The numbers for 2010’s METALCON International were up from the year before - and in this economy, that made organizers pretty happy. 

Unseasonably hot and muggy weather greeted METALCON attendees gathered in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 6-8 for the 19th annual show. It was in the low 90s°F and very humid for early October - a time when Tampa’s humidity levels usually start to drop.