RAVEN ~ Riot Act ~ Keith Cruelty
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMRAVENRAVEN are that rare thing in music, true originals – cut these guys with a razor and they will BLEED true heavy metal – a more intense live band does not exist on this planet!Hailing from Newcastle Upon Tyne in North East England back in 1974 (yes – 46 YEARS ago!!!) the brothers Gallagher cut their teeth playing the pubs & clubs until solidifying their line up in 1980 with drummer Rob Hunter.The trio went on to release three of the most influential metal albums of the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) inspiring every band of that era and beyond. Basically, without Raven you just would not have thrash/speed metal…. after all, the band did give Metallica & Anthrax their first tours!In a cynical musical landscape these days, where bands are not “gangs “but faceless corporations, RAVEN are a band that are REAL not FAKE – and proud of it!http://www.ravenlunatics.comRiot Acthttp://www.riotactband.comKeith Cruelty“A metal assault on the ears” STAND BACK as DJ Keith Cruelty unleashes an Iron Fist Full of Metal Up Your Ass! Spinning the most hellish sounds unearthed from the depths of the heavy metal graveyard, you’ll be banging your head and fists through the wall!https://instagram.com/chains_and_leather?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Dying Fetus ~ Cognitive ~ Ground
**This event is 18+ — Valid ID required for entry**Doors: 7 PMDYING FETUSFormed in 1991, DYING FETUS have matured into one of the premiere extreme death metal/grindcore acts to emerge from the massive global metal underground. The band is recognized worldwide as a prime example of songwriting perfection, combining an innovative mix of technical virtuosity and catchy song structures to create the ultimate blend of death metal, hardcore and grind. https://dyingfetus.bandcamp.com/COGNITIVEAfter releasing an EP and full length, Cognitive signed to Unique Leader Records in 2016 and released their album Deformity, which showed the bands dedication to their craft within a tale about their home states own legend about the Jersey Devil. Ramping up their tour schedule, the band continued to write and push themselves within the genre with technicality, speed, brutality, and songwriting, which came to shine through even more on the 2018 release Matricide, which displayed more focused effort while increasing speed and technicality even more. The band wasted no time in their touring schedule and hit the road supporting Fit for an Autopsy, Rivers of Nihil, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Vulvodynia, Lorna Shore and others, along with an appearance at Maryland Deathfest. Cognitive has become a touring machine with one goal in mind – always move forward.Now with the release of their new album Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction, the band has displayed more diversity and song writing more than ever, and proves yet again they are never scared to explore new concepts musically and explore new territory.Now signed to Metal Blade Records in 2022, Cognitive is not only touring for their last record, but writing their next slab of brutality.https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/malevolent-thoughts-of-a-hastened-extinctionGROUNDNew Jersey false grind. https://groundnj.bandcamp.com/
KEN Mode ~ Frail Body ~ The Drowned God
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 6:30 PMShow: 7:00 PMKEN ModeKEN mode is a Canadian noise rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was formed in September 1999. https://ken-mode.com/Frail BodyFrail Body is a band from Rockford IL.https://frailbodyil.bandcamp.com/The Drowned Godwww.thedrownedgodband.comwww.instagram.com/thedrownedgodbandwww.facebook.com/thedrownedgodband
Vomit Forth ~ Simulakra ~ Snuffed on Sight ~ Cycle of Abuse
**All events 21+—valid ID required for entry*Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMVomit ForthNORTH EASTERN DEATH METAL.https://vomitforth.bandcamp.com Simulakra https://simulakra.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-fevered-subconscious/ Snuffed On SightBAY AREA DUMMY DEATH METAL.https://snuffedonsight7k.bandcamp.com Cycle of Abusehttps://cycleofabuse.bandcamp.com/
Hissing ~ Suffering Hour ~ Aeviterne
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMHissingHissing is an extreme metal group based out of Seattle, WA, founded in 2014 out of a mutual interest in exploring the inhuman outer limits of black and death metal.https://hissingseattle.bandcamp.com/ Suffering HourSuffering Hour are a blackened death metal band from Forest Lake, Minnesota. Forming under a different name as a tech-thrash band in 2010, the band carried their sense of manic chaos and old-school structure into the world of cosmic black death. Profound Lore Records.https://sufferinghour.bandcamp.com/Aeviternehttps://aeviterne.bandcamp.com/album/the-ailing-facade
