On this episode we talk with Gabe Ochoa, the lead vocalist for the Inland Empire hardcore band, Darasuum. If you've been listening recently you'll know that I have been blasting their last EP, Thriving on the Divide, over the last couple of months. We get to hear amazing stories about his upbringing in music, all the bands he's been a part of and e…

On this episode we connect with Bryce and Austin of the metallic hardcore band Soul Exchange from Austin, Texas. We ask them about the scene in Austin and how it compares to the other cities in Texas and how it has changed over the last several years. We talk about some of their other projects and why they wanted to start this band. They have a min…

We finally have Josh back! We took the time to talk about Josh's background and how he got into the hardcore scene. We talk about where he started to get involved in hardcore including the start of his band Close Grip. Close Grip played a show last Friday in remembrance of 10 years since an incident at one of their shows took the life of their voca…

On this episode we are joined again by Cody from the band Goalkeeper! We go over their recent EP, Pin and Needles, and the new direction they are going with their music. We talk about some tour stories including their "Black Hole" bathroom sessions. Cody shares with us their experiences from the different festivals they played and touring up into C…

On this episode we talk about the Austin, Texas Metallic Hardcore band called Soul Exchange. They recently dropped their latest EP, Two Faces of Shame, check out the song Bleed. We also talk about the Inland Empire, California band Darasuum. These guys have been around for quite some time, but they were recently introduced to us. Their last EP, Thr…

On this episode we are joined by our good friend, Chris of First Grade Fight Club, to talk about who we think the GOATs are for different genres that we could think of. I think there's a lot here that people will agree with and a lot that people will hate us for! It was really fun and challenging just trying to pick one.…

On this episode we were lucky enough to speak to Kyle Fisher, bass player for the California Hardcore band No Innocent Victim. We asked him about Furnace Fest, his background in music and we were lucky enough to hear some AMAZING stories about some of the tours they have been on, especially their tour with Agnostic Front in Europe. We were really t…

Part 2 of our Furnace Fest recap! We are talking about day three of FF and our final thoughts overall. We can't wait to get out to the next fest and we are curious at where we should go next. We are planning on hitting Sound and Fury, This is Hardcore, and more in the future, but what are some of the can't miss metal/hardcore fests we should be att…

We are back from Furnace Fest! Sorry for missing last week, we tried to figure out something, but were unable to get anything recorded while we were out in Alabama. We go through all three days of the bands we saw and our overall experience with Furnace Fest. We talk about day one and two on this episode and we will talk about day three on part 2. …

On this episode we were finally able to convince Will and Randall from the South Carolina Hardcore band Reviler to join us. We talked about how awesome the South Carolina scene is right now, we talked about how they started the band and how they went about recording their new album Devastation. We also talk about the cool physical mediums they use …

On this episode we talk about one of our all time favorite Metalcore bands, Haste the Day. We talk about the different sounds they have with their two vocalists. We talk about where they fit in Metalcore rankings for their time and share some good stories about when we first heard them. Haste The Day Instagram…

We were able to connect with English Madden of the Birmingham, AL band Commodity! He went over the do's and don'ts of Furnace Fest since it will be our first year. We went over some of the up and coming bands like Twisted Luck which his son, Emery, plays drums for. And he gives us some history of the Birmingham scene. Commodity is dropping a new EP…

On this episode, Kyle and Trevor reflect on the first year of doing the Pit Therapy podcast. Thank you to everyone who has listened to this point or been willing to jump on!

On this week's episode, we are joined by Brandon from the California hardcore band, Slumpt. We talk about his current and past projects, how he got hooked up with the band Hoods for multiple tours, and booking shows in the IE with Ceasefire Productions. Slumpt is on their way out to Europe for a tour with Manifestation! Slumpt Arcline Ceasefire Pro…

On this episode we talk about a couple of really cool local bands. Delta Hate, a hardcore kind of beatdown band from Montgomery, Alabama. They are playing Furnace Fest this year and their last album, Touch, slays. We also talk about the Greenville, South Carolina Hardcore band Reviler. They just did a run out in the Pacific Northwest and also relea…

On this episode we talk about all the bands playing at Furnace Fest this year. We talk about who we want to see, who would like to see, and who we don't really care to see. We also talk about some of the bands we wish we would have been more in to when we were younger. Furnace Fest Linktree

We are joined on this week's episode by Tommy Green. He is well known for being the vocalist for the bands HolyName and Sleeping Giant, but he is also heavily involved with the charity organization Run Against Traffic. Recently, they organized a very successful concert at the Glass House in California with all proceeds going to Run Against Traffic.…

On this episode we were lucky enough to talk to the melodic hardcore/post-hardcore band Plead the Widow's Cause. We get into a number of topics from current influences and what they are listening to, to how they are very dileberate in the sound and messaging that they put out. We find out that they will be hitting the studio in a couple of months, …

