Wage War @ KEMBA Live!

Wage War started in 2010 in Ocala, Florida. The band was originally named Empires and consisted of Briton Bond (Unclean Vocals), Cody Quistad (Rhythm Guitar/Clean Vocals), Seth Blake (Lead Guitar), Jordan Pierce (Bass), and David Rau (Drums). The band changed their name to Wage War and brought on Chris Gaylord to replace Pierce and Stephen J. Kluesener to replaced Rau. In 2015, the band signed to Fearless Records, with a Jeremy McKinnon/Andrew Wade-produced single. After being signed to Fearless, the band released their debut album, 'Blueprints'. They released their latest album, 'Deadweight,' on August 4, 2017. Wage War has done a number of tours also including playing on the entirety of the Vans Warped Tour in 2016 and A Day to Remember's Self Help Festival in 2017. The band has also opened up for artists such as August Burns Red, Chelsea Grin, I Prevail, The Amity Affliction, Every Time I Die and For Today. The band toured the US on their first headliner in 2017 in support of their new album 'Deadweight.' In 2019 they released their third full length album 'Pressure' on August 30th again through Fearless Records. On May 29th 2020 they released the 'Grave+(Stripped)+-+Single.' version.

Varials is an American metalcore band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in October 2013. The band currently consists of guitarist/Lead Vocalist Mitchell Rogers, guitarist James Hohenwarter, bassist Mike Foley and drummer Sean Rauchut. Their first release was the single "Trapped", released on October 7, 2013. They released an EP, Recollection in 2014. In 2015, they released the EP Failure//Control. In 2016, they released a split EP, Absolution with Wilmington, Delaware based band Vicious Embrace. They signed with Fearless Records in July 6, 2017, and announced their debut album Pain Again produced by Josh Schroeder, to be released on August 11. The lead single, "Anything to Numb" was released alongside a music video that day. The second single, "Pain Again" was released on July 28 with another music video. The song "E.D.A." had a music video released on August 10. The third single "Empire of Dirt"'s music video was released in May 2018. On January 23, 2020, vocalist Travis Tabron announced his departure from the band. They will still continue to tour without Travis with Mitchell Rogers taking over lead vocals while still resuming guitar duties.

Cane Hill is an American heavy metal band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2011. The band consists of vocalist Elijah Witt, guitarist James Barnett, bassist Ryan Henriquez, and drummer Devin Clark. In 2015, the band signed to Rise Records, releasing their debut self-titled EP, Cane Hill. In 2016, the band released their debut full-length studio album, Smile. On January 19, 2018, their sophomore album Too Far Gone, was released, again via Rise Records. Too Far Gone was critically acclaimed, featuring the singles "Too Far Gone, "It Follows", "Lord of Flies" and "10¢". In late 2019, the band left Rise Records and became independent. As of 2021, the band has released two studio albums: Smile (2016) and Too Far Gone (2018), and three EPs: Cane Hill (2014), Kill the Sun (2019) and Krewe de la Mort Vol. 1 (2021). Cane Hill is currently recording material for two subsequent volumes of Krewe de la Mort Vol. 1, from which the songs "Power of the High" and "Kill Me" were released in late 2020. In February 2021, the band released the final single of Vol. 1 with "God Is the Enemy" during a Youtube livestream. On April 30th, the music video for the first single from Vol. 2, "Blood & Honey" was released along with a music video. In 2023, Cane Hill announced they had signed with Out of Line Music and with it released their single titled "A Form of Protest." In 2024, the band has released four singles including "The Midnight Sun," "Ecstasy in Grief," "Fade" and "Fade (Into You)" with the final single announcing their third LP "a piece of me i never let you find.", which came out on November 1st of that year.