Without Waves ~ Jay Johnson feat. Over The Counter ~ Oldest Sea
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM Without WavesWithout Waves is the product of an artistic experimentation between its four members. Blending influences from extreme metal to jazz fusion to electronic & atmospheric rock, the music features unconventional rhythms, diverse melodies, and expressive lyrics. The band members seek to constantly challenge themselves as musicians and advance their creativity.https://withoutwaves.bandcamp.com/Jay Johnson feat. Over The CounterOver The Counter is a NJ-based collective of eight singers, songwriters, and musicians involved with each other’s projects. Backing Jay Johnson’s 60s-inspired love songs, the collective rocks a groovy modern take on peace, love, and flower power reminiscent of the Grateful Dead, CSNY, and the psychedelic California sound. Come for the vocal harmonies, stay for the dancing, and spread the sunshine.https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BX66F1H2hzgTW8T6udIRUhttps://jaykpjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/four-quartetshttps://www.instagram.com/jaykpjohnson Oldest Sea Formed in 2017 by songwriter Sam Marandola, Oldest Sea began as one woman’s personal exploration of the darker side of experimental folk music. Having newly expanded the project to a full band, Marandola and company now find themselves passing through ethereal corridors and liminal soundscapes with increasingly heavy steps. https://oldestsea1.bandcamp.com/album/strange-and-eternal
Hive ~ Prisoner ~ Oldest Sea
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM HiveFormed in 2014 by guitarist and vocalist Morgan Carpenter and drummer Mike Paradise, Hive draws heavily from Scandinavian D-beat, Pacific Northwestern hardcore punk, and the legendary Minneapolis crust scene of their hometown. Drawing from their collective years in veteran hardcore bands such as Threadbare, Bosnia, Disembodied, and many more dating back to the early 1990’s, Hive has already left a dark cloud over the United States hardcore scene, particularly in the Midwest. In 2015, the band self-recorded and released their first 6 song self titled EP on limited edition cassette and 12” vinyl. The first proper full length LP, Parasitic Twin, was released by Crown And Throne Ltd. in 2017. 2018 saw Hive collaborating on a split 7” with fellow Minneapolis hardcore band No Skin. Most recently, in January of 2019, Hive distilled the same angst and paranoia of their previous efforts while confiscating the claustrophobia and lawlessness of their live shows. The result is Most Vicious Animal, 12 songs of bulldozing hardcore that rarely gives listeners a chance to breathe. Recorded entirely in two days while tracking in the same room together, the band was able to achieve a more brash and aggressive album compared to their previous releases. The bold new album will be released on all formats by known accomplices Crown And Throne Ltd. (vinyl, limited edition cassette, digital) and Seeing Red Records (CD, digital) in August 2019. On the heels of the release of Most Vicious Animal, the band performed numerous live shows from Denver to Philadelphia – including two separate tours with Sect (Southern Lord Records) – the last of which concluded in Baltimore, just days before COVID-19 shut down live music for nearly two years. During the COVID-19 shutdown, Hive remained diligent in practice and writing. A live performance was recorded for Cvlt Nation’s Sonic Unrest Volume 4 – a collection of virtual live sets throughout the pandemic. Shortly after, the band self released the audio from the performance as the Live Viral Armageddon cassette. By mid 2021, the band had completed writing for their third full length album, and began recording in unorthodox ways through the remainder of the year. The birthed result was Spiritual Poverty – a nine song powerhouse grabbing the band’s signature combination of raw punk and unbridled heaviness by the throat, and illogically pushing it all into the red. Hive has carved out their own denomination through underground punk and is welcomed and shunned by their peers in equal measure. Their cabal is undoing and the only haven is death. Join their cult.Hive Bandcamp: hivempls.bandcamp.comPrisonerhttps://prisoner.bandcamp.com/Oldest SeaFormed in 2017 by songwriter Sam Marandola, Oldest Sea began as one woman’s personal exploration of the darker side of experimental folk music. Having newly expanded the project to a full band, Marandola and company now find themselves passing through ethereal corridors and liminal soundscapes with increasingly heavy steps.https://oldestsea1.bandcamp.com/album/strange-and-eternal
Vile Creature ~ Ragana ~ Witching
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMVile Creaturehttps://vilecreature.bandcamp.com/Raganahttps://ragana.bandcamp.com/Witching IG: @witching_phillyhttps://witching.bandcamp.com/musichttps://open.spotify.com/artist/30PsgPrhIE0JyNCJGLn6I8?si=1CJsEwT0SY6urDGiCaX_yw
Hath ~ Carrion Vael ~ Reeking Aura
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMHATHCARRION VAELREEKING AURA
Deadguy ~ Backslider ~ Ground
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 6:30 PMShow: 7:00 PMDEADGUYNew Jersey metalcore OGs. Back from the dead. https://youtu.be/7WvmKki2r-wBACKSLIDEREternal Microbursts of Electric Power.https://backslider.bandcamp.com/album/psychic-rotGROUNDFalse grind.https://groundnj.bandcamp.com/album/habitual-self-abuse
