Elder ~ Ruby the Hatchet ~ Dreadnought
ELDER Elder is a genre-pushing rock band that melds heavy psychedelic sounds with progressive elements and evocative soundscapes. Formed in a small coastal town in Massachusetts in the mid aughts, the band has reinvented their sound over the course of five albums to grow from a stalwart of the stoner/doom scene into one of the most unique voices in the rock underground. Their long-scale compositions unfold as journeys, running the gamut of styles from the 70’s to the present within a single song with a penchant for “sheer gatefold-era grandeur” (Rolling Stone). By continuing to incorporate new elements to their sound, Elder’s output has repeatedly set benchmarks for their peers. Beginning with 2008’s Elder and 2010’s Dead Roots Stirring, Elder made ripples in the stoner rock scene with their uniquely melodic approach to the genre. In 2015 they surprised again with Lore, a watershed moment in the band’s career (recently crowned “Album of the Decade” by The Obelisk) which brought in elements of post-, prog- and space rock into the Elder sound. Despite several years of heavy touring surrounding the album, Reflections of a Floating World was released just two years later, earning a spot at the top of many best-of lists including Rolling Stone (#5, 20 Best Metal Albums Of 2017), Stereogum and others.https://beholdtheelder.com/RUBY THE HATCHETForming after a series of basement practices in New Jersey circa 2011 before relocating to Philadelphia, psychedelic quintet Ruby the Hatchet brought together doomy, evil hard rock with occult-flavored psychedelia for a witchy brew of dazzled and ominous wild rock sounds. The band featured guitarist Johnny Scarps, drummer Owen Stewart, bassist Mike Parise, and keyboard player Sean Hur, and was trademarked by the howling, dynamic vocals of Jillian Taylor. In addition to constant gigging, the band had a prolific recording schedule as well, releasing a self-titled EP in 2011 and their debut full-length Ouroboros the next year. In 2014 they released several versions of a single entitled The Eliminator, including a limited-edition release packaged in a wooden box filled with random ephemera. All of this made way for the band’s 2015 effort Valley of the Snake, a deeper dive into the band’s increasingly gritty stoner rock-influenced sound. Two years later they dropped Planetary Space Child via Teepee Records.https://thehatchet.bandcamp.com/DREADNOUGHThttps://dreadnoughtdenver.com/
Crowbar ~ Spirit Adrift ~ High Reeper ~ Caged
*Show is 18+ — Valid ID required for entry*Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMCROWBAR Crowbar songs are unapologetic emotional outpourings, with a bare-knuckle resolve alongside its soul-searching vulnerability, reliably delivered with crushing heaviness. Zero and Below, which cements the band’s dense catalog as exactly one dozen studio albums deep, is the most unforgivably doomy Crowbar record since their landmark 1998 effort, Odd Fellows Rest. Zero and Below is reverently old-school, counterbalanced by a resonant melodicism that’s stunningly mature. Songs like “Chemical Gods,” “Bleeding from Every Hole,” and “It’s Always Worth the Gain” demonstrate what Crowbar does better than any other band: powerful, evocative, and crushingly heavy music.https://crowbar.bandcamp.com/album/zero-and-belowSPIRIT ADRIFTSpirit Adrift refuses to slow down. With ‘Enlightened In Eternity’, Nathan Garrett, alongside drummer Marcus Bryant, has created yet another monument to the timelessness of heavy metal. And while ‘Enlightened…’ builds on the sizable foundation established by previous albums, it also sets itself apart in formidable new ways, widening the scope of what Spirit Adrift can be.https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com/HIGH REEPERFormed in 2016, High Reeper is made up of Zach Thomas, Justin Di Pinto, Pat Daly and Shane Trimble. With a sound deeply rooted in modern stoner rock while still giving a nod to the earliest Sabbath records, High Reeper’s first offering is driven by pounding rhythms, thick guitars and soaring, screeching vocals. https://highreeper.bandcamp.com/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 Nation https://cageddoom.bandcamp.com/releases
Rottrevore ~ Ritual Mass ~ Vaamatar ~ Blood Spore
ROTTREVORE Death metal band from North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, formed in November 1989. Originally active from 1989-1995. Reformed again, as of 2011.https://youtu.be/KLNLZaBrxboRITUAL MASShttps://ritualmass.bandcamp.com/album/abhorred-in-the-eyes-of-godVAAMATARhttps://vaamatar.bandcamp.com/album/evil-witching-black-metalBLOOD SPOREhttps://bloodspore.bandcamp.com/
