Last yr, 1000’s of individuals gathered in LA’s Exposition Park for Sound And Fury, a magical second that was, by many accounts, the only largest hardcore pageant in North American historical past. That present had lots of the greatest bands within the style, and it was headlined by California heroes Gulch, who performed their final present ever. This yr, they’re operating it again. The 2023 Sound And Fury fest goes down 7/29-30 on the similar venue, and it appears prefer it’s going to be loopy.
Some of the standout bands from final yr’s Sound And Fury are coming again this yr, together with Speed, Spy, and God’s Hate. Someone within the know advised me that Sydney bruisers Speed are literally headlining this yr, which is totally wild, contemplating that they don’t even have an album out. But whether or not or not that’s taking place, I might see it.
There are large, returning names on the lineup, too. Baltimore greats Trapped Under Ice, who simply performed a pair of triumphant comeback reveals, will play. So will Twitching Tongues, the long-running metallic hardcore band led by the extraordinarily busy brothers and God’s Hate members Colin and Taylor Young. Pennsylvania legends Cold World, who solely play a couple of reveals a yr, are enjoying, as are the back-in-action California bruisers Soul Search and Minority Unit. And the pageant can even characteristic tons of the younger, ascendant bands from the hardcore world.
High Vis, the hardcore-adjacent British band, simply performed their first run of US reveals, and people units had been, by all accounts, revelatory. They’re enjoying Sound And Fury. So are a number of the different bands of their vein, like Glitterer, Truth Cult, Modern Color, and Model/Actriz. Fugitive, the brand new thrash band from Power Trip’s Blake Ibanez, are on the invoice, as are Skourge, whose singer Seth Gilmore can also be in Fugitive, and demise metallers Sanguisugabogg and ultra-heavy Japanese band Kruelty. And after all there’s hardcore: Gel, Pain Of Truth, Restraining Order, Dying Wish, Dead Heat, Big Boy, Extinguish, Scalp, Volcano, extra. You can discover all of the related data right here.