Darkest Hour, After the Burial, Arsis, Arsonists Get All The Girls, Light This City, Misery Signals, Parkway Drive, Stick To Yo

Darkest Hour
Washington, D.C.'s Darkest Hour is a supporter of the death metal/hardcore merger, founded in the early '90s by such outfits as Carcass and Entombed. Comprised of members Mike Schleibaum (guitar), Billups Allen (bass), John Henry (vocals), Fred Ziomek (guitar), and Ryan Parrish (drums...

Misery Signals
Post-hardcore act Misery Signals blend math rock tropes like tricky time signature shifts and twiddly guitar parts with the strained aggression and sore throat vocals of screamo, creating a sound with more emotional heft than the former yet that is also less monochromatic than the latter.

Light This City
A speedy thrash metal band with death metal overtones, Light This City are primarily notable for being one of the only bands in their chosen style with a female lead singer, the dynamic and impressively leather-lunged Laura Nichol.

Arsonists Get All the Girls
Initially formed as a joke between friends, Santa Cruz, CA's Arsonists Get All the Girls gradually transformed into a (somewhat) serious musical concern, fusing death metal, hardcore, and progressive inclinations into an eclectic, indefinable musical soup.

After the Burial