CONTENTION (US) + DOGMA (NL) + EVERYTHING ENDS (BE)

MENDVILLE presents


CONTENTION (us)
one of the very best of an absolute stack of straight edge metallic hardcore bands with an obvious taste for the 90s that have emerged in the last few years. Having fired some warning shots with a killer three-track promo released just before the pandemic, the Tampa, Florida outfit’s so-called straight edge holy war gained considerable momentum with the double barrage of the fantastic Laying Waste To The Kingdom Of Oblivion and Summer Offensive EPs in 2021 and 2022 respectively, and now the campaign enters its next phase upon the arrival of the band’s much-anticipated debut full-length Artillery From Heaven. With some clear expectations set by the aforementioned releases, Artillery From Heaven delivers both in terms of sound and quality. CONTENTION have billed this as an “apocalyptic straight edge album” and as abstract as that may sound it actually makes a lot of sense when presented with the results; perhaps as you could also say of their some of their influences – like ARKANGEL, for example – there has always been an air of the end times to the band’s music. It’s there in the desperate rasp of vocalist Cosmo, the scorched char of the guitars, the sheer devastation wrought by every crushing breakdown – and of course the desolate themes of the album itself – but even beyond such specifics there is ultimately just an unmistakable sense of urgency, of high stakes, to Artillery From Heaven that makes it so utterly compelling.


DOGMA (nl)
DOGMA is a project that translates a plea for social justice into resilient and hard hitting music. With their first EP ‘Face of Violence‘ one can expect metallic hardcore aiming its arrows at systemic and institutionalized violence of all flavors and stenches. Their sound will very much remind you of Vision of Disorder / Incendiary


EVERYTHING ENDS (be)
Reppin’ the new breed of Belgian hardcore, Everything Ends unleashes 4 new tracks onto the world with “Nothing Is Forever”. This release succeeds their 2022 “Art Of Suffering” EP and continues where they left off, delivering furious IDS styled metallic hardcore made to set the dance floor ablaze.�


LOCATION
Jh Asgaard - Driebeekstraat 3 - Gent


Tickets in presale: 18,50 (incl. handling fee)
-18 = free entrance

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