Snuffed on Sight / Torture / Lie in Wait / Final Resting Place / One Thousand Blades

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May 19

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May 19, 2026 at Mahall’s in Cleveland, OH

I go to a lot of shows. This one was a test of blunt force trauma mixed with figuring out how strong your hips are. Brutal and slippery.

The night started out with One Thousand Blades. It was their debut show and holy shit, it won’t be their last. Cholera’s vocalist, Andy “Sauce,” stepped to the mic and was just as present and demanding of attention as he was in 2007. Within the first minute of the set, the room exploded into hardcore dancing and a fight broke out. Fights at shows like this have to be understood as people getting the energy out that this music creates. There is almost no other way to properly express yourself than to start swinging when music like this hits your ears. See them as soon as you can. Seriously. In the end, my thought was, “They could’ve played second or third to last. Or headlined.”

Final Resting Place then took the stage, and they were pissed. The floor started getting slippery at this point due to the heat and humidity. Mahall’s needs some dehumidifiers, but in this case it may have actually kept the crowd safer. People would go to get a running start to cartwheel into the edge of the pit and slip, hitting concertgoers’ hips and legs instead of faces. Their sound is more late-'90s but with modern tone and quality.

Lie In Wait... phew. What a ride. This was one of those sets where, as soon as the first song started, you say to yourself, “I’m probably gonna buy a shirt.” During the third or fourth song, the vocalist hit his own forehead with the mic and was bleeding for the next couple of songs. The bassist asked, “Bro, what happened!?” between songs. This is the type of band where hardcore, beatdown, and deathcore all come together, and it’s glorious. I have been following them ever since and looking into every show this band—and their members’ other bands—have coming up.

Then, a few minutes before Torture came on stage, a dude asked me if I’d seen them before. I said I hadn’t and didn’t know much about them. He said they were “TikTok famous for their brutality and how crazy their shows get.” I immediately expected an intensity that would somehow be crazier than the previous sets. The drummer played super tight while doing vocals for the whole set. A three-piece that seemed young for the lineup, but you can’t deny heaviness when you hear it. This is another moment where the slippery floor kept people safe. Moshers ran back and forth, stomping, swinging, raging, and slamming into each side. Their set was a little anticlimactic after hearing about their TikTok fame, but I blame the venue for people staying somewhat tame during the set. A fight broke out during the last song, and security and patrons separated the people involved. After the set ended, I walked toward the lobby to get some air and another fight broke out. It was immediately resolved, and everything was fine for the rest of the night. All in all, four or five fights during a show like this is some rookie numbers.

Finally, Snuffed On Sight took the stage. As soon as they started, it was apparent that their tone and volume were nothing but professional. It was mixed much more appropriately for the room and sounded HUGE and tight. I wish I had taken closer photos of their gear because I was impressed. The songs themselves were incredible, super heavy, and got the whole crowd moving. Formed in 2020 in the San Francisco Bay Area, they gained a lot of traction and success recently thanks to renewed interest in the modern slam revival. About two months before the show, Instagram's algorithm showed me a live video of them playing their song “All Talk.” I was hooked immediately. Such a brutal and simple riff with such a huge gap of silence. I made the stank face alone in my bed and knew I had to see them as soon as I could.

If it wasn’t so slippery in Mahall’s, I assume things would have gotten much more intense. People considered the conditions and still jumped off each other, spun each other around, climbed onto each other’s shoulders, and jumped into the crowd punching. I can’t wait to see them again.

Follow these bands at @snuffedonsight7k @torture091101745 @lieinwaithc @finalrestingplacebtk @onethousandbladeshc to stay up to date on their next shows.

Images shot by Shane McNicholas @elsephoto with a Canon R5 and R6ii and a RF 24-105 2.8, RF 10-20 F4 and Westcott FJ80ii flash