KY/IN Local Metal Scene

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(10.09.2024) HE WAS DEAD Band Interview (Liner Notes Podcast with Matthew A. Carrillo)

(10.20.24) HEROES OF THE UNDERWORLD at 21st in Germantown in Louisville, KY

(10.25.24) 6TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BASH at Portal in Louisville, KY

(10.25.24) HALLOW-LOUISVILLE at Vernon Lanes in Louisville, KY

(10.26.24) TAKEN LIVES, PISSED ON, GVUP, ‘97 FLOOD at Kaiju in Louisville, KY

A TESTAMENT TO DESPAIR • Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend, “An Everlasting Season” on Bandcamp.

VILE. • “502PISSEDCORE.” Active since 2023. Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend “house of rats” on Bandcamp.

CRUEL QUEEN • Active since 2020. Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend “Gift of Ruin” on Spotify.

DEHUMANIZE • “A slamming death metal band.” Based in Louisville, KY. Active since 2015. Recommend “Fall on Your Sword” on Bandcamp.

CELL INTRUDER • “Not unlike death metal.” Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend “Chained and Drained” on their Bandcamp.

EMPYREAN ASUNDER • “Anti-industrial metal.” Active since 2011. Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend “They Call Her the Cure” on all streaming platforms.

FATAL STEP • “Heavy metal from KY.” • Formed in 2014. Recommend “Bitterness” on Bandcamp.

AZELL • “Crushing sludge to melt your brain.” Active since 2022. Based out of Louisville, KY. Recommend “Death Control” on Spotify.

ABOMINANT • “Trend killing goat metal.” Formed in 2011. Based in KY. Recommend “In Darkness Embrace” on Bandcamp.

THEN WE DIED

HORDE OF UNLIGHT

ASSISTING SORROW

LUSTICON • “Solo black metal project.” Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend “Beautiful and Obscene” on Bandcamp.

THE PROMISE OF PLAGUE

BOOMBOX POETS • “Retro-futuristic, electronic, nu-metal, rap/rock traveling at light speed through space and time.” Based in Louisville, KY. Active since 2011. We recommend, “Hood Witch,” on Spotify.

ICE HOWL • “A riff-focused band that harnesses the true spirit of heavy metal.” Active since 2015. Based out of Bloomington, Indiana. We recommend, “Ocean Descending,” on their Bandcamp.

TREAZON • “Melodic hard ‘n heavy metal.” Based out of Glasgow, Kentucky. Active since 2022. We recommend, “Lady of the Night,” on their Spotify.

RAT KING • “Stoner doom.” Active since 2016 • Based in Evansville, Indiana. We recommend, “Liar’s Dice,” on their Bandcamp.

KIN OF NONE • Based out of Louisville, KY. Active since 2024. We recommend seeing them live.

EXITWOUNDS • Active since 2018. Based out of Indianapolis, IN. We recommend, “Ameliorate,” on Spotify.

SKIPPING STONE • “Hard rock/metal for fans of Breaking Benjamin, Incubus, and Disturbed.” Based out of Louisville, KY. Active since 2020. We recommend, “Chasing Ghosts,” on Spotify.

JOE GRUDGE • Active since 2020. We recommend, “Scumbag Nation,” on Spotify.

FREE WARREN • “Raw, gut-punching music and reflective lyrics, while pulling influences from hard rock, alternative, and metal genres.” Active since 2019. Based out of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. We recommend, “Warm Bones” on Spotify.

IDOL THRONE • “Thrash/power/prog metal.” Active since 2016. Based out of Northwest, Indiana. We recommend, “King Among Jackals,” on their Bandcamp.

LAVABORNE • “Power doom for fans of 80’s Black Sabbath, Candlemass, and Judas Priest.” Active since 2017. Based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. We recommend, “Black Winged Gods,” on their Spotify.

CRYPTIC HYMN • “Four-piece Death Metal band.” • Active since 2014. Based in Louisville, KY. We recommend “The Vast Unknowing” on Bandcamp.

BIHARGAM • “Grim black metal that makes some interesting riff choices.” Active since 2018. Based in Bowling Green, KY. We recommend “Executioner Star” on their Bandcamp.

BLIND SCRYER • “Heavy Rock n’ Roll/Stoner Rock.” Active since 2016. Based in Louisville, KY. We recommend, “Controlled Burn,” on their Bandcamp.

HIRT • “Elements of grunge, stoner rock, prog rock, metal, punk, emo, and more.” Active since 2020. Based out of Louisville, KY. We recommend, “Going Gold,” on their Spotify.

GVUP • “5 piece combo spawned from the dirt of Indiana into the veins of the mighty Ohio.” Active since 2023. Based out of Indiana. We recommend, “The Tell,” on their Bandcamp.

SLUM CITY • “American Hardcore.” Active since 2021. Based in Louisville, KY • We recommend, “The Imposter,” on their Spotify.

THOSE WHO SPEAK EVIL • “Progressive metal band.” Active since 2014. We recommend seeing them live.

AGE OF BELLUM • “Metalcore band.” Active since 2023. Based in Louisville, KY. We recommend “KILL DOZER” on their Spotify.

