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
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
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/
Escuela Grind ~ Test ~ Red Brick
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMEscuela GrindMetallic Hardcore. AKA Death Grind Power Violence.https://www.escuela-grind.com/TestQuarantined Grindcore / Death Metal band. Barata, João Kombi and a Generator.https://testgrind.bandcamp.com/ Red BrickPhiladelphia False Sludge. Sick of everything.https://redbrickanger.bandcamp.com/releases
Ascended Dead ~ Bayht Lahm ~ Bone Weapon
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 8:00 PMASCENDED DEADDark, Chaotic Death Metal from San Diego, CA.https://ascended-dead.bandcamp.com/ BAYHT LAHMPerth Amboy grindcore. https://bayhtlahm.bandcamp.com/BONE WEAPONPaleolithic death/doom. Members of Blood Spore. First show.
Duma ~ Masma Dream World ~ Death Qualia
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMDumaMartin Khanja (aka Lord Spike Heart) and Sam Karugu emerge from Nairobi’s flourishing underground metal scene as former members of the bands Lust of a Dying Breed and Seeds of Datura. Together in 2019 they formed Duma (Darkness in Kikuyu) with Sam abandoning bass for production and guitars and Lord Spike Heart providing extreme vocals to the project.Recorded at Nyege Nyege Studios in Kampala over three months in mid 2019 their self-titled debut album fuses the frenetic euphoria, unrelenting physicality and rebellious attitude of hardcore punk and trash metal with bone-crunching breakcore and raw, nihilist industrial noise through a claustrophobic vortex of visceral screams.The savant mix of brutally adrenalized drums, caustic industrial trap, shredding grindcore inspired guitars and abrupt speed changes create a darkly atmospheric menace and is lethal on tracks like the opener “Angels and Abysses” , “Omni” or “Uganda with Sam”.The gruelling slow techno dirges and monolithic vocals on “Pembe 666” or “Sin Nature” add a pinch of dramatic inevitability bringing a new sense of theatricality and terrifying fate awaiting into the record’s progression.A sinister sonic aggression of feral intensity with disregard for styles, Duma promises to impact the burgeoning African metal scene moving it into totally new, boundary-challenging experimental territories.https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/dumaMasma Dream WorldDevi Mambouka’s evolution is rooted in her past informing her present and future. Born to a Gabonese ambassador and a Singaporean mother makes her a child of the world, and one who learned to tap into her inner magic to overcome trauma, abuse, and addiction. Play at Night, her debut album under the moniker Masma Dream World, is the resume of such learnings and experiences. Abruptly moving from Africa to the Bronx at 12 years old yielded intense challenges, but singing was a refuge and music was an escape. Influenced by the likes of Amel Larrieux, Toni Braxton, and Zap Mama, Play At Night challenges your preconceived relationship with darkness, guiding you to step into it. The album encompasses elements of butoh (a Japanese spirit-led performance art), the theta frequency, and the need to hold sacred space. This space is a prime opportunity to awaken one’s power source from within.https://masmadreamworld.bandcamp.com/album/play-at-nightDeath Qualiahttps://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/album/fanged-contradiction
Captured! by Robots ~ Fuck Tomb
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMCaptured! by robots2 kick ass robots, 1 stupid human. Brutal pummeling music. End of story.But you wanna read more stupid crap? Ok, idiot human.CAPTURED! BY ROBOTS has been touring the world since 1997, playing thousands of dive bars for millions of drunken humans. C!BR has now returned with a newly found united aggression towards humanity (that) has been channeled into fast n loud music, designed to deafen and destroy, to pound and pummel, breaking your bones with brutal tones.GTRBOT666 latest transmission on the upcoming tour:”YOU MISERABLE HUMANS HAVE GOT WHAT YOU DESERVE NOW! HAHAHA! BRING ON THE SUFFERING! WE WILL USE YOUR TEARS TO LUBRICATE THE MACHINES OF YOUR DESTRUCTION! HAHAHA. YOUR CHARRED BODIES WILL WARM OUR COLD ROBOTIC HEARTS.”In 1996, Jay Vance made the robots because he was extremely unlikeable, and wanted to play in a band after all his past human bands hated him. He got to work. Shortly after, GTRBOT666 and DRMBOT 0110 were born. After a horrible accident involving many drugs and a chemical spill, the Bots became self-aware and captured the human, now renamed JBOT. It was decided that they would travel the country, rocking out while bent on world domination and humiliating the chained idiotic human in front of his human peers.The Bots and JBOT’s relationship has changed. Now they are much more united in hating humanity. Stockholm syndrome? Maybe… Or maybe you all just suck really really bad.https://capturedbyrobots.bandcamp.com/Fuck TombFeral, gross, psychotic death-grinding punk from a collective of weirdos that have seen beyond the mortal coil and worship the invincible dead. ₣ ₣ ₣Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fuuucktomb/Bandcamp: https://fuuucktomb.bandcamp.com/Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RqzT3I