Telekinetic Yeti ~ White Hills ~ Rebreather
**All shows 21+—Valid ID required for entry**Doors: 7 PMShow: 8 PMTELEKINETIC YETIBased out of Iowa, Telekinetic Yeti is a two-man band that delivers sonic brutality melded with psychedelic doom wizardry, forged by the worship of the almighty riff and honed by relentless touring and dedication to their craft. Creating music as cryptically enchanting as it is heavy, you wouldn’t guess that the impressive cacophony pouring out of the speakers like molten, metal syrup is being produced by only two people. Founder and guitarist Alex Baumann explains, “Originally I decided not to have a bass player purely for logistical reasons, it was just another schedule to work around, another person who’s boss could tell us we can’t tour, but then I started seeing it as a challenge, like let’s see how heavy we can make it with just two people.” https://telekineticyeti.com/WHITE HILLSHailed by Pitchfork for their “loud, exhilarating and unhinged” live performances, NYC’s White Hills have garnered a cult reputation as a fierce, genre-bending band. The music made by core members Dave W. and Ego Sensation is risky and cutting edge, rooted in punk ethos and no-wave aesthetics. Their last album, Splintered Metal Sky, was hailed by The Quietus as the Best Psych Rock of 2020. The band will be releasing a new album in Fall 2022. White Hills appear as themselves in Jim Jarmusch’s vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive.https://whitehillsband.com/REBREATHERhttps://rebreather-ohio.bandcamp.com/
Fires in the Distance ~ Fellahin Fall ~ IATT ~ The World Without Us
**All events 21+—valid ID required for entry**Doors: 6 PMShow: 7 PMFIRES IN THE DISTANCEMelodic Doom Metal from CT, USAhttps://firesinthedistance.com/FELLAHIN FALLFellahin Fall is a gothic-industrial metal band born out of the crushing urbana of Brooklyn, New York. Atavistic yet post-human, Fellahin Fall tells tales of an atomized man’s yearned escape from the Metropolis.https://fellahinfall.bandcamp.com/IATTPhiladelphia based Extreme Metal Leviathan spewing prophetic anti-hope to a world in darkness.https://iamthetrireme.bandcamp.com/THE WORLD WITHOUT USActive since 2018, The World WIthout Us are a fairly new group, one that has been honing their skills and defining their sound in the NorthEast metal scene. Playing with many local heavy hitters, The World Without Us set themselves apart by cultivating a sound that blends genre-bending progressive death metal with modern strains of heavy, groovy, and often uplifting modern progressive metal. https://theworldwithoutus.bandcamp.com/
HIRS ~ Sunrot ~ Fed Ash
**All events 21+ — valid ID required for entry**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMHIRSTRANS, QUEER, anti-authoritarian, bullshit thrash with PUNK ethics to destroy capitalist misogynist scum and empower WOMEN, POC, and the LGBTQIA community… https://hirs.bandcamp.com/ SUNROTCompulsive post-noise power sludge.https://sunrot.bandcamp.com/FED ASHhttps://fedash.bandcamp.com/
All Hell ~ Turn Cold ~ Morbid Cross
**All shows 21+ — Valid ID required for entry**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMALL HELLAll Hell is a horror-influenced blackthrash/metalpunk band from Asheville, North Carolina.https://allhell.bandcamp.com/album/the-witchs-grailTURN COLDZone 6 thrash. Trill em all.https://turncold.bandcamp.com/album/break-your-faithMORBID CROSS Morbid Cross is a New Jersey based metal band with elements of Thrash, Doom, Death, and hardcore. https://morbidcross666.bandcamp.com
Left to Die ~ Skeletal Remains ~ Mortuous ~ Outer Heaven
**All events 21+—valid ID required for entry**Doors: 7 PMShow: 8 PMLEFT TO DIELeft To Die is a new band featuring classic Death members Terry Butler (Obituary) and Rick Rozz (ex-Massacre), paired with Gruesome founders Matt Harvey (Exhumed) and Gus Rios (ex-Malevolent Creation). The Florida-based band is currently writing an EP and planning a summer US tour, performing the classic Leprosy album in its entirety, along with cuts from Scream Bloody Gore. SKELETAL REMAINSCalifornia’s Skeletal Remains are proud to present the successor to 2018’s much-lauded “Devouring Mortality”. On September 11, 2020, the band will release “The Entombment Of Chaos”, their fourth and most accomplished studio album to date. While sticking to their blend of classic death metal from the early 90’s, Skeletal Remains turned influences from Death, Obituary, Morbid Angel etc. into a darker, more consistent opus this time around. “There are a few more songs on seven-string guitar than the last album, making it an overall heavier sounding record. We also wanted