BOUNDARIES

In the organizer's words:

In Canto I of "Inferno", the poet Dante Alighieri muses: "Death is not much more". Although the sentence dates back to the 14th century, it still has meaning today. In Dante's words, the pressure of the world has become so great that dying hardly feels worse than living. Boundaries address this feeling directly. The quintet from Connecticut - Matthew McDougal (vocals), Cory Emond (guitar), Tim "Cheese" Sullivan (drums, vocals), Nathan Calcagno (bass, vocals) and Cody DelVecchio (guitar) - taps into the discord and strife of a seemingly doomed generation and hits a nerve.

Since their formation in 2014, Boundaries have combined metallic hardcore with powerful melodies and poignant honesty. The group has evolved organically over releases such as "Hartford County Misery" (2017), "My Body In Bloom" (2019), "Your Receding Warmth" (2020) and "Burying Brightness" (2022). After building a loyal audience and receiving widespread acclaim, the group unleashed a torrent of unbridled emotion on their third album 'Death Is Little More' (2024). Live, they are known as a powerhouse and have shared the stage with everyone from Counterparts to Lorna Shore to Currents.

They kick off the album with the menacingly magnetic lead single 'Easily Erased'. A melodic guitar cuts through a wall of distortion while a seesawing groove hits like a jackhammer. The beatdown leaves just enough space for the concise chorus: "Will you break all of the promises that you made? For you, it should be easy to erase". "A Pale Light Lingers" is based on a pounding groove that is balanced by a breakneck riff. Lochie Keogh from Alpha Wolf stomps into the picture with a guttural growl, adding another dimension to the destruction. "Scars On A Soul" rolls forward at full speed on a pounding guitar riff, making way for a call-and-response between the clean vocals and the screams. The journey reaches its emotional climax with "Blame's Burden" (feat. Marcus Vik from Invent Animate). Cinematic guitar overtures set the scene and heighten the tension, only to explode with a cathartic scream. Then there's "Blood Soaked Salvation" (feat. Matt Honeycutt from Kublai Khan), which the guys describe as "How do A Day To Remembers Homesick and Converge fit together?". In the closing "Inhale The Grief", the band shows off their full range and leads into a final, undeniable catharsis.