Catharsis builds community. As if conducting group scream therapy, Mouth For War incite a collective release of emotion set to a soundtrack of metal intensity, pit-splitting hardcore spirit, and earth-rumbling grooves. The Colorado quintet—Trae Roberts [vocals], Mason Sego [drums], Gabe Moya [guitar], Jonah Starbuck [guitar], and Michael Guglielmi [bass]—rally listeners together around unflinchingly honest and uncontainable bursts of aggression and emotion. After earning praise from Outburn, No Echo, and many more, they hold nothing back on their second full-length LP and debut album for MNRK Heavy, Bleed Yourself.
During 2019, Mouth For War united members of underground favorites Bruise, Remain, and Sustain. Following the An Ear Kept to the Ground EP, the group unleashed Life Cast In Glass in 2021. Earning widespread acclaim, MetalSucks raved, “This Colorado quintet plays pure, untainted metallic hardcore that has all the subtlety of a nuclear bomb. It’s like Hatebreed wrote a song for Xibalba or pre-Underneath Code Orange.” Along the way, they carefully struck an elusive balance of modern and classic heavy music, nodding to Lamb of God, The Devil Wears Prada, and Meshuggah as well as Pantera (hence their band name) and Metallica.
CELL, Oklahoma City’s rising metal band, and producer Connor Haines (Mugshot, No Cure, Fox Lake, BLEAK) have painstakingly worked on crafting their latest single: Mirrors Of My Damnation. This visceral embodiment of sonic fury pummels the listener with a host of daunting, shrill vocal sections — all while contrasted by cinderblock-like guitar riffs that audibly crush. The band’s latest record, The Unbearable Form, keyed in on what the bands sound would compile to become for the foreseeable future. Since releasing their latest track, the band has stated that their intent on writing this song was to reflect on the macabre reality of loss and personal death.
CELL is an Oklahoma metal band whose very presence is intimidating. Founded in 2021, the band formed in Oklahoma City, OK and Denver, CO with members comprised from Omen and Mouth for War. The band released their first demo, entitled “Failed By The Grace of Gods Hands” to give the world a little taste of what was soon to come. Shortly after, they introduced their debut EP “Sadistic Sounds of Suffering” and there’s only 3 words to explain said record: relentless, straightforward, and hateful. Their unique song structures and dark-themes are remnant of early Whitechapel and Slipknot.
As they continue to stay active on the road, there is only one thing to say about the group itself: they’re pissed off, and there’s no stopping them.