Dropdead formed officially in January of 1991 in Providence RI. Having met in 1989, playing music together for a year before a lineup change saw Bob and Ben switch instruments, a name change, and a great increase in speed and intensity. The idea was to play pissed off, aggressive, no bullshit HC/Punk with personally political lyrics. Musically the influences drew from bands as diverse as Confuse, Siege, Larm, Crass, Swans, Infest, SSD, Pandemonium, Icons of Filth, Gauze, Septic Death, Discharge, Anti-Cimex etc. The first show happening within a few months, April of 1991 with Born Aginst and Rorschach. From then on no looking back. The band started and continues with a strong "Do It Yourself" work ethic, booking their own shows and releasing their own records. Over the years Dropdead has played hundreds of shows, recorded two LP's, some splits and EP's, toured the USA and Europe numerous times, as well as Australia and Japan. 24 years of Political No Bullshit Hardcore Thrash!

One of extreme music's most distinctive modern acts, MAGRUDERGRIND plays a punishing hybrid of grindcore, powerviolence and hardcore punk. Formed in 2002 in Washington, DC and currently based in Brooklyn, NY, MAGRUDERGRIND combines visceral lyrical content with a relentlessly abrasive sonic aesthetic. Owing much to the close-knit global DIY punk community, the band has since toured Europe, Asia, North and South America with the likes of Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Misery Index, and countless others.

MAGRUDERGRIND released their first full-length Rehashed on Six Weeks Records in 2007, followed by their acclaimed eponymous sophomore effort in 2009 on Willowtip Records. Magrudergrind, engineered by Kurt Ballou (Converge, High on Fire, Torche) and mastered by Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer, Phobia) sent the band into 2010 with notable appearances at Hellfest, Maryland Deathfest and Obscene Extreme Festival. Then EP Crusher followed in 2010, initially released on Scion Audio/Visual and in 2012 MAGRUDERGRIND was approached by HBO for a cameo on the show Veep featuring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, appearing in the show's fifth episode.

Now MAGRUDERGRIND has teamed up with Relapse Records and returns after a 6-year hiatus with the new album II, set to be released in February 2016. Again recorded with engineer Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Nails), II is a savage manifesto of scathing political and personal revolution and unquestionably MAGRUDERGRIND's most crushing and accomplished material to date. The band will take their anti-musical revolution to the global stage throughout 2016 to annihilate every listener in their path.

The past year has been a whirlwind for Nashville, TN upstarts YAUTJA. February saw the release of their highly heralded debut LP 'Songs of Descent' followed by a relentless tour schedule. Over the stretch of the past year the band has logged well over 100 shows and spent roughly a third of the year in the van including a full US tour with Salt Lake City's nihilistic caustic metalcore cretins CULT LEADER (Deathwish), a Canadian tour with Wisconsin grind freaks NO BRAINER, as well as a short stint with BLACK BREATH, MUTILATION RITES, and THEORIES that included a stop at Maryland Death Fest. The band also performed at the inaugural Southern Darkness Festival, Greensboro's Suck Fest, as well as string of dates at this past year's SXSW music festival in which they were hand picked to be part of NPR's 'Austin 100′ music sampler released each year for the festivities.