Cold Shock: Midwest Death Metal Showcase

Toxic Hell is a brand new old school Death Metal band created in 2024 by members of Frontal Assault and ILL OMEN. This will be their second show and first show in their hometown of Cedar Rapids, IA. Liquified Decomposition emerged from the depths of Dubuque, IA in 2021, bringing a unique fusion of death metal, true crime, and horror. With two full-length albums under their belt, they are poised to dominate the stage and liquify minds with their intense live performances. Prepare for a sonic assault that blends brutal riffs,haunting narratives, and relentless energy. Fals Providence is dissonant, apocalyptic, slamming death metal from Des Moines, IA. Pursuit is full of riffs, blast beats, and breakdowns from Fargo, North Dakota. Ruin Dweller are a Madison, WI based death metal band formed in the fall of 2016. Drawing influences from death metal, black metal, sludge, and crust, they seek to create dismal and forbidding homages to a bleak future. Blending tortured melodies with raw thrash and crushing low end grit they channel disillusionment and cathartic aggression. All members have cut their teeth prior in underground metal bands such as Gloam, Panther, Vermillion, Black Goat, and Whorelord. After much reflection in the wasteland dirge that was the pandemic years, Ruin Dweller has returned with a new EP entitled Apocalyptic Ruin in 2024. The album sees the band further sinking their teeth into the dirt and filth that has defined them but also introducing some new twists and turns. All while holding the intention of creating the evilest and darkest music possible. Scab Hag is a swamp-brewed death metal quartet seeping out of Cincinnati, OH. Metal Hammer listed them in "10 Up and Coming Death Metal Bands Every Self-Respecting Metalhead Should KNow". Formed in 2021, Scab Hag has made waves in the metal community and has shared the stage with acts such as Moritcian, Bodybox, Volcano, Left to Die, Undeath, Snuffed on Sight, Skeletal Remains, Vitriol, Morta Skuld, Nun Slaughter, Bury Your Dead, Genocide Pact, Vomit Forth, Mutilatred, Exhorder, Deterioration, and many more.