Slave to the Metal

The Event:
Slave to the Metal Music Festival is an ongoing nationwide tour created to help build and establish Metal scenes in cities across the country. Its an unsigned band music festival and tour. For over a year now the tour has been in over 40 cities nationwide. in 2010 saw over 750 bands and more than 35,000 fans in 75 shows! The event is hosted by Juliya Chernetsky(Mistress Juliya) and Jennifer Arroyo(Ms Jenncity). The goal is to create a fun atmosphere, to get the bands networking with other bands from their city, set up opportunities for the bands to share fan bases, help establish their music scenes and ultimately to get your music heard by a wider audience!



The Hosts:



Juliya Chernetsky is best know for her work on Fuse TV hosting such heavy metal themed shows as Uranium, Metal Asylum and Slave to the Metal, she is currently hosting the Top 20 countdown on the Network.
These programs allowed Chernetsky to interview many of the biggest names in heavy metal as well as her personal idols. Within these few short years, she established herself as a fixture of music journalism and the metal community, gaining exposure for new bands and exclusive access to events such as the Ozzfest 10th anniversary. Chernetsky would also sporadically join the multi-hosted team on IMX which ran from 2003-2004. She is co-creater of the Slave to the Metal Music Festival and brings her years of industry contacts, knowledge and experience to the table to help local bands all across the country.
Jennifer J. Arroyo is a sassy Puerto Rican New Yorker via Washington, D.C. She started touring when she was 14 years old and has been touring the world since. Her former bands include, Open Defiance, SPiNE, Suicide Blood and most notably the platinum selling all female metal band - Kittie.
Jennifer was the first female to be fully endorsed by Warwick Basses (including Amps) and also works with Morley Bass Wah Pedals & Dean Markley.
Ms. Arroyo is the current bassist for the New York band (Brooklyn based) DeMilitia and Suicide City (Signed to The End Records - Former members include Billy Graziadei of Biohazard). Arroyo was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards. Her contributions helped assist the careers of upcoming independent artists. Jennifer has agreed to continue with her contributions and will be a judge for the 9th annual Independent Music Awards.
Arroyo runs her own production company, Jenncity Productions in New York City and was featured in the May 2007 issue of Revolver Magazine with her brand of high energy metal n roll she spins.