The Koffin Kats will bring their onslaught of punk rockabilly and stomp the shit out of Englewood. Formed in 2003 in Detroit, they sing about drug use, self-loathing and all things evil, pure psychobilly!
Also playing: The Bad Engrish – street punks from Denver and Captain Blood – horror punks from Denver.
It’s becoming a yearly thing, come and celebrate bleakly ethereal atmospheres, vast droning synth sounds and bassy warps, a sea of dark sounds. This gathering of bands isn’t about riffs, hooks or songs; all the elements of rock and metal are entirely absent. Here are the bands:
Friday – Armenia, Disthroned Agony, Dental Work, Blood Rhythms, Styrofoam Sanchez, Ryan Mcryhew, Alchemical Burn, Alms, Fatale, Kilt, Marlo Eggplant.
Saturday – Xome, Sterile Garden, The Haters, Matt Taggart, Crank Sturgeon, The Bean Dip Troubadours, La Funcion De Repulsa, Nookleptia, Office Park, Distance Research.
Sunday – Novasak, No Funeral, Zombie Bite, Nuss, Dog, Legless, Echo Beds, Syphilis Sauna, In The Age Of Terminal Static, Page 27, Sonic Disorder, Christian Pincock.
“Unrelenting, caustic, chaotic, claustrophobic, face melting riffs and fast pace stunts that will leave you battered and bruised in the wake of complete and utter destruction.” The Dillinger Escape Plan is a great live act, their singer Greg Puciato jumps, climbs and leaps off anything in his way just like a raped ape, and both guitar players keep up every technical mathcore note while going on a rampage, pure spazzcore, like a giant wall of sound.
Also playing: Deftones – they need no introduction.
Bad Brains are a legendary DCHC band formed in the 70’s, sometimes considered the first hardcore punk band. These rastafarian punks have been at it for over 30 years with many line-up changes, their current band consists of H.R. on vocals, Dr.Know on guitar, Darryl Jenifer on bass and Earl Hudson on drums. Through the years they have mixed several different styles into their music such as reggae, heavy metal, funk and soul, different from other hardcore bands with more complex riffs and non-punk style solos. “I came to know with now dismay, That in this world we all must pay, Pay to write, pay to play, Pay to cum, pay to fight.”
Also playing: Frontside Five – Denver sk8 punks and The Other Russia – Mile Hi punks.
Come and celebrate National Marijuana Day with some stoner/doom metal from Florida. Floor was formed in the early 90’s by Steve Brooks (Torche) and later joined by Henry Wilson (House Of Lightning) as a dirty heavy sludge band that evolved into a heavy doom pop band.
Also playing: Adai – atmospheric sludge from Denver and Black Sleep Of Kali – stoner/sludge metal from Denver.
Death Angel are a thrash/speed metal band from the Bay Area that started back in the early 80’s. Last year they released the excellent “Relentless Retribution” aggressive as hell, full of thrashing riffs, double bass and killer solos.
Also playing: Steel Blades Of Vengeance – thrash from Denver and The Four Horseman – metal from Denver.
“Ever will I gods blaspheme, Freyja methinks a dog does seem. Freyja a dog? Aye! Let them be, Both dogs together Odin and she!” Amon Amarth are a melodic death metal band from Sweden. Formed in the early 90’s, these Vikings have been releasing album after album of pure tumultuous heaviness. Their latest “Surtur Rising,” it’s a sea of super heaviness coated with an ensemble of melody, a viking atmosphere that makes the very earth shudder, it gives you an urge to grab a battle ax and pillage a town.
“From The Cradle To The Grave” is an album that impacted my life and change my taste in music and my view of life. As a young skate punk in 1989, I came across a cassette that was different from the stuff I was into at that time like The Exploited, D.R.I. and Suicidal Tendencies, it was the Subhumans, pure anarcho-punk bliss from the UK. One side of the album has nine crushing, haunting discharges of punk rock that immerses you into a nightmare with it’s dreary guitar effects and Dick’s howls, from the galloping intro to the drums of war on “Adversity” to the sinister “Wake Up Screaming.” This side of the album takes you through the harsh grim reality’s of life, and says it best with the lyrics to “Waste Of Breath” “It’s the story of your life and the end of it’s your death.” Then the real masterpiece starts with the final track, an impressive outline of life from birth to death with lyrics that stick to your brain like: “Animals don’t wear uniforms but they kill as much as you, but the army kills for money and animals kill for food, it’s the basest degredation in the name of what is right, become something you never were and regret it til you die.” It’s an amazing punk song, the best ever written, full of the anarchist ideals that Subhumans have always had.
The Subhumans are Dick Lucas on vocals, Bruce Treasure on guitar, Phil on bass and The Great Trotsky on drums, almost all original members will be in the Mile Hi City along with: MDC – Millions Of Dead Christians, our favorite anti-cop punks from the slums of Austin, classic hardcore from the 80’s and The Nervous – punk rock from Denver.
“People say that I’m insane a victim of society just in pain, society’s rules has made me cruel I’m just the opposite, ain’t no fool the way I act or way I dress doesn’t make me strong or make me.” Roger Miret is the frontman of legendary NYHC band Agnostic Front and street punks The Disasters, he will be in the Mile Hi with The Disasters bringing his unique voice to the masses. They released “Gotta Get Up Now” a true street punk album that has flashes of reggae, pubrock and hardcore influences.
