Drawing inspiration from such forward-thinking metal heavyweights as Decapitated, Meshuggah, and The Dillinger Escape Plan, Oklahoma City's Dischordia brings a fresh perspective to the scene by combining tried-and-true US death metal brutality with far-flung ideas from a multitude of global influences. The band's music-first ethos has been forged through years of stylistic refinement and questing for a sound to call their own. October of 2011 saw Dischordia release the debut EP, Creator, Destroyer, with which the band made a noticeable impact. Positive press and relentless independent touring across the USA for this offering led the band to sign with Rogue Records America for the release of their debut full-length album, Project 19 in July 2013. The band supported the release across the USA on several tours in 2013 and 2014, along with a follow up covers EP, Sources, in 2015 and 2016. November 2016, brought the band's second full-length, and most ambitious release to date, Thanatopsis, and was met with overwhelmingly positive praise and reviews. Dischordia have toured across the United States and secured opening slots for the likes of Between The Buried and Me, Gorguts, Revocation, Intronaut, Fallujah, Vektor, Dying Fetus, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Periphery, and more. Their innovative assault stands tall alongside these names, and with Thanatopsis to represent them, the band is set to continue conquering fans across the metal scene.

Originating in 2010, Lucid Awakening is the ambitious brainchild of childhood friends who found their serendipitous beginnings in a refurbished storage building in a small suburb of the growing musical mecca, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Raised on Rush and Metallica and enthralled by the talents of prog metal titans like Between the Buried & Me and Dream Theater, brothers Garrett Miller (Bass) and Colton Miller (Guitar) laid the groundwork for epic compositions that would later be fleshed out through the lineup additions of Jake Jezek (guitar), Nikki Santisteven (drums) and Michael McGinley (keyboards). With this configuration the band developed a local and regional following, providing local support for bands like The Contortionist and Entheos. Frustrated by several fruitless efforts of finding a fitting vocalist and eager to release material that had been meticulously revised over nearly a decade, the band made their sonic debut with the release of “The Sum of Infinity” in 2019. Jokes from the band about gratuitous technical wankery aside, the nearly hour-long instrumental effort is lyrical in nature and composed of several memorable ‘musical moments’ that contribute to a broader throughline. Now, Lucid Awakening has finally found its voice and ushered in a new era with the release of the 2021 single, “Epiphany”. The dizzyingly dynamic song produced by Evan Sammons and Jamie King showcases the darker and more mature evolution of the band, featuring new vocalist, Heyden Smith, who growls, croons, belts and doo-wops all over the 8-minute epic. ​  Influenced by the likes of Between The Buried And Me, Dream Theater, Haken, Scale The Summit, and many others, they use many elements of their predecessors to craft their own unique sound. The songs are cinematic in scope and dynamic in texture, with sweeping melodies, dramatic progressions, and moody jams, providing an epic and satisfying experience for the listener.

Band from Tulsa, OK