Bulldozer ~ Deceased ~ Ares Kingdom ~ Demiser
*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry**Attendees are encouraged to wear masks while not actively drinking* 7PM – Doors 8PM – Show Dave Kiss Presents BULLDOZER (40 Years of Wrath) Black/ Speed / Thrash Metal from Italy DECEASED Death metal from the grave! Est. 1984 ARES KINGDOM Eternal Death/Thrash Est. 1996 DEMISER Black/thrash outfit terrorizing the bible belt
Artificial Brain ~ Succumb ~ Luminous Vault ~ Existentia
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 6:00 PM Show: 6:30 PMArtificial Brainhttps://artificialbrain.bandcamp.com/Succumbhttps://succumb.bandcamp.com/Luminous Vaulthttps://luminousvault.bandcamp.com/ExistentiaBorn out of quarantine, Existentia is a brutal death metal trio reigning from Philadelphia, PA. Fusing a penchant for intricate brutality and aggression, the band’s amalgamation of old school sensibilities and modern technicality delivers a relentless take on the genre. (FFO: Cattle Decapitation, Archspire, Hideous Divinity)https://existentiametal.bandcamp.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQW-4m0sm5ndz2b9GPjkhA/videoshttps://instagram.com/existentia_official?igshid=NzNkNDdiOGI=https://www.facebook.com/ExistentiaDM
Exhumed ~ Vitriol ~ Escuela Grind ~ Castrator
**All shows 21+ — Must have valid ID for entry**Doors: 7 PMShow: 8 PMEXHUMED Exhumed is an American deathgrind band from San Jose, California that is currently signed to Relapse Records and centered around guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey. VITRIOL Extreme metal from Portland, Oregon. ESCUELA GRIND New England Hardcore with Blast Beats CASTRATOR Castrator is an “international project” based in New York City that formed in 2013.
Rising Sun & Dave Kiss Presents: Harakiri For The Sky ~ Ghost Bath ~ Unreqvited (Cambridge Hall)
Harakiri For The SkyMӕre – a malicious folkloristic entity creeping on sleeping people’s chest during the night and causing breathlessness and anxiety. It’s exactly this state of diffuse terror and paralysis that has been enshrined in HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY’s music ever since their debut album. And now, more tales from feverish dreams are being released on January 29th in the form of the band’s 5th longplayer “Mӕre”, out via AOP Records.As pioneers of the post movement, mixing haunting black metal with post rock moments, the Austrians have, ever since their conception in 2011, drawn fans and critics deeper and deeper into their maelstrom of melancholy, self hate and anger, and even reached #29 of the German charts with their previous release “Arson”. And once again, several friends of the band entered the intoxicated world of HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY to guest on “Mӕre”: While Alcest’s front man Neige brings a haunting flair to ‘Sing For The Damage We’ve Done’, before the anonymous voice of Gaerea joins in on ‘Silver Needle // Golden Dawn’. As session drummer, the band one again commited none less than Kerim „Krimh“ Lechner (Septicflesh, live Behemoth) in the studio and the atmospheric artwork was designed by Art of Maquenda.https://harakirifortheskyofficial.bandcamp.com/releases Ghost BathGhost Bath refers to the act of committing suicide by submerging in a body of water. Ghost Bath writes and creates under the assumption that music is an extension of one’s own soul. They journey through the sorrow and sadness that all lives experience while leaving a glimmer of hope. They portray both deep anguish and angelic soundscapes that meld depression and joy in perfect harmony. The band started in October of 2013 with the release of their self-titled EP on Solitude Productions (China). This was followed by their debut LP titled, “Funeral,” which was released on Pest Productions (China) in June of 2014. The band’s highly acclaimed “Moonlover” was released on Northern Silence Productions(Germany) in 2015. In 2016, the band was signed by Nuclear Blast Records. Their latest album, Self Loather, will be available worldwide on October 29th through Nuclear Blast and Northern Silence.https://ghostbath.bandcamp.com/UnreqvitedAs a result of journeying into his mind and collecting a wide range of emotions, 鬼 has included many lighter and more uplifting passages than previously on “Beautiful Ghosts”, although dark twists are balancing the score. New elements include a significant use of clean vocals throughout the album and there are even playfully progressive rhythms as in the opening track ‘All Is Lost’. The core elements that have shaped UNREQVITED in the past remain active as well. The massive anthemic refrains from “Mosaic I: L’amour Et L’ardeur” (2018) are equally present as the simple melancholic melodies from the 2016 debut album “Disquiet” and the orchestral grandeur of “Empathica” (2020). https://unreqvited.bandcamp.com/LÁSTIMAhttps://lastimamusic.bandcamp.com/
Nunslaughter ~ The Black Moriah ~ Goathex
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMNUNSLAUGHTERDeath Metal.https://nunslaughter.bandcamp.com/ THE BLACK MORIAHTexas-Based Desert Metal Music.https://www.theblackmoriah.com/ GOATHEXBestial Black Metal Grave Robbershttps://goathexhatesyou.bandcamp.com/