99 Rock Presents
Bodysnatcher
with
Spite, Thrown, Knosis, Psycho-Frame
Fri, May 10
Doors: 6:00 pm
Show: 6:30 pmAges 16 and Up
$22.50
Artists
Bodysnatcher
An epically unashamed demonstration of aggression, Bodysnatcher’s music is dark, furious,and threatening. It’s a sound born from the burden of struggle and an unwavering commit-ment to continued survival against all obstacles. Bodysnatcher put the “core” back in Death-core.Bleed-Abide, the Melbourne, Florida quartet’s third album, crackles with rage and power.As seen on tour with Chelsea Grin, Lorna Shore, and Slaughter To Prevail, and in a series ofincreasingly packed, sweaty, and electrifying club shows, Bodysnatcher music, lyrics, andimagery already inspired several tattoos and proven transformative to deeply connectedlisteners.The alligator-filled swamps and burned-out tourist beaches of Florida were fertile groundfor death metal when the late/great Chuck Schuldiner took his love of heavy thrash andcrushed it into a new subgenre. The Sunshine State gave gruesome birth to genre pioneerslike Death, Morbid Angel, Obituary, and Deicide. Morrisound Recording became the sitewhere legendary bands summoned essential albums. Florida claims almost as many crucialhardcore, punk, and power-violence bands, including Poison The Well, Shai Hulud, Brethren,Assück, and Strongarm.Kyle Medina (vocals), Kyle Carter (guitar), Kyle Shope (bass), and Chris Whited (drums) em-body the hardcore spirit and cut their teeth in the tight-knit community. They are monikeredafter the nickname of one of history’s most notorious serial killers, Ed Gein, and represent-ed by a triangular symbol steeped in alchemy and the occult. But Bodysnatcher lyrics owemore to the horrors of domestic strife than the gore of their Florida-based forebearers inCannibal Corpse.The inception point came with the purest of intentions. “I was around 17,” Medina explains.“We were just going to be a band that was basically a ‘breakdown band’ for my friends tomosh to.”Eventually stabilizing with a lineup that overlapped at various points with beloved groups likeKing Conquer and Dealey Plaza, Bodysnatcher released a quick succession of albums and
Spite
Thrown
Knosis
Psycho-Frame