NOTHING, a notoriously unlucky band, was set to record in February of 2020, right around the time that America began preparing to be hit with a deadly virus. “As if this band needed any more fear and uncertainty,” Palermo says, laughing a little. After a self-imposed 14-day home quarantine, the band and producer Will Yip, who previously worked on NOTHING’s critically-acclaimed sophomore album, Tired of Tomorrow, locked themselves in Pennsylvania’s Studio Four once again, completely isolated from family and friends while the madness in the outside world unfolded. The result is an atmospheric, cinematic collection of songs and stories. While Palermo and the band have made a career around their signature sound, it is clear the current lineup has reached a point of mastery. Palermo effortlessly blends layer upon layer of sweeping guitar tones that create an ensemble of vanishing and reappearing sounds, resembling ocean waves crashing against cold, desolate shores. The songs reach new levels of melodic accessibility without losing the hallmark structures we have come to expect from NOTHING. Each track is vibrant, and reverberates with a crushing sense of unpredictability, undergoing a sonic metamorphosis, always being held together by NOTHING’s relentless rhythm section led by bassist Aaron Heard and percussionist Kyle Kimball. Palermo’s distinctly sincere approach to vocals are given additional support with the addition of labelmate and Cloakroom front man Doyle Martin, whose soaring harmonies float in and out of the landscapes laid out before them. The ever progressive NOTHING stay true to their chaotic outlook on life, keeping a keen eye to avoid repetition. With a radical cast of talented contributors such as harpist Mary Lattimore, classical musician Shelley Weiss, and singer/songwriter/producer Alex G., The Great Dismal showcases yet another side of the band’s trademark American Post-Shoegaze sound.  NOTHING’s cynical, yet sincere lyrical side can be heard weaving through their sound from the start of the album’s bleak-yet-glistening “A Fabricated Life” where you can hear Palermo struggle; “in skin that fits me, but never fit me” to the album’s dream like closer, “Ask The Rust” where he repeatedly questions, “when did you find out you never made it home?”. It is not all pessimism though: on “Famine Asylum,” Palermo embraces the quick ending. “Send the bombs / We’ve had enough of us.” The song, inspired by the Dr. Strangelove subtitle: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, seems to hint at a sense of humor even in the midst of all the darkness. Despite the hurdles that come with creating while quarantining, Palermo sought out NYC based visionary and Midland Agency co-founder Walter Pearce to art direct the album’s imagery. Pearce then brought on photographer/filmmaker, Jordan Hemingway to shoot both the album art and a cohesive series of music videos for NOTHING’s forthcoming singles, setting a serene yet chaotic scene of apocalyptic tranquility around the album’s sound.  Years ago, upon release from a New Jersey State Correctional Facility for a 2000 assault which Palermo still claims was in self-defense, an officer caught Palermo with a waistband full of his books. One of those books was Meditations, by Roman philosopher Marcus Aurelius. “The book had sentimental value,” Palermo said, and it is easy to see why. One of the book’s meditations reads: “The stench of decay. Rotting meat in a bag. Look at it clearly. If you can.” The Great Dismal shares this stoic attitude—even if the world is rotting, the lyrics encourage you to look directly at it. If you’re lucky, you’ll find beauty somewhere in the void.

Cryogeyser is making dreamy, dark, vocal-forward music dealing with the themes of truth, transcendence, and longing.They are a three-piece rock band out of Los Angeles, fronted and formed by Shawn Marom on guitar and vox and HunterMartinez on bass in early 2018. Since then, the project has recorded three albums, and has welcomed new bass playerWill Kraus and drummer Nich Santana.Cryogeyser started off in a really natural way, Hunter Martinez and Shawn Marom new friends, and eventuallyroommates, were both dealing with pretty enormous changes at the same time. A time of a lot of loss, and distance frompeople and even parts of themselves that they were really comfortable with. Drummer and producer, Jeremy McLennanhad just played a show Shawn booked and they planned to jam one day. Later that year, Glitch was recorded in JeremyMcLennan’s living room.Cryogeyer’s most recent release, Love is Land, produced by Stella Mozgawa earlier in 2020, is part of a double-album,Love is Land/ timetetheredtogether, produced by Jack Shirley, set to release on Terrible Records on October 29th

VMO is members of Vampillia, fronted by female vocalist “ZASTAR” and Kezzardrix doing live visuals, plus three strobe lights and a smoke machine. They are an art music project where techno, black metal, industrial and noise come together. VMO’s show is the extreme side of art music. Visuals and intense mosh music invoke violent dancing on the floor and diving off the stage. It's like black metal meets Kraftwerk and Aphex Twin is invaded by Bxurxum. The total power consumption of a VMO show is 5000 Watts! That is equivalent to 60 amplifiers! Large venues and Festival sets consume even more power! Chip King (The body), and Attila Csihar (SUNNO))), MAYHEM) lend guest vocals to their first album “Catastrophic Anonymous”. - CD released on Virgin Babylon Records (led by World's End Girlfriend). Vinyl by Throatruiner Records, (a subsidiary of CONVERGE's DEATHWISH). VMO released 7inch “Principle of Light Speed Invariance” from NEVER SLEEP (led by Gabber Eleganza) in 2020. VMO have ravaged audiences at festivals such as Roadburn Festival, BANGFACE, Brutal Assault, Incubate festival, and Le Guess Who? ,and left innocent bystanders devastated at countless venues throughout Europe and Asia. VMO appeared on both days at the two-day installation party of Asian Dope Boys Tianzhuo Chen's "Sheepman", which was announced at the Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival in 2021.