We are back with another local band series. This week, Kyle decided to step up his Texas game and brings us the band Fortunes TX. They dropped a great new EP back in March this year called, "A New Era of Violence". We talk about how this would have been a band, back in our high school days, that we would have rode around blasting as loud as we coul…

We have a special mid week episode where we are joined by Matt Nanes of the Salt Lake City band Day Two and by Kyle's older brother, Brady. This is a special one for us because, first of all, Day Two has a pretty important history in the Salt Lake scene by representing SLC at big shows like Furnace Fest and multiple Warped Tours. But they were also…

On this episode we are lucky enough to sit down with Billy Butka, lead guitarist for the New Jersey Pop Punk band Sucker Punch. We ask him about his history getting in to this music and how he learned to play guitar. We ask him what it was like playing during one of the Intermissions for the New Jersey Devils Hockey Team. Definitely need to check t…

On this week's episode, we are talking about The Black Dahlia Murder. We discuss how this is one of the few death metal bands that we listened to and the reason for that being that they seemed more like hardcore kids playing death metal music instead of the death metal at the time like Cannibal Corpse. I talk about my first memory of these guys bei…

On this weeks episode Kyle is back and we are joined by Mike Perez! Mike is the vocalist for No Bragging Rights, Burner State and then a new skate punk project called Easy Out. He is also one of the Mikes that hosts the Walking Blind podcast. This episode gets off to a fun start where Mike shares with us his background with the Salt Lake scene, we …

We were joined by the vocalist for Johnny Baseball, Evan Lawrence! If you have been following us on social media, you know that we are big fans of their latest release, Still Swingin' Back. Evan talks about starting of JB years ago and then how the current lineup and sound has come together. We talk about their killer album release show and then we…

On this weeks episode of the Pit Therapy podcast we have our good friend Chris back to talk about his cybergrind project, First Grade Fight Club! Chris has been kind enough to join us several time on the pod, first on the Furnace Fest 2023 episode, and then again on our Myspace episode. Go check those episodes out and check out Chris with First Gra…

On this episdoe (episode 69... nice) Josh and Trevor talk about some great memories thinking back on all the Warped Tours they have been to. They talk about all the cool bands they saw and how much cheaper it was back then. They talk about some funny experiences and how wild some of the bands were that played.…

On this weeks episode of the Pit Therapy podcast we are talking about the band Shai Hulud! These guys have had a lot of member turnover, but their one consistent has been Matt Fox. He is credited with coining the term "Metalcore" even though he now considers Shai Hulud more of a progressive/melodic hardcore. We talk about how Chad Gilbert from New …

We are back with another local band episode this week starting off with some Salt Lake City, Pop-Punk; Johnny Baseball. Their latest album, Still Swingin' Back, is a fantastic mix of that hardcore based, pop-punk, sound that we love from bands like Set Your Goals or the heavier New Found Glory songs. They just had their album release show, which wa…

On this weeks episode, we are joined by Kendal Hall who is the vocalist for Heavy is the Head. We had a great conversation about the band's influences, their history, and his love for music. They are a great metal/hardcore band from Richmond, Virginia that you should listen to with new music on the way! https://www.instagram.com/heavyistheheadva/…

On this episode we talk about a couple local bands that we recently discovered. First, we talk about the mathcore/post-hardcore band from New Jersey called In Angles. They have been around for a bit but are still making incredible music. We also talk about the hardcore/metalcore band from Richmond, Virginia. They are hopefully going to release new …

We are talking about the band The Devil Wears Prada on this episode! The Devil Wears Prada is a band who took the Myspace and Hot Topic era by storm being one of the first (if not the first) Joey Sturgis produced bands. We talk about how through out their sound change it has always felt like they were ahead of the trend but all of their albums feel…

On this week's episode, we are talking about the Florida band, Underoath. No introductions is needed for these guys having put out what we consider top tier albums in They're Only Chasing Safety and a metalcore staple in Define The Great Line. We get into a discussion about Christianity in music and the state of the scene at the time. We all agree …

On this weeks episode, we are talking about some solid southern riffs in Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. We talk about how their album II should be considered the goat of southern hardcore. How III probably did not get a fair shot as a follow up to II, and what in the world happened to IV. We get out on a couple tangents, like Danny Trejo making …

On this episode we sat down with Jay Aust, guitar player for traditional hardcore band With Honor and lead vocals for the melodic punk band Ambitions. We dig in to his musical background coming from Connecticut, how he got started playing and what it was like growing up and playing in bands with his brother. We get to hear some amazing stories abou…

We have been recording like crazy! So much so, that we are dropping this as