Apes

Show & Culture

Like being stuck in a tumble dryer at full speed. With Apes, brutality becomes a language. The Quebec sextet delivers wild deathgrind where grindcore, black metal, and hardcore collide in chaos that is as violent as it is controlled. Frenzied blast beats, dissonant riffs, cavernous screams, and suffocating atmospheres make up a dense, tense music, oscillating between destructive speed and crushing heaviness. Apes moves forward like a sonic war machine, alternating grinding explosions and darker, oppressive passages. Renowned for their live shows that are as furious as they are hypnotic, the band brings their latest album Penitence to the stage, a true onslaught of rage and darkness. From Metz, Discordance serves up heavy, abrasive hardcore built for live performance. Influenced by the likes of Integrity, Entombed, or Converge, the band crafts a dark, compact sound where crushing riffs, constant tension, and raw energy meet. Hardcore that's dense, nervous, and uncompromising. WillxSmic arrives from Strasbourg with a powerviolence burst that's as short as it is furious. The trio delivers fast, brutal, and unpredictable music, playing loud, fast and raw. A wild, noisy, and joyfully messy set to kick off the night.