The band “Paralysis” started out in the year 2010. They went through multiple line up changes over the years. They released their first EP “No Turning Back” on September 4th of 2015. A year later their second EP was released on May 20th of 2016 titled “You Can’t Win”. Over the course of 2016, the band traveled the U.S. supporting that EP. The “U.S. Can’t Win Tour” consisted of 9 dates going down the east coast and the “Systematic Apostatic Transgressions On The Midwest Tour” consisted of 7 dates going from New York City to Chicago. The band then released their first full length album titled “Life Sentence” on June 30th of 2017. In support of that album they concluded the “Life Sentence Tour” which was their first coast to coast U.S. tour consisting of 22 dates. The “Civil Execution Tour” consisted of 7 dates going from New Jersey to Chicago and ending in Cleveland, Ohio. They started 2018 with a two week east coast tour. They are planning to consistently tour and release new music in the near future.

St. Louis thrash metal act Chemical Dependency has been making their mark across the Midwest since 2023 playing many bills opening for acts since they started like Bulldozer, Skeletal Remains, Raven, Left to Die, and playing festivals like Madison’s blades of steel and Heavy hell in Indianapolis Indiana. They have also joined 2 tours in 2025 with wraith, mercyfix and also Labrynth and Void.

Through N Through is a Heavy Metal and Hardcore band from Chicago’s Southside neighborhood known as Little Village.

With their brand of heavy music, they have been able to reflect on where they grew up, their culture, social unrest and street politics.