Tonight promises a full spectrum of musical extremity - slam, tech, thrash‑tinged death, and one of the pioneers of technical brutality in Cryptopsy. Four bands, one small basement room, plenty of rabidly enthusiastic death metal fans, and the potential for structural or even personal damage.
Read MoreWe are continually told that guitar music is dead. The mainstream piles on the narrative that rock music has had its day, and it is simply a forgotten genre in its death throes. If this is the case somebody has forgotten to inform the hundreds of multigenerational attendees that have packed out Rebellion for the last couple of nights. The simple fact is that death metal is sticking its finger up at all this "guitar music is out of fashion" nonsense and is becoming more vibrant and important by the day.
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