Shanghai’s heaviest annual night is back baby! SHANGHELLFEST! Going on its 5th year, Shanghellfest brings together heavy bands of all style for a night of sexy intensity no mortal can resist! A night of pure chaos and darkness, filled with blood, sweat, and beers! A fierce cathartic experience for all!
上海一年一度*重的夜晚又回来了，宝贝们！ SHANGHELLFEST将进入了第 5 个年头，SHANGHELLFEST 汇集了各种风格的重磅乐队，度过了一个凡人都无法抗拒的性感之夜！ 一个纯粹的混乱和黑暗的夜晚，充满了鲜血，汗水和啤酒! 对所有人来说，这是一次激烈的宣泄体验!
This year’s show boasts 6 local Shanghai bands, ready to show you what one of the world’s most bad-ass cities is packing! Aaaand of course following tradition, we will be giving free limited-edition shirts to the first 20 to arrive to the show! Also 10% of this year’s ticket sales will be donated to EGRC charity. For more information about EGRC charity visit www.egrc.ca
This year’s bands are:
今年的演出拥有 6 支上海本地乐队，他们将一起向您展示世界上*牛逼城市之一的声音！当然遵循传统，我们将免费赠送限量版衬衫给前20位到场的人！
10% 门票收入捐赠给 EGRC慈善机构 (www.egrc.ca)
今年的乐队是：
Theory of Convergence
Theory Of Convergence 集 (TOC) was formed in Shanghai in 2014. The power rockquartet is composed of Joan on vocals, Reno on guitars, Yfan on Bass and BenJ on drums. Mixing influences from east and west, its music is a blend of rock, pop, metal, all in a progressive and melodic alchemy. In the buoyant city of Shanghai in modern China, they make the listener travel and reflect on life, with the firm belief that in every situation there is always hope and opportunity for a brighter tomorrow provided you own your destiny. Since its formation, TOC has performed many times across China and released its debut album Default Beings in June 2019.
Theory of convergence 于2014年成立，由乐队成员Joan（主唱）、Reno（吉他）、Yfan（贝斯）、Benj（鼓手）集结成一股摇滚力量。结合了东西方的摇滚、流行、金属的前卫力量。在充满活力的现代化城市——魔都上海，他们让听众漫游思绪，反思生活。他们坚信，无论如何，只要你掌握了自己的命运，你的明天*会充满希望和机会。自成立以来，TOC多次在全国各地巡演，并于2019年6月发行了首张专辑《default beings》。
Chimera Cult
CHIMERA CULT
“Being the deity of metal and orgies can be tough. So when I need to raise the ol’ devil horn, I down a bottle of Jack Daniels, and blast a Chimera Cult album. Brings me from Diabno to Diablo!” – Satan (CEO of Hell and its subsidiaries)
Combined from the post covid remains of Hitobashira, Alpaca, and Hydraslug. They’re bringing together the legacies of all these bands, and defiling them with whatever the fuck eclectic, stream-of-conscious guilty pleasure filthy metal they shit out!
“成为金属和狂欢的神灵可能很难。 因此我需要举起魔鬼的号角，灌下一瓶杰克·丹尼尔斯，然后播放Chimera Cult的专辑。 带我从Diabno到Diablo！” –撒旦（地狱及其子公司的首席执行官）
结合了Hitobashira，Alpaca和Hydraslug的余孽。 他们汇集了所有这些乐队的产物，用兼收并蓄、意气用事、带有负罪的快感创作出的肮脏金属玷污他们!
Karmic Demise终焉
以充满厄运似泥浆、森然险恶且阴郁幽怨的氛围、沉缓如冰河般的慢速Breakdown
打破了*金属与死核的固有类型，大胆突破音乐风格的边界
Karmic Demise delivers your doom, suffocating you in a sinister atmosphere, as your body slowly sinks into the mud gasping for breath! Striking firm, and slow, like a glacier, boldly smashing through the boundaries of extreme metal and deathcore, crushing you in its path!
