Fashion has always played a role in metal rock culture, from leather jackets and black shirts of bands like Iron Maiden to the masks and costumes of GWAR and Slipknot.

If you’re in a metal band from San Antonio, goals of dressing in black are a little different.

“My dream has always been to perform on stage in a David Robinson jersey,” said Danny Leal, frontman of the San Antonio metal band Upon A Burning Body. “But not just any ‘Admiral’ jersey, a legit, authentic one.”

Upon A Burning Body will be playing a hometown show on May 24, when it is on the bill of the third annual Bud Light River City Rockfest at the AT&T Center.

Linkin Park, Volbeat and Anthrax are among the headliners, with tickets starting at $59.50 at www.rivercityrockfest.com.

UABB, which has toured with Five Finger Death Punch and recently recorded a song with rapper Ice-T, is among Rockfest’s large contingent of South Texas acts. The Heroine, Lokey and Lynnwood King & The Revival are from San Antonio, while Shattered Sun hails from Corpus Christi and Mud River is from Laredo.

Last year’s Rockfest attendance of 23,000 head bangers made it San Antonio’s second-biggest concert of 2014, only behind a One Direction concert.

San Antonio has long held a reputation as a hard rock city, with many locals taking a music philosophy of “the louder, the better.”

Upon A Burning Body fits that mentality, as Leal growls into his microphone and gets mosh pits going at every show. The band, which now has 450,000 fans on Facebook, formed a few miles away from the AT&T Center when band members played together at a venue called the White Rabbit.

“It’s a dream for us to play Rockfest,” Leal said. “Our brand of rock is a little harder than most, but I think San Antonio responds to that. There’s a real rock mentality in this city.”

Local bands have watched many Spurs games with pride, so much so that UABB even made some of their band T-shirts silver and black.

Leal said he remembers the first time Upon A Burning Body played the AT&T Center, for the 2013 Warped Tour. Even though the court wasn’t on the floor, the band took the chance to sneak through the arena’s hallways and hope someone accidentally left the locker room door unlocked.

“We’re sitting there joking that hey, maybe we got use one of the bathrooms that the players use,” Leal said. “There’s real pride in the Spurs from us. This is our home arena too, and you can see the appreciation the Spurs have for their city.”

When UABB is on the road, the band spots Spurs fans at shows around the nation.

“People will show us their Spurs tattoos every now and then,” Leal said. “I think everybody in this city, whether you’re a metal fan, hip-hop or pop fan, we can all agree on being Spurs fans.”