Two hardcore metal bands are preparing to tear up the stage! First up is Kansas City's The Browning, followed by the metal/hardcore combo of Four Five. Get ready to head-bang the night away!

 

 

The Browning could very well be heavy music’s answer to the Terminator. Whereas everybody’s favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger cyborg hid an exoskeleton under a sheath of skin, the Kansas City quartet - Jonny [vocals, electronics], Cody [drums], Brian [guitar], and Rick [bass] - thinly veil a hard rock edge beneath a casing of skittering electronic dance music, hip-hop grime, metallic brutality, and industrial expanse. That signature style is “back” in a big way on their third full-length album and first for Spinefarm Records, Isolation.

 

Since emerging with a bang on 2011’s Burn This World and refining their attack on Hypernova in 2013, the group has destroyed stages alongside everybody from Fear Factory to Static-X to We Came As Romans to Alesana to Chelsea Grin to Shadows Fall on national

tours. Hypernova would clinch “Album of the Week” honors from Revolver, while their fan favorite video for “Bloodlust” would rack up over 1.8 million views by 2016 as they built an impressive social media audience exceeding 212K Facebook fans.

 

 

Four Five, two words which, when put together, have no explicit meaning, giving your imagination room to explore. Four Five's music is the same: uncategorizable. Due to the band members' different opinions on music, their music is not only a combination of metal and hardcore but also includes multiple new elements. Strong metal riffing on progressive combi-beats, sometimes cut sharp, sometimes grooving, the sound waves beat the ears and hearts of listeners like a heavy hammer. Complicated verses do not lack in power and strength, and work in harmony with guitars and bass, explosive drumming, and expressive vocals. This is the distinctive vibe of Four Five’s music. Each band member has more than five years of personal music experience, combined they are a force to be reckoned with!