Metallic hardcore punks Converge will be in the Mile Hi City with their intellegent brutal assault of mathcore. Formed in 1990 by Kurt Ballou and Jacob Bannon, they’ve been releasing albums for two decades, great ones like “Halo In A Haystack” “Jane Doe” and “Axe To Fall” intense, chaotic with fast guitars, double bass, blast beats, screams and pure angst. Noisy, thrash influenced hardcore!
Also playing: Git Some – punk metal from Denver and Glass Hits – punk rock from the Rockies.
“I’m sick and tired of seeing my friends getting pushed and shoved around, Just because we choose to be different we gotta stand our ground, But we ain’t getting anywhere unless we can unite, Together there’s enough of us that we can insre our rights”
Verbal Abuse are a legendary hardcore punk band from San Francisco that formed in the early 80’s. They have gone through many line-up changes and have released several albums like “Just An American Band” and “Rocks Your Liver” full of speed, frustration, anger and raw power.
Also playing: SS Kaliert – German hardcore punks, Embrace The Kill – thrash metal punks from Portland and The Bad Engrish – Denver street punks.
Dark and creepy danceable grooves, massive driving cuts, symphonic strings, buzzing beats, screams and guitar shrieks, horror movie style soundscapes and glassy trance elements are many of the components that OHGR use in their music. Formed in the late 90’s by Ogre of Skinny Puppy and Mark Walk, this electro-industrial band has released excellent albums like “Welt” and “SunnyPsyOp” and their latest “Undeveloped.” Ogre is known as a weird theatrical monster experiment performer on stage, so if you have access to some psychedelics enjoy the night.
Also playing: Left Spine Down – cyberpunks from Vancouver and Orbit Service – psychedelic electronic rock from Denver.
The psycho’s will be back in the Mile Hi City, so put on your creepers, style your pompadours, grab your zombie girl, jump in your hot rod and head down to Englewood to stomp with the Stellar Corpses from Santa Cruz.
Also playing: Captain Blood – psychobilly from Broomfield and Thee S.O.B’s – Denver punk’s.
Saviours is a stoner/heavy metal band from Oakland that formed in the early 2000’s. They’ve released several albums like “Crucifire” “Into Abaddon” and their new one “Death’s Procession” full of massive riffs, rolling drums, tortured screams and shouts. Hail Satan!
Also playing: Ramming Speed – grindcore/thrash punks from Boston, Speedwolf – thrash/speed metal from Denver and Black Acid Devil – stoner/psych metal from Boulder.
“And so in the sky shines the electric eye, supernatural king takes earth under his wing, Heaven’s golden chorus sings, Hell’s angels flap their wings, Evil souls fall to Hell, ever trapped in burning cells”
As the gloom and darkness of winter sets in the Mile Hi City, come and celebrate an evening at The Denver Doom Festival; full of slower tempos, low tuned guitars, despair, psychedelia, thick and heavy walls of sound and pure impending doom! Here are the local bands playing:
Velnias – blackened/folk/doom metal, Royal Talons – doom metal, The Flight Of Sleipnir – stoner/doom/folk metal, Low Gravity – stoner metal, In The Company Of Serpents – doom metal, The Xiphoid Process – death metal, Stoic Dissention – black metal, Black Acid Devil – stoner/psych metal, Blighter – sludge/stoner/doom metal, Skully Mammoth – stoner/doom metal.
Scott Kelly is a dark folk/americana singer from Oakland, he is better known as one of the voices and founding member of metal titans Neurosis. He has released a couple of albums “Spirit Bound Flesh” and “The Wake” heavy, bleak folk music that creates an atmosphere and mood with it’s minimalistic acoustic guitar and deep soulful voice, the repetitive driving force makes it eerily haunting and hypnotic.
Also playing: Munly – gothic folk from Denver and Bob Wayne – outlaw country rock from Seattle.
“The train passes through the graveyard, May the loved ones rest in peace, For the last stop baby is a violent crash, And hard times they never cease.”
Mayhem the legendary black metal band from Norway will be in the Mile Hi City with their post-apocalyptic destruction. Formed in the early 80’s, they started off with a primal, raw lo-fidelity sound and as the years went by they incorporated electronic elements and avant-garde into their music. Attila, Necrobutcher and Hellhammer play at high speeds with extreme complexity and heavy distortion, insane blast beats and raspy, screeching vocals full of hate and darkness. Hail Satan!
Also playing: Keep Of Kalessin – blackened melodic death metal from Norway, Hate – blackened death metal from Poland, Abigail Williams – symphonic black metal from Phoenix and Speedwolf – thrash/speed metal from the Rockies. 
“A trail of random cutlery cuts a dash in the concrete underpass, Sense of serenity is shattered in the glint of splintered glass”
