Premise: The Austin 100: Wo Fat Stream or download "Riffborn" Enlarge this image Mario A. Montes/Courtesy of the artist Mario A. Montes/Courtesy of the artist Hometown: Dallas, Texas Genre: Metal / Stoner Rock Why We're Excited: Named for a Hawaii 5-0 villain, Wo Fat cuts its thick, doomy metal with bluesy psychedelia and an agreeable Southern-rock chug that makes lines like "We are the riffborn!" ring out like mantras for a life of heavy-metal triumph. SXSW Schedule:
Hypothesis: The artist would have grown up in Austin.