Moshers and metalheads: prepare for a full thrashin' assault. The guns of metal will be arriving in State College in the form of the "Supercharging America" tour.

Machine Head, with openers 3rd Strike and Darwin's Waiting Room will wreak havoc on Monday with its performance at Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.

Jabe, lead singer of Darwin's Waiting Room, talked while on tour in Orlando about the band's recent tour with Machine Head. "This is the first time we are touring in a bus. We are ecstatic. We went all last year in a van," he said. "The road is its own world, time is different, but it's the only way to live. You get to meet great people who love music as much as you do." Darwin's Waiting room is promoting its July 2001 release, the debut album, Orphan.

The band's music is a mixture of styles that Jabe called "heavy melodic." When asked what other bands its sound could be compared to, Jabe replied, "I wouldn't compare us to any other band, per se." Its music is described in a press release as "hip-hop, monster rhythmic grooves, crunching riffs, and stark melodies." The group's name comes from an interesting idea.

"It's a slang term for the South back in the day, because it hadn't evolved yet," Jabe said. "It's about triggering a change instead of waiting for something to happen. To me, it describes our music."

Being a lyricist for the band, along with emcee Michael "Grimm" Falk, brings certain responsibilities to the group. "We don't write about anything we don't have experiences in," Jabe said. Darwin's Waiting Room formed out of Miami, after a careful selection process.

"We took a lot of time to filter and try out different musicians," Jabe said. The band officially was formed on New Year's Day in 2000, when the guitarist Eddie the Kydd joined. The group's pummeling show will try to dazzle fans. "Every show is pretty much different," Jabe said. "We have a high energy show ... there is lots of jumping, lots of screaming, lots of moshing, and lots of crowd surfing."

Jabe is excited about the current tour. "It has been great," he said, "The crowds have been great. The best part about the road is that you get to live with your best friends," he said. "We were careful selecting musicians, because we didn't want anyone who was really a good musician, but a dick."

3rd Strike is ready to open up the show, but challenges its fans. Lead singer Jim Korthe tells the audience, "Be ready to have a good time, that's what we are about, giving the energy."

The music of 3rd Strike can be classified under the headings of rock, leaning towards rap rock, but Korthe said it incorporates melody. "My influences are Black Sabbath, Ozzy and Marvin Gaye," he said.

Korthe's lyrics are a composition of his struggles while growing up in LA and his involvement with a gang for seven years. "(With the lyrics) I want to keep it real, they are about life experiences," he said. The current line-up of 3rd Strike has been together for about one and a half years, but the guitarist Todd Deguchi and Korthe have been creating music together since 1988.

"We had a record deal that fell through, then the members rotated, now we are on Hollywood Records," Korthe said. The band has been working on and creating a buzz for its debut album Lost Angel, which will be released on May 7, 2002.

"The live show is all about the energy. We try to hit 'em real hard and real fast," Korthe said. Machine Head is a heavy metal band hailing from California. Its album Burn My Eyes has been the highest selling on its Roadrunner record label.

Tickets for the all-age show are $12 for advance tickets and $14 on the day of the show.