NOVALYN • “Melodic/alternative/metalcore.” Active since 2023. Based on Louisville, KY. Recommend “Lucky Sunday” on Spotify.

THE ALPHA INCIDENT

MUTANT CIRCLE

BURY THE COFFIN

MURDERACHI

LEFT TO THE WOLVES

EULOGY IN BLOOD • “Sledge Metal: a mix of sludge, death, doom, and thrash.” Active since 2018. Based out of Kentucky. We recommend, “Ax to Grind,” on Spotify.

ATROPHIC

ISOLATOR

CROWN OV SERPENTS

OVERLOAD

SHI

CROP

STORMTOKER

FOXBAT

SINISTRUM

ARTWORK FOR THE BLIND

TAKEN LIVES

ASSIMILATOR

BAPTISE

STONECUTTERS

ENEMY TO ALL • “Four piece metal band with a sound influenced by Slipknot, Pantera, and Lamb of God. Active since 2022. Based in Louisville, KY. We recommend seeing them live.

SINFUL UNREST

CATHODE ULT • “A unique style of Sludge, Doom, Punk, and Thrash.” Active since 2023. Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend “Coal Horse” on Spotify.

BLVETONGUE • “Blackened death metal.” Based in Louisville, KY. Active since 2022. Recommend “He Has My Throat” on Spotify.

CALL ME MONSTER

BASTARD SONS OF A JUDAS GOAT • “A two piece blackened sludgecore band from Kentucky. Mixing heavy and slow, noisy and abrasive.” Active since 2013. Based out of Mount Sterling, KY. We recommend, “The Decay of Man,” on their Bandcamp.

REQUIEM

HEART OF KINGS

FACE THE DAY

SUBMARINER • “Heavy metal from Louisville, KY.” Active since 2020. Based in Louisville, KY. Recommend “War Cry” on Spotify.

NOOSEBEARER • “Midwest metal.” Active since 2019. Based in Southern Indiana. Recommend “Hope Abandoned” on Spotify.

REDIVIDER • “Death metal.” Based in Louisville. Active since 2021. Recommend “Sounds of Malice” on Bandcamp.

KUR • “Blackened death metal.” Active since 2016. Based in Lexington. Recommend “Hill of Martyrs” on ReverbNation.

HOLLOW VALLEY • “Heavy metal.” Based in Louisville. Active since 2016. Recommend “Full Circle” on Spotify.

OHLM • “An exploration of a story without words.” Based in Louisville, KY. Active since 2010. We recommend listing to, “Dead Mountain,” on their Bandcamp.

HE WAS DEAD • “Audibly delicious death metal.” Based in Louisville, Kentucky. Active since 2024. We recommend listening to, “Poison Creeper,” on their Bandcamp.

NOTHINGWRONG • “Groove/modern/nu-metal with lots of different influences.” Based in Louisville, Kentucky. Active since 2009. We recommend listening to, “Rot,” on their Spotify.

1984X • “We play good fight music.” Based in Jasper, Indiana. Active since 2021. We recommend listening to, “I, Leviathan,” on their Spotify.

MATTHEW A. CARRILLO (Enemy to All) • Lyric Writing, Creative Consulting & Coaching, Talent Brokering, Promoting, Online Management • Local Metal Band Database, Dreamhouse Entertainment, Blind Ear Music Review, Liner Notes Podcast, Heroes of the Underworld

MARK JACKSON (Overload, Ice Howl) • Promoting, Podcasting • The Metal Forge, Big Goddamn Metal Show

THE METAL FORGE (Local Metal Podcast)

SPEAK.THE.TRUTH PROMOTIONS KY (Promoter)

BRIAN FLICK (Live Sound, Lighting and Video)

CHRIS BLEDSOE (Drum Tracking/Session Musician)

THROWDOWN THURSDAY AT WRONG SIDE 812 (Live Local Metal Thursday Show)

METAL MONDAY AT HIGHLANDS TAPROOM (Live Local Metal Monday Show)

SEAN BUCKLER (Graphic Design and Website Management)

HEROES OF THE UNDERWORLD (Live Local Metal Sunday Show)

JAMIE JESSICA HENSHAW (Graphic Design)

DREAMHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT (Promotion and Social Media Management)

ODD LOGIC MEDIA (Photography)

Galaxie

Planet of the Tapes

ZANZABAR • “Dinner. Music. Arcade.” • 2100 South Preston Street in Louisville, KY

Al’s Bar

Highlands Taproom Bar & Grill

The Fishtank

Jack’s Axes

WRONG SIDE 812 • “Billiards, a mini-arcade, cornhole, a late night kitchen and life music 7 days a week.” • 1005 West Market Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana

MAG BAR • “Cheap drinks. Surly bartenders. Loud shows. Good times.” • 1398 South 2nd Street in Louisville, KY

21ST IN GERMANTOWN • “Entertainment venue and Louisville’s oldest tavern with 100+ bourbons, fresh food, and a late night menu.” • 1481 South Shelby Street in Louisville, KY