Havok + Toxic Holocaust ~ I Am ~ Hammerhedd ~ DJ Keith Cruelty (The Loft)
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM HAVOKInspired by the burgeoning American thrash metal revival of the mid-2000s, Denver’s Havok assembled in 2004 with an aggressive style that evoked Bay Area thrash legends like Exodus, Metallica, and Testament. Havok’s self-financed early releases got them signed to Candlelight Records, which released Havok’s debut album, Burn, in 2009 and then sent them off to tour with bands like Exodus, Anthrax, Destruction, Primal Fear, and Hammerfall. All of this roadwork only tightened up the group’s impressive chops, and prepared members David Sanchez (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Reece Scruggs (lead guitar), Jessie de los Santos (bass, backing vocals), and Pete Webber (drums) for the recording of their sophomore album, Time Is Up, released in early 2011. Michael Leon replaced de los Santos on bass for 2013’s Unnatural Selection, which earned positive reviews and saw Havok make their Billboard debut. TOXIC HOLOCAUSTA punitive thrash metal project influenced by hardcore punk, west coast hard rock, and proto-death metal bands of the late 90’s such as Discharge, Hellhammer, and Venom, Toxic Holocaust is largely a one- man operation run by Oregon native Joel Grind. Emerging in the lates, the project eventually expanded into a live entity, and by 2020 the group had issued six well-received full-length albums and multiple EPs. Grind founded the band in 1999 in the city of Portland. Writing and recording all of the group’s music himself, he issued a pair of demos (1999’s Radiation Sickness and 2002’s Critical Mass) before unleashing the project’s first full-length effort, Evil Never Dies, in 2003.I AMBrandishing a unique blend of furious thrash and death metal like a weapon of mass destruction, I AM is purely no-nonsense in their patented “Texas Death” assault. Armed with riffs, speed, and overwhelming power, “I AM writes songs that make you want to move” (Decibel Magazine). Across three full-length slabs of bludgeoning intensity and snarling rage, I AM put a Southern stamp and revitalized swagger into deathcore, a subgenre rarely as raw, energized, and diverse as this band. In the spirit of fellow Southern icons Pantera and newer Texan heroes Power Trip, I AM channels discontent and anger into empowering anthems, as likely to inspire a grueling workout as to incite the pit. HAMMERHEDDAbe quit baseball, Eli quit his after-school job, and Henry dropped out of college. The three Ismert brothers who make up Hammerhedd have a natural gift and a greater calling. Perhaps the definition of les enfants terribles, these metal-minded midwesterners from Kansas City are mostly too young to get served at the venues they slay, but you wouldn’t know it to hear their music. Drawing comparisons to contemporaries like Gojira, Meshuggah, and Mastodon, Hammerhedd blend heavy genres into a perfect sludge of driving rhythms, brutal distortion, and just a tinge of melodic mischief. DJ KEITH CRUELTYUnearthing the most hellish sounds from the depths of the heavy metal graveyard, DJ Keith Cruelty will be unleashing a Heavy Iron Fist of Metal Up Your Ass between sets: COMPLETE AND TOTAL STREET METAL HELL!!! All Vinyl. No Reissues and No requests!https://www.instagram.com/chains_and_leather
GIGAN ~ Sunless
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMGiganGenre: Psychedelic Technical Death MetalHas toured with: Immolation, Cattle Decapitation, Misery Index, Vital Remains, Grave, Belphegor, Lightning Swords of Death, Enfold Darkness, and many more.https://www.facebook.com/GiganmusicCheck out their song “Plume Of Ink Within A Vacuum” https://youtu.be/ZMz_8BFpgSwSunlessTour History:2017 – Central US Tour w/ Grogus2018 – US & Canada Tour w/ Gigan2019 – Central US Tour2022 – Western US Tour w/ Noctambulisthttps://linktr.ee/sunlessband
Greet Death ~ Doused
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Greet Deathhttps://www.greetdeath.net/Dousedhttps://www.instagram.com/dousedphl/?hl=en
Born Without Bones ~ Innerlove ~ Bike Routes
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMBorn Without BonesThere’s a song called “Sudden Relief” on Dancer, the new Born Without Bones album, that’s unlike anything Scott Ayotte has ever written before. That’s not because of the evolution of the Milford, MA outfit from solo project to fully-fledged band, either. Guitarist Jonathan Brucato and bassist Jim Creighton have been a part of the permanent line-up for a long time now, and Super American’s Sam Checkoway – who played on last year’s re-recorded retrospective EP, Pictures Of The Sun – was behind the kit for the whole record, the first time in the band’s history that that’s happened. This goes even deeper. It’s the first time that Ayotte has written a love song that’s not about love going or having gone wrong. Quite the opposite, in fact. “It’s written not from the perspective of having lost love but having gained love,” he explains. “Before, I didn’t write about any relationships until they were over, and it wasn’t usually in the most positive way. But this is a positive song I wrote for and about my girlfriend. Even though it says the nice things about her, I decided to keep in the not so nice things about me – because she’s also signing up for those. Luckily, she’s loving of both.” https://lnk.to/BornWithoutBones_MusicInnerlovenew york organic rock and roll co.https://innerlove.bandcamp.com/Bike Routes//South Jersey Acoustic// //Bike Routes is David Lawrence Osterhout//https://bikeroutesnj.bandcamp.com/
Morgul Blade ~ Sonja ~ Outsect
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMMorgul BladePhiladelphia’s Morgul Blade writes traditional heavy metal with a nod to second wave Scandinavian black metal, combined with the lore of the great J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, and other subjects including history and folklore. The 4-piece outfit explores the darker, more sinister side of heavy metal with harsh vocals interspersed with heroic clear ones. Telling tales of magick and might, forlorn battlefields, heroic deeds, and beings of unlimited power, the band released their hotly anticipated debut full length; Fell Sorcery Abounds” (No Remorse Records) in 2022. Morgul Blade hopes to transcend the subgenres of metal and create music that builds worlds and takes you away from crushing modernity.Sonjahttps://sonjaband.bandcamp.com/OutsectThe members of The Out-Sect all met while living in a Philadelphia junkyard. On weekends, they would gather to drink beers inside a broken down 1982 GMC Caballero with a copy of Back From The Grave stuck in the car;s cassette player. Instantly being drawn to the trashy sounds of those pimple-faced mid-60s punks, they figured they could write a song half as good as any of them. And that’s just what they did! Using instruments they, quite literally, found in the trash, the band has managed to write a handful of deranged “songs” that will leave you asking yourself “What is that smell?” and “Dear god, can they just stop playing!?”
