Few if any country artists from the Lone Star State have had a louder buzz accompanying them across the country than Cody Jinks has over the past couple of years. Thanks to a string of incredible albums, including 2016's stellar I'm Not the Devil, the Fort Worth-based singer has been featured on Conan and has played to massive festival audiences across the country. He has also sold out large rooms far and wide, as he did last October when he sold-out the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on consecutive nights.

Not a bad run for the Haltom High School grad who fronted a thrash metal band long before he became a modern-day Waylon Jennings.

The buzz will grow only more deafening in the coming months thanks to a couple of big announcements. On Saturday, August 18, Jinks will host and headline the first Loud and Heavy Festival in Fort Worth at Panther Island Pavilion. Named after one of his more hard-charging tunes, the festival aims to be true to its name and star by featuring a daring combo of honky-tonk and metal acts.

Representing the country flavor will be Whitey Morgan, Sunny Sweeney, Colter Wall, Nikki Lane, Ward Davis and Dallas-dweller Paul Cauthen. Bringing the ear-busting metal will be North Carolina's sludge lords Corrosion of Conformity and Austin's doom-metal titans The Sword. The southern rocking East Texas-based Whiskey Myers will serve as a sort of audio bridge between the two disparate styles.

Lifers, Jinks' eagerly-awaited new album, will be released on July 27, so fans will have plenty of time to get familiar with the new tunes before the festival. It's sure to be a tightly-packed affair, even in the 10,000 plus capacity spot along the Trinity River just outside of downtown Fort Worth.

Tickets for Loud and Heavy Fest go on sale on Friday, June 15 at 10 a.m. and are $65 for general admission, $175 for VIP and $299 for Super VIP. loudandheavyfest.com.