Monochrome Festival of Ugly Music - Saturday Only at Exchange
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"The ugliest weekend of the year or your ears back. Monochrome rises from the human cesspit, dragging 18 acts to shore for the freak metal cyberdance cvlt. Dare you miss the first visitation in 7 years from transcendent DMT death juggernauts Grave Miasma + Maurice de Jong donning industrial keller synth AND devotional dark ambient masks ++ Nerve Peel’s deadly digital hardcore x Darkthrone fusion? Nope."

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A gig held at Exchange on Saturday 7th March. The event starts at 17:00.


######################## THIS LISTING IS FOR SATURDAY ONLY TICKETS. IF YOU WANT A WEEKEND TICKET GO TO: https://hdfst.uk/e142981 ######################## Monochrome returns to once again celebrate ugliness and excess. Set in the heart of Bristol, you'll find a diverse lineup of weirdo metal, gnarled punk and ear splitting noise, in a welcoming and inclusive environment. We're shaking up the format for 2026 and moving to the legendary Exchange. We'll be taking over both floors and getting ugly until 2am. ###################### MAIN EVENT - SAT 07/03/26 ###################### GRAVE MIASMA - Death Metal https://gravemiasma.bandcamp.com/ Grave Miasma represents the sonic exploration of the transcendental essence and nature of death. Pounding, abyssic Death Metal awaits LADY GAZA (CZH) - Fastcore https://ladyxgaza.bandcamp.com/ A two-piece outfit from Prague, wreaking havoc on eardrums since 2021. Their songs are short, fast, and loud—driven by political bite and laced with a streak of nihilistic humour. COFFIN MULCH (SCT) - Death Metal https://coffinmulch.bandcamp.com/album/spectral-intercession Heavy, old-school, punk infused DM. The finest export from Glasgow's exceptional death metal scene. TJUVKOPPLA (SWE) - Powerviolence https://tjuvkopplapv.bandcamp.com A band built on lightning-fast (and sometimes not-so-fast) riffs, lyrics that veer between dumb and brilliant, and a generous helping of blast beats. DUIVELSGROT (NLD) - Blackened Synth https://duivelsgrot.bandcamp.com/ Raw black metal forcing itself unto electronic noise and industrial convulsions. A feverish nightmare where clowns transform into demonic unicorns. From the mind of GNAW THEIR TONGUES' Maurice de Jong. JAUNDICE (SCT) - Death Metal https://jaundicedeath.bandcamp.com Putrid death metal from the gutters of Glasgow. Brutal, pummelling, dysfunctional noise to yellow your mucous membranes and damage your liver. AGTIC NLP - Sci-fi Dislocation Leeds/Paris lesbian autist sci-fi dislocation duo Two Form a Click join forces with Calder Valley enby no-wave am-dram duo Phantasy. Wielding disarrayed voice and electronics, alien guitars and stumbling synthetic percussion to inflict a gay sorcery of malediction and radical flounce. LUCIFER SKY - Trauma Electronics https://lucifersky.bandcamp.com/album/princess-pit Solo project of Indira Lakshmi. Uncompromisingly erratic, viscerally personal experimentations in noise. Shrieks from The Ghost Town. SOFT ISSUES - Power Electronics https://softissues.bandcamp.com/album/high-capacity-magazine Power electronics, techno, speedcore, and rhythmic noise fused into a minimal yet corrosive sound. Their releases on Opal Tapes and Natural Sciences showcase this stripped-down, damaged approach at full intensity. SKINTERN - Scum Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hVS7KXovBk Repetitive, miserable, bloody, perverse project build on blood, spectacle, and excess. FFO Brainbombs and Drunk in Hell SOPHROSYNE - Cyborg Industrial https://sophrosyne1.bandcamp.com/album/scorpionic-ep Sophrosyne is a cyborg industrial metal band born on the muddy banks of the Avon. An echo from a post-apocalyptic future where nothing remains but synthesizers, drum machines, and the undying spirit of heavy metal. ATOMÇK - Grindcore https://atomck.bandcamp.com/album/towering-failures Grindcore veterans and pillars of the Bristol scene, Atomçk's sound rests on snares struck with relentless force, guitars cranked beyond reason, and vocal cords pushed well past their limits. PISS DRINKER - Noisecore https://pissdrinkernoise.bandcamp.com/ Piss laden and hectic noisecore, ft members of Distraxi, Ecotage, Uncertainty, Beheading, Acts Of Worship and Plague Pit NERVE PEEL - Blackened Hardstyle https://nervepeel.bandcamp.com/ Blending extreme metal textures with underground electronic music genres to create their own unique blackened-hardstyle take on Digital Hardcore PROTEUS - Industrial Techno DJ https://soundcloud.com/judith-klempner Experimental electronics, underground industrial from past to present. ###################### WARM UP - FRI 06/03/26 https://hdfst.uk/e142981 ###################### In collaboration with our friends at Enter the Noid, Left Foot Shows, and The Cube Microplex we present 3 very special performances to kick on Monochrome '26 ADERLATING (NLD) - Ritual Noise https://gnawtheirtongues.bandcamp.com/album/gold-streams-from-the-angels-throat-i-ep In addition to Duivelsgrot, Maurice de Jong will be resurrecting a long-dead project; performing a one-off set of Aderlating material. Distorted electronics, improvised ritual percussion, unsettling field recordings, and corrosive noise FLESHLICKER (AV Set) - Harsh Noise Wall https://fleshlicker.bandcamp.com/music We're pleased to be hosting the world premier of ‘Skin Hunger’ - a new film taking the visceral live performance art of Fleshlicker and reimagining it for the screen, accompanied by live soundtrack. DEAN LLOYD ROBINSON (AV Set) - Power Electronics https://outsiderart.bandcamp.com/ Best known as the man behind noise outfit Knifedoutofexistence and the Outside Art record label, Dean will be presenting his new film "Piles Of Ash Are Left In Different Places” accompanied by a live score. An exploration of grief, it is based on Dean's zine of the same name. Exchange has a small ramp entrance from the street. Our bar and main event space are on the ground floor with level access throughout and we have an accessible toilet. Please note the basement is not wheelchair accessible and is accessed by a narrow enclosed staircase. For more accessibility info, please email [email protected]

Entry requirements: 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)

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