LA hardcore festival Sound and Fury went down in Exposition Park this past weekend (July 29 & 30), and judging by videos we’ve seen, the fest drew huge crowds and had tons of highlights and surprises. Among them: Ceremony did a surprise set entirely made up of songs from their 2006 powerviolence debut LP Violence Violence, including some songs that haven’t been played in a long time and one that Setlist.fm says had never been played before. Trapped Under Ice played on day two, with longtime drummer (and Turnstile vocalist) Brendan Yates back on drums, and Turnstile bassist Franz Lyons made a guest vocal appearance. Turnstile’s recent tourmate Travis Barker was there too.
Twitching Tongues played their first show back, and were joined during multiple songs by Brody King, who also plays with the Young brothers in God’s Hate (who also played). Cold World, Gel, Fury, Speed, Big Boy, Pain of Truth, and others put on wild-looking sets too, and non-hardcore band Model/Actriz got the crowd going as crazy as some of the hardcore bands.
Day one had on-stage barriers set up that were knocked down by fans on multiple occasions, that Lambgoat reported was a decision made day-of by the Fire Marshall and not repeated on day two.
We’ve rounded up a bunch of videos and some setlists from the fest, and we’ll update as more sets are posted. Check them out below…
Ceremony @ Sound and Fury 2023 (via)
Violence
Kersed
It’s Going To Be A Cold Winter (First known performance)
This Is My War (First time since 2017)
You’re All the Same
Troubled Waters (First time since 2006)
Throwing Bricks
I Want to Put This to an End
Trapped Under Ice @ Sound and Fury 2023 (via)
Born to Die
Skeleton Heads
See God
Soul Vice
Reality Unfolds
Do It
True Love
No Relief
Hard Times
Evelyn
Jail
The Vortex
Gemini
Street Lights
Stay Cold
Believe
Pleased to Meet You
Twitching Tongues @ Sound and Fury 2023 (via)
Eyes Adjust (with Brody King)
I Fell From Grace Feet First (First time since 2016)
Insincerely Yours (Tears & Blood) (Acoustic; first time since 2016)
Preacher Man (with Brody King)
Gaining Purpose (First time since 2018)
Insatiable Sin (Acoustic; first time since 2015)
Insane & Inhumane
World War V (with Brody King)
Cold World @ Sound and Fury 2023 (via)
Dedicated to Babies Who Came Feet First
No More Fun and Games (with Omar Gonzalez from Soul Search; first known performance)
Refuse to Lose
Ice Grillz
Can It Be So Simple ’05
Survive
Roaches and Rats
All the Things You Said You’d Never Tell (First known performance since 2014)
Boom Bye Bye
How Deep
Copernicus
The Real Deal
Cold World
