Queen City Sounds Podcase S5E21: Suicide Cages

Suicide Cages, photo by Ethan Cook

Suicide Cages is a band from Denver whose sound draws on various strands of heavy music and punk into a seething maelstrom of channeled outrage and raw emotion. More less a product of the social and civilizational wrecking ball of the COVID-19 pandemic, Suicide Cages came together among friends who knew each other prior and finally came together for a project that could express ideas about society, culture and the fragility of life with focus and integrity. Some might hear the music and take away that it’s an imaginative take on math-y metalcore with the kind of momentum and controlled chaos that that music manifests so well. But anyone that takes a listen to the group’s new EP Live Without there is a lot of pain and despair given air and room to breath and to let it drift some out of the psyche through the sheer release of performance and for the audience sharing in the energy of those moments. Suicide Cages also refreshingly and explicitly, according to its Bandcamp page, “stands against white supremacy in all its forms.” It’s a stance that has become increasingly brave with the rise of racist fascism and all that descends therefrom.

Listen to our interview with Devin Rombough and Mhyk Monroe of Suicide Cages on Bandcamp and follow the band at the links below.

Suicide Cages on Instagram

Suicide Cages on Twitter

Suicide Cages on Facebook

Suicide Cages on Bandcamp

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