to incorporate more aggression and brutality to give the album that extreme edge it needed to top our last three releases. In addition to that, we brought in our good friend Charlie Koryn (Funebrarum, Ascended Dead) on drums to add his own pummeling sound into the mix giving us an end result we’re all extremely proud of.” Formed in 2011, SKELETAL REMAINS released two acclaimed albums on FDA Rekotz and honed their skills on the road, playing an impressive amount of gigs early on in their career. With “Devouring Mortality”, the band took the proverbial next step. Tours with the likes of Obituary, Hatebreed, Municipal Waste, Power Trip, The Black Dahlia Murder, and many more followed, resulting in a loyal following worldwide. Now, the next chapter begins: “We feel this is a huge step up from our previous releases and cannot wait to share it with all fans of Death Metal! We hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!”https://skeletalremains.bandcamp.com/ MORTUOUSSan Jose death metal.https://mortuousdeath.bandcamp.com/ OUTER HEAVENAn uncompromising quintet from rural Pennsylvania, Outer Heaven employ a punitive blend of old school extreme metal and groove-laden death metal. Founded in 2013, the band wasted little time in making a name for themselves in the East Coast heavy music scene, issuing an eponymous demo shortly after forming, followed by an EP, Diabolus Vobiscum, in 2015. They teamed up with decibel-crushing contemporaries Gatecreeper, Homewrecker, and Scorched for a 4-way split in 2016, and in 2018 they inked a deal with Relapse Records and released their first full-length effort, Realms of Eternal Decay.https://outerheaven.bandcamp.com
Tower ~ Morgul Blade ~ Skullovich
TOWERHeavy band from NYC. Play it loud!https://towernyc.bandcamp.com/MORGUL BLADE Morgul Blade is a 4-piece from Philadelphia, PA writing 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. Exploring 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, Morgul Blade hopes to transcend the subgenres of metal and create music that world builds and takes you away from crushing modernity. They are proud to announce the follow up to their widely loved “Harbingers of Power and the World’s End” EPhttps://morgulblade.bandcamp.com/album/fell-sorcery-aboundsSKULLOVICHSkullovich explores the lore of epic and dark fantasy whilst retaining an atmosphere that seeps into the mind, envisioning the clashing of blades and casting of deadly spells. Hymns telling tales of darkness and violence with hidden secrets that explore perceptions of morality. Dungeon Metal forged by cryptic thaumaturgy, and an ode to all who worship steel.https://skullovich.bandcamp.com/music
White Ring ~ Bestial Mouths ~ Trace Amount ~ Hooded Leaders
**All shows 21+ — valid ID required for entry**Doors: 7 PMShow: 8 PMWHITE RINGWhite Ring was originally the duo of Bryan Kurkimilis and Kendra Malia, before they were joined by Adina Kurkimilis. One of the most acclaimed proponents of the “Witch House” movement, WHITE RING blend heavy, distorted electronics with eerie, unsettling vocals. https://whitering.bandcamp.com/album/show-me-heavenBESTIAL MOUTHSAs the voice and spirit of Bestial Mouths, Lynette Cerezo is a powerfully haunting figure. Across international stages and recordings, spellbinding performances take audiences through voidic visions. From their inception in 2009, the core root of Bestial Mouths has combined Cerezo’s voice with myriad genre influences across the spectrum of goth, industrial, post-punk, New Wave, noise, metal, and other underground sounds using live acoustic and electronic drums and analog synthesizers. With a history in fashion design and gender activism, Cerezo’s visual and social aesthetics are interwoven deeply into Bestial Mouth’s presentation, building outward into captivating theatrical live performances.https://bestialmouths.bandcamp.com/TRACE AMOUNTTrace Amount is the solo project of Brooklyn-based producer, vocalist, and visual artist, Brandon Gallagher. First conceived in 2019, Trace Amount took shape during the early stages of the pandemic, inspired by the grim realities of life in New York City at that time, and has evolved at a lightning pace ever since.The sound is a harsh strain of industrial music, evoking apocalyptic dread through primal rhythms, layers of synth and noise, and Gallagher’s distorted moans and screams. Decibel Magazine has hailed Trace Amount as a “one-man sonic demolition unit”; CVLT Nation has termed it, an “experimental industrial onslaught”; Post-Punk.com has warned, “Trace Amount is not for the faint of heart.”https://traceamountnyc.bandcamp.com/DJ: HOODED LEADERShttps://youtu.be/sUATkj9M188