KONTUSION, Molder, Tortureslave

Name: KONTUSION, Molder, Tortureslave
Start: 2025-07-08T20:30:00+02:00
Location: KAPU

Schedule

Tue, 08 Jul, 2025 at 08:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

KAPU | Linz, OO

KONTUSION
New, old-school band Kontusion is no stranger to the scene. Guitarist/vocalist Mark Bronzino is an underground, hardcore-punk pioneer from New Jersey who played in a slew of bigger metal bands—Mammoth Grinder and Iron Reagan, just to name a couple. He’s even collaborated with underground hip-hop weirdo Ghostemane.

In the early pandemic days of 2020, he teamed up with his old friend Chris Moore, drummer of Repulsion, Magrudergrind, Coke Bust, Vosh and many other bands, to start the old-school death metal band they’d been dreaming of for years … and Kontusion was born.

Kontusion is an evil death metal band from the east coast of the USA. Their riffs, blasts and walls of feedback reflect the darkness of a world marred by war and violence, where large scale atrocities are commonplace. Chris and Mark represent the core of the band, with musicians emerging to fill out various lineups for live performances. They have toured throughout the eastern US, Midwest and Texas, supported death thrash legends Deceased and appeared at festivals such as Maryland Death Fest. Sentient Ruin Labs released the “Demo” on vinyl, CD and cassette format in 2023.

After touring the second USA tour with Oxygen Destroyer on the west coast of the US and Canada to finish out 2024 , Kontusion will reveal their new album in February 2025 on Profund Lore.
https://kontusionkontusion.bandcamp.com

MOLDER
Joliet, Illinois' Molder was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public in 2017. Bringing forth a blend of Thrash and Death Metal that embodies all things heavy, filthy, and unholy. The band infested themselves into the local circuit and quickly proved themselves worthy of their rising attention.
First making their mark with the debut demo, "An Act of Revenge" the band began to formulate a wider following, cementing themselves a spot in the death metal underground as a force to be reckoned with. Landing the band deals with independent labels such as; Headsplit Records, Goat Throne Records, and Rotted Life Records. If they aren't slaughtering audiences through their headphones/stereos they bludgeon their victims live, with bands like Exhumed, Autopsy, Jungle Rot, and Demolition Hammer.
Generating enough buzz to gain the attention of California's Prosthetic Records, exhuming them from the underground. Additionally, through that buzz, Molder has dominated the U.S with a slew of tours and festival appearances such as Milwaukee Metal Fest, Volcanic Strike Hawaii, and Maryland Deathfest to name a few.

Molder currently consists of Chicagoland mutants Aaren Pantke (guitars, vocals), Carlos Santini (guitar) Dominic Vaia (bass) and Kyle Pooley (drums) rounding out their strongest lineup yet. This quartet of terror are ready to chop, cut, and carve you up into "granulated chunks". After releasing their acclaimed debut full length, "Vanished Cadavers", and major label debut, “Engrossed In Decay”, Molder have teamed up with Prosthetic to defile your ears yet AGAIN with a new offering, ‘Catastrophic Reconfiguration’ out November, 8 2024.
https://molderil.bandcamp.com/album/catastrophic-reconfiguration

TORTURE SLAVE
Tortureslave – Munich Thrash/Death – 0% Bullshit, 100% Metal„They still exist every now and then, the pearls of the underground. Bands that venture out even in these difficult times and present themselves and their music to the public.“ (Powermetal.de 2021) – this is what we are doing. No matter what.Tortureslave has made it their duty to polish the audience's ears with a cracking mix of death metal in the best Swedish style and rough 80s thrash. This polish is applied in an extremely tight form and with a healthy punk rock attitude! The audience usually provides the circular movements.
https://tortureslave.bandcamp.com/