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
HELL ~ CAGED ~ Deadyellow
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMHELLhttps://www.facebook.com/mswhell/CAGED”Young Gnarly and Full of SLUDGE – CAGED brings something new to the genre! They’ve decided to create riffs that seem like they were dipped in industrial sonic pain to inflict maximum listening pleasure. Their songs are the perfect soundtrack for the world we are existing in right now because they reek of disgust! Let’s all get ugly and blast the new CAGED tape STRICKEN BY CONTINUANCE.” – CVLT Nationhttps://linktr.ee/CagedDeadyellow Blackened Metal from New JerseyDiscordant, yet symmetrical. Untethered, yet controlled. Raw, yet alluring. Frenzied, yet methodical. “Black metal that matched menace and angst with stunning ambience and attention to art…”- Kronos Mortus News “Deadyellow brings accessibility… in only so much as the sound is ear shattering upon arrival.”- Tape Wyrm Metal Deadyellow is a post-black metal band from New Jersey formed summer 2020. A distinctive blend of beauty and brutality, the music is inspired by post-rock and discordant black metal, with incorporations of shoegaze and dark ambient noise. In reference to the aura of rot and decay, and reflecting the hues of earth, Deadyellow lends realization to the motif of darkness and melancholy. Lyrics explore themes of death, loss, philosophy, and self-identity, often drawing on personal experiences and emotions.https://deadyellows.bandcamp.com/https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ofnWvT9HHuYwakzNsBRll?si=lEy5hIQYS6OFQJ5QeBxMBAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVi7t7g1DyQ&t=1367s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNPnz37NrE4
Conan ~ Thra ~ Bone Weapon (Cambridge Hall)
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM ConanConan are as heavy as interplanetary thunder amplified through the roaring black hole anus of Azathoth. Remember that sentence, for it is writ large in virgin blood on the walls of the forgotten temple of Bol – Krastor , deep in the steaming forests of forgotten Lemuria. Conan, a monumentally brutal three piece (in the grand tradition of all the hallowed three pieces through time) hold a sinew – tight line and an iron – grip command over the uber – synchronised powerchord chan ges and tempo – shifts of the anti – holy trio of bass, drums and guitar. Two weary yet defiant men have the task of vocalising wretched thoughts over the turgid weight of Conan’s metalized bombast. They bear it well, for the task is immense.https://linktr.ee/hailconanThrahttps://thra.bandcamp.com/ Bone Weapon TAPE RELEASE! Paleolithic death and doom. Members of Blood Spore and Hyve https://www.instagram.com/boneweapondeath/
Sunburster + Demons + American Ethos + Desperate Living
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 6:00 PMShow: 6:30 PMDEMONSAs a new year ushers in new nightmares, art counters with menacing mechanisms for catharsis and a spillways for aggravation. Norfolk, VA’s Demons return with their blistering second full length, “Privation,” a distorted and aggressive contribution to a collective ringing of alarms amidst destructive times. Drawing from the spirit of band’s like Metz, Gulch, Converge, Propagandhi, the Demons crew punishingly delivers ten tracks of raw and confrontational fury, motivated from within a spiraling sociopolitical landscape that evokes critical self-reflection and frustration. On Privation,” Demons has found even more synchronization, with a set of songs that are self-described as “more focused,” “a little more punk rock,” and “just better.” While a seemingly simplistic account, the description holds true in all the best ways. Fans of the previous full-length and EPs will find solace in a continuation of form with “Privation,” but with the dials all turned further clockwise — louder, faster, tighter, and more urgent.https://linktr.ee/DemonsUSA AMERICAN ETHOSBandcampDESPERATE LIVINGBandcampSUNBURSTERBandcamp
Oktas ~ Tel ~ Bone Weapon
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM Oktas Oktas is an epic post doom metal band from Philadelphia. https://oktas.bandcamp.com/album/the-finite-and-the-infinite https://www.instagram.com/oktasband/ Tel tel (תל) – a Hebrew word meaning mound, heap, hill or ruinLurking in the undertow since 2016, TEL write dire and icy sounding songs that twist ghostly clean vocals, intricate guitars, thunderous bass rhythms, and chaotic drumming into a cohesive mix that breaks the barriers of doom, sludge, and post-metal. https://telrva.bandcamp.com/album/vigils-split-w-age-of-the-wolf https://www.instagram.com/tel_band/ Bone Weapon TAPE RELEASE! Paleolithic death and doom. Members of Blood Spore and Hyve https://www.instagram.com/boneweapondeath/
Nebula ~ The Atomic Bitchwax ~ Seismic
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMNebulaGuitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Ruben Romano formed NEBULA in 1997 after breaking away from desert rock pioneers Fu Manchu, eventually recruiting bassist Mark Abshire. The power trio specializes in feedback-drenched heavy rock, incorporating liberal doses of Black Sabbath riffery, psychedelia, and space rock. The band released a number of EPs before moving onto full-length albums like 1999’s To the Center and 2001’s Charged. They’ve mainly distinguished themselves as a very hard-working live unithttps://www.heavypsychsounds.com/bands/nebula.htmThe Atomic BitchwaxTHE ATOMIC BITCHWAX is an American rock band from Long Branch N.J.that plays balls-to-the-wall rock’n’roll, smashing 60s,70s riff-rock and proto-metal into a towering celebration of the riff. Formed in the mid 90s by bassist/singer/songwriter Chris Kosnik, guitarist Ed Mundell, and drummer Keith Ackerman, their first self titled album THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX was released in 1999 with the N.Y.C. label TeePee Records establishing them with audiences of the burgeoning “Stoner Rock” comunity.https://youtu.be/ZvS03fF42PoSeismicSeismic is an instrumental doom quartet from Philadelphia, formed in 2018. Pulling from influences across the spectrum of heavy music, Seismic forge lumbering riffs, thunderous bass and cavernous drums into monolithic landscapes of sludge and doom. Seismic released their debut self-titled EP in 2020, and are nearing the completion of their first full length, due later this year.http://www.seismicdoom.comhttps://seismicdoom.bandcamp.com
Howling Giant ~ Restless Spirit ~ The Age of Truth
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMHowling Gianthttps://howlinggiant.bandcamp.com/Restless Spirithttps://restlessspirit.bandcamp.com/The Age of TruthPhiladelphia’s The Age of Truth is as gritty and blue collar as the city that spawned them and just as dangerous. Their music is a high-octane blend of fuzz and diesel fuel that hits hard enough to send you through the windshield and grooves harder than torn asphalt. Resolute, their sophomore 2021 release received critical acclaim and showed the band still retains the chip on their shoulder that made their debut album Threshold an underground favorite. https://linktr.ee/TheAgeOfTruth