Guilt Trip come from Manchester with metallic hardcore that leans fast and thrashy, while Malevolence bring Sheffield groove and big, hooky swings, with Chamber sharpening the edges.
Grit from the North
Expect a set that snaps from blitz beats to thick half-time drops, paced to keep the floor moving without dragging. Likely picks include
On Broken Glass and
Keep Your Distance from
Malevolence, plus
Surrounded By Pain and
Thin Ice from
Guilt Trip.
What you might hear
Crowds skew mixed: patched denim and skate shoes up front, older band tees by the soundboard, and first-timers learning the two-step from the rail. A neat detail:
Malevolence run their MLVLTD imprint, which shapes their merch graphics and the gritty banner you will see behind them.
Chamber often slip short noise interludes or ringing feedback between songs to hold tension instead of long banter. Note: the songs and stage choices mentioned here are educated guesses based on recent shows, not a promise.
The Culture Around Guilt Trip, Malevolence, and Chamber
Hard shoes, soft hearts
You will see patched vests, workwear pants, club soccer shirts under hoodies, and a lot of well-worn skate shoes. People trade nods and tap shoulders to clear lanes, and there is the quick hand-up when someone slips in the pit. When
Malevolence walk out, a Yorkshire chant often rolls from pockets of the room, which the band leans into with a grin.
What you notice between songs
Merch wise, MLVLTD tees with bold type sit next to
Guilt Trip's rough, black-on-black designs and
Chamber's stark line art. Between sets, you hear talk about riffs and drummers more than charts or trends, and friends compare scars like box scores. It feels grounded and communal without posturing, a place where heavy music is the point and everyone reads the cues.
How Guilt Trip, Malevolence, and Chamber Make It Hit
Riff engines first
Vocals move from barked shouts to short, clean lifts, with
Malevolence using melody as a release valve after long chugs. Guitars favor low, percussive downstrokes, while leads jump in to trace a chorus or stab a counter-line when the rhythm locks.
Guilt Trip tends to keep tempos quick, then snaps into half-time so the kicks and bass can hit like a single hammer.
Details that matter
Chamber add crooked accents and start-stop hits that make the next drop feel like the floor falling out. A small but telling habit:
Malevolence sometimes slow the final breakdown of a song live by a notch, letting the crowd chew on each hit longer. Lighting is stark and rhythmic, mostly strobes and backlights that outline the players and keep focus on the riffs. Arrangements feel modular, so intros can stretch or shrink depending on the room, which keeps momentum steady across the night.
If You Like Malevolence and Guilt Trip
For fans of punch and groove
Fans of
Knocked Loose will connect with the breakdown-forward pacing and the shout-along pockets that
Guilt Trip and
Malevolence hit.
Kublai Khan TX fits for the chest-rattling, mid-tempo slam that turns a room into a sea of short, sharp bursts.
Jesus Piece brings the same dense, industrial grit that lines
Chamber's more jagged moments, with sudden stops and scraping chords.
Hooks with weight
If you like a UK spin on melody with muscle,
Bury Tomorrow pairs clean hooks with heft in a way that echoes
Malevolence's anthemic turns. All of these acts prize tight grooves, low tunings, and crowd participation, which is the core draw of this bill. Sonically, the throughline is simple: heavy riffs that swing, pauses that invite a shout, and drummers who steer the room like a throttle.
