PRISONER | Ninth Realm, Lay Waste, Obliviator at Songbyrd DC
Schedule
Sun Aug 02 2026 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
540 Penn St NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA | Washington, DC
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Eternal Lance Presents A Night of Death and Violence!Prisoner is Industrial Death Metal / Blackened Crust from Richmond, VA.
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Ninth Realm is a heavy metal death-thrash band founded in Maryland and the surrounding DMV area. Formed in 2019, the band has released six individual recordings, including a demo, two EPs, a promo tape, and a full-length album, as well as several splits and compilations with other bands. Drummer Joey Burke and lead guitarist Liam McMahon started the project while in college at the University of Maryland.
Conceptually, the band draws from Joey’s original dark fantasy world, Tythorin – a setting shaped by themes of vengeance, fate, grief, trauma, and the indomitable willpower of the human spirit. As for the sound and style of the band, Ninth Realm’s music is a mixed variety of metallic hardcore, ODSM, traditional heavy metal, and blackened thrash.
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Lay Waste is a Virginia-based deathgrind unit blending raw grindcore velocity with hardcore density. Drawing influence from Napalm Death, Nails, and Swedish death metal abrasion, the band delivers tightly structured, politically direct material rooted in anti-authoritarian themes. Known for disciplined, high-intensity live sets, Lay Waste has built momentum across the Mid-Atlantic through consistent regional touring.
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Flying a flag of pure blasphemy against the angels of the Heavens, Maryland’s OBLIVIATOR plays a style of blackened thrash that is relentless and highly technical. The riffs vacillate between power-chord tornadoes and tremolo-picked chainsaws, all with a healthy balance of dissonance and melody. Atop this inferno, the vocals are fierce and stabbing, belting lyrics about apocalyptic realities where Satan’s reign is absolute. Their music is an unholy hymn to war spawned at the altars of Kreator, Angelcorpse, and Merciless. The band was formed in 2024 by Garrison Wright (Devilust, Pray to be Saved) on guitar and vocals, hoping to carve their own niche in the DMV’s fertile thrash metal scene. OBLIVIATOR very quickly ascended from obscurity thanks to their razor-sharp musicianship and formidable live performances. Rounding out OBLIVIATOR’s ranks are Bileh Dougsiyeh (Torvus, Desolus) on drums and Vivek Rangarajan (Desolus, Invasive) on bass. Their debut EP “Warlike Emanations” was recorded in 2025 by Sebastian Phillips (Exhumed, Mammoth Grinder, Mortuaria) with cover art by Rok (Sadistik Exekution). Now, OBLIVIATOR’s only goal is to carry their infernal crusade across this desolate world.
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