Moonspell ~ Eleine ~ Oceans of Slumber (Cambridge Hall)
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMMoonspellhttps://www.moonspell.com/Eleinehttps://www.eleine.com/Oceans of Slumberhttps://oceansofslumber.com/
Ritual Earth ~ Ancient Days ~ Gristmill ~ Hauntress
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PMRitual Earthhttps://ritualearth.bandcamp.com/Ancient Dayshttps://ancientdays.bandcamp.com/Gristmillhttps://gristmillnj.bandcamp.com/Hauntresshttps://hauntress.bandcamp.com
Solicitor ~ Seax ~ Necrosexual ~ Bastard Cröss
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMSolicitorhttps://solicitor-speedmetal.bandcamp.com/Seaxhttps://seax.bandcamp.com/NecrosexualNecrosexual is the most electrifying man in corpse entertainment. He has performed a wild hybrid of heavy metal comedy, live music, and burlesque since 2011. As band leader, the eponymous NECROSEXUAL experience is an unholy union of black metal and speed metal: complete with frosty lead bass lines, big riff energy and howling falsettos to rouse the undead. Prepare to go one on one with the GRIM-1 for a Necrosexual Encounter you will never forget.http://necrosexual.bandcamp.com/Bastard CrössBorn in the crypts of Philadelphia in February 2021, Bastard Cröss is a 4-piece Blackened Thrash Metal band emblazoned in all things horrific and sacrilegious. Inspired by classic horror and blasphemous tales, the quartet showcases a twin vocal attack of crossripping melodies, overdriven bass and infernal blast beats akin to the thrash and 1st wave black metal scenes of yesteryear. After unleashing their debut self-titled EP in October of 2021 and dropping a split with Black Knife in April 2022, they have released a new E.P entitled “Beasts of the Night” in April this year.https://bastardcross.bandcamp.com/
REZN ~ ORYX ~ OLDEST SEA
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMREZNFor the uninitiated, the music churned out by the Chicago ethereal heavy psych quartet REZN manages to convey both crushing mass and cosmic weightlessness. With their fourth upcoming full-length entitled Solace, the band once again blurs the boundaries of their psych and doom labels by exploring more delicate and introspective emotions in the lyrics and instrumentation, using the feeling of empty space to build into towering moments of maximalist density. The appearance of piano, flute, and acoustic guitar are intricately woven throughout the record, and their dynamic range seems expanded even at the heavy end with odd time signatures and thicker, more colossal walls of sound built by the rhythm section. “This was the first time we were able to immerse ourselves 24/7 in the studio,” says guitarist and vocalist Rob McWilliams, “and it was essential in giving us the headspace to take risks with the songs. After a week straight of recording for twelve or more hours every day, you start to go crazy in a good way. We wanted it to push us into new territories musically, but also transform the record into something much bigger than what we initially envisioned.” Solace was recorded at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois by producer/mixing engineer Matt Russell, and mastered by Zach Weeks at God City Studio. Featuring cover art by the prolic Portland-based painter Adam Burke / Nightjar Illustration, Solace will be released March 8th on vinyl, CD, and digital formats.https://rezzzn.bandcamp.com/ORYX Celebrating 10 years as a band, ORYX continue to deliver their own brand ofunrelenting sonic assault seamlessly blending layers of blackened doom, sludge, death metal, and black metal. As a three-piece, ORYX masterfully integrate contrasting dynamics between brutal hypnotic doom and feather-light contemplative dirges, engaging the listener at every turn. Their third and most recent release, Lamenting a Dead World (2021), was recorded at Juggernaut Studio and mastered by Greg Wilkinson of Earhammer Studio. Since their inception, ORYX have completed multiple headlining US tours, served as direct tour support for Electric Wizard, shared the stage with numerous well-established acts such as Sleep, Eyehategod, Ufomammut, Old Man Gloom, and Kylesa, and performed at a variety of festivals in the US, thus carving a name for themselves in the metal underground.https://oryx.bandcamp.com/OLDEST SEAhttps://oldestsea1.bandcamp.com/
Witchaven ~ Traitor ~ Bastard Cross
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMWitchavenhttps://witchaven.bandcamp.com/musichttps://m.facebook.com/WitchavenOfficial/https://instagram.com/witchavenofficial?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Traitorhttps://traitorphl.bandcamp.com/musichttps://m.facebook.com/Traitor2013/https://instagram.com/traitorphl?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Bastard Crosshttps://bastardcross.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/bastardcrossphl/https://www.instagram.com/bastardcrossphl/?hl=en