Spill Your Guts
从蓬勃发展的中国硬核场景中成功突围，这支来自上海的 Spill Your Guts 乐队给这场短暂而”危险”的活动带来了一种原始的D.I.Y.朋克精神。乐队成员是五个外籍音乐人：主唱Dima（莫斯科），鼓手 Tyler（蒙特利尔），吉他手 Larry（爱丁堡）和 Martin（哥本哈根），贝司手 Ian（魁北克）。2012 年，Dima、Tyler 和当时的贝斯手 Toshi 组建了 SYG。多年来，由于成员都来自迥然不同的地区和国家，离队和回国的事情经常发生，他们经历着频繁的阵容变动。不过，2016 年 Ian 和 Larry 加入了乐队，Martin 也在今年回归，新的 SYG 已经正式启航。
乐队的首次现场演出是在 2012 年 4 月，那之后， SYG 从中国起航，慢慢他们巡演的脚步开始触及新加坡、曼谷和吉隆坡等国家，以及紧随其后的穿越了俄罗斯的 9 座城市、路程长达 5000 多公里的巡演。2019年初，SYG通过一个为期两周的于加拿大的巡演来在这一年里旗开得胜，随后在加拿大的Schoolhouse录音室里与制作人Scott Middleton一同录制了（即将发行的）乐队第二张全长专辑。在这之前，他们还曾录制了两张EP与一张全长专辑。
Shanghai’s Spill Your Guts bring a raw, D.I.Y. hardcore spirit to a movement as transient as it is dangerous. Comprising a quartet of expatriate members — vocalist Dima (Russia), drummer Tyler (Canada), guitarists Larry (Scotland) and Martin (Denmark) and bassist Ian (Canada) — SYG were formed in 2012.
Over the years, contending with eleven separate members moving in and out of the country, they experienced a flurry of roster changes. The band’s first live show was in April 2012. As SYG continued to tour in China, they found their way to sweaty stages in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, a 5,000+ km tour across Russia. In 2018 they continued to headline festivals in China, touring with Cancer Bats and co-headlining Silence Festival in Nepal.
SYG started off 2019 strong with a 2 week Canadian tour and then hitting Schoolhouse Studios for 3 weeks in Canada with producer Scott Middleton, where they recorded their (yet to be released) 2nd full length LP. Besides of that, they have got two EPs one full length LP recorded.
Urizen Society
上海前卫交响黑金属乐队由理生社（Urizen Society）组建于2018年。他们的音乐题材多数源自欧洲的幻想文学与历史事件，其音乐植根于西方古典音乐，并融合了黑金属与前卫金属的诸多元素，表演风格中加入了诸多戏剧与仪式的舞台元素。
The Shanghai Vanguard Symphonic Black Metal Band was formed in 2018 by the Urizen Society. Most of their music themes are derived from European fantasy literature and historical events. Their music is rooted in Western classical music, and incorporates many elements of black metal and avant-garde metal, and many theater and ritual stage elements are added to their performance style.
Star Mania
星幻之名源于上世纪70年代的法国赛博摇滚歌剧；
而*，来自魔都的我们渴望用更新潮的声音
呈现当代人的魔幻际遇与挣扎内心，
于无声处听惊雷，宏大且冷峻。
风格始于前卫金属核，
然不拘泥于*与否，
博采广纳众家之长，揉入似烟如火的女声旋律，
熔炼新金属核的凶猛律动，铸造属于星幻的另类摇滚之声
The name of celestial fantasy originated from French cyber-rock operas in the 1970s. Today, we from the magic city are eager to use the new wave of voice. Presenting the magical encounters and struggles of contemporary people, listening to thunder in a silent place, grand and cold. The style starts with the avant-garde metalcore, However, we don’t dwell only in the extremes, we strive to harness the strength of all areas of music, with smokey female vocals, and fierce rhythm, smelting metal into new cores, casting an alternative rock sound, that belongs stars! Breaking through the boundaries of common metal!
