austin’s newest gathering of dark minds just unleashed its full music schedule.

In June, festival co-founder Cory Mitchell announced costumed maniacs GWAR, NOLA sludgers Down, Anselmo’s new project Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, and Italian soundtrack masters Goblin would be headlining. Now we can break down the details.

On Thursday, Oct. 24, before the festival proper, there will be a pre-show soundtrack to badge pickup at the Dirty Dog Bar on Sixth Street: Lansing, MI., sludge-metal-punk psychics Cavalcade, hot off Anselmo’s Housecore label. Then the action moves to HH central, the Antone’s/Emo’s complex on East Riverside. Metal will be roosting like bats at the former during the day, before stampeding into the latter come sundown of all three festival days. Plus there’s a bonus over at the Buzz Mill, with the Melvins-approved Honky headlining the coffee joint on Saturday.

There’s some bad news: Previously, Mitchell was excited to make Suffocation, complete with original vocalist Frank Mullen, a late addition to the bill. Unfortunately, they’ve dropped out. Filling that void and Saturday’s slot at Antone’s will be Florida death metallers Hate Eternal.

And don’t forget: This is just the music side. There are still a lot of films to be announced, joining special screenings by Brazilian horror pioneer Coffin Joe, German boundary-pusher Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik, Schramm), and American underground horror master Jim VanBebber (The Manson Family).

Housecore Horror runs Oct. 24-27. More info at www.housecorehorrorfilmfestival.com and Facebook. Three-day passes for both film and music, and film or music, depending on your tastes, are available now, but with the lineup out, there are also single day music passes on sale. Here’s the full lineup:

Thursday Oct. 24

Dirty Dog Bar
Cavalcade, 1am

Lord Dying, 12mid

White Widows Pact, 11pm

The Black Moriah, 10pm

Blackqueen, 9pm

Goatcraft, 8pm

Friday, Oct. 25

Emo’s
Down, 11pm

Goblin, 9:50pm

Warbeast, 8:55pm

Ancient VVisdom, 8pm

Antone’s
Repulsion, 4:10pm

Pallbearer, 3pm

Child Bite, 2pm

Headcrusher, 1pm

Saturday, Oct. 26

Emo’s
GWAR, 11pm

Crowbar, 9:55pm

Whitechapel, 8:55pm

Goatwhore, 8pm

Iron Reagan, 7:35pm

Buzz Mill
Honky, 7pm

Star & Dagger, 6pm

School of Rock, 4:30pm

Antone’s
Hate Eternal, 4:10pm

Bloody Hammers, 3:05pm

Death Will Tremble, 2:05pm

A Band of Orcs, 1:10pm

First Jason, 12:15pm

Sunday, Oct. 27

Emo’s
Goblin perform Suspiria. 11pm

Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals. 9:25pm

Eyehategod, 8:15pm

Skrew, 7:15pm

Antone’s
Pig Destroyer, 4:10pm

Primitive Weapons, 3pm

Hymns, 2pm

Dead Earth Politics, 1pm

This article appears in August 9 • 2013.

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The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.