The Silver ~ Honey ~ Quiet Man
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMThe Silver Featuring Matt and Jamie Knox from renowned death dealers Horrendous, Enrique Sagarnaga of acclaimed Philly doom squad Crypt Sermon, and Nick Duchemin, The Silver sounds almost nothing like the members’ other bands—and that’s completely on purpose. The Silver’s debut, Ward of Roses, is an album that deals in blast beats as much as romanticism, Ward of Roses progresses through movements that draw from black metal, goth rock, and other bleak expressions. Matt Knox’s soaring clean vocals mingle with cathartic guitars while vocalist Nick Duchemin howls over strident blast passages—often in the same song.Listen HereHoneyCrossover Thrash Metal from South Philly. New LP “Forever Fire” streaming now!https://honey-philly.bandcamp.com/ Quiet ManSludge. Noise. Drone.Bandcamp
Zao ~ Thoughtcrimes ~ Snake Charmer
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMZaoZao is BACK, although they never truly went away. Since 2016’s critically acclaimed “The Well-Intentioned Virus” (really, just ask the critics, they LOVED it, even NPR jumped on board – who would have thought?) the band has been releasing EPs, remix albums, Nintendo cartridges with actual music on them, concept 7-inches packaged in mirrors and STILL found time to oversee reissues of their back catalog and an album of archival demos from 1995.https://officialzao.bandcamp.com/album/the-crimson-corridor ThoughtcrimesThoughtcrimes, the Long Island-based hardcore band featuring former members of The Dillinger Escape Plan.https://thoughtcrimesband.com Snake Charmersnakecharmer.bandcamp.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Snakecharmerphilly/https://instagram.com/snakecharmer215?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Immortal Bird ~ Malevich ~ Quiet Man
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMImmortal BirdCrusty blackened proggy deathgrind? NEW MUSIC 2023 (20 Buck Spin). ‘Thrive on Neglect’ out now!https://immortalbird.bandcamp.com/MalevichAtlanta’s Malevich exist at the intersection of grindcore, screamo and black metal. Formed in 2016 and immediately entering the studio to record their debut album, Only for the Flies, the quintet garnered attention for their intensity and dynamic approach.Malevich followed their debut by releasing a split with Iron Gag, followed by their second release, 2019’s Our Hollow. Further blurring the lines between subgenres while tapping into a potent emotional well, Malevich further cemented their place in the scene by booking their own tour dates across the US and Canada. The pandemic only furthered their hunger and they emerged with new music and steady touring plans.https://malevichatlanta.bandcamp.com/album/our-hollow Quiet ManSludge. Noise. Drone. https://quietmanband.bandcamp.com/album/god-root-s-t
Stöner ~ Fulci ~ Mario Lalli ~ Hallucinogenic Bulb
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMStönerRad stays rad. A few ideas are timeless. Stöner is Brant Bjork (guitar/vocals), Nick Oliveri (bass/vocals) and Ryan Güt (drums), and from flowing jams to all-out punker blasts, they know what they’re doing. It ain’t anybody’s first time at the dance, and you don’t call your band Stöner if you’ve never heard the word before.https://stonerband.bandcamp.com/releases FulciThe death metal band named after the Godfather of gore.https://fulcicult.bandcamp.com/music Mario Lallihttps://www.instagram.com/mariolalli/?hl=enHallucinogenic Bulbhttps://hallucinogenicbulb.bandcamp.com/
Sadistic Ritual ~ Caged ~ Severed Boy
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMSADISTIC RITUALSadistic Ritual put the listener in a trance without ever breaking from their rhythmic, acidic core sound. The Enigma, Boundless stands out because the thrashers aren’t interested in retreading the same ground as the progenitors of the genre; their spin is noticeable and unique.https://sadisticritualatl.bandcamp.com/album/the-enigma-boundlessCAGED”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://cageddoom.bandcamp.com/ SEVERED BOYBirthed from a quarantined manic episode, Severed Boy are a duo comprised of Nicholas Wolf and Reid Calkin, both of Lunglust. The band’s public debut, Tragic Encounters features 20 minutes of upsetting and uncomfortable death-doom, squarely focused on the absolute worst acts committed by the human mind and body. Viscous yet virile, tar-thick but not without upticks in speed, and cunningly crushing and atmospheric in equal measure, Severed Boy’s first strike is a wholly auspicious one, suggesting more miasmic mastery to come.https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/album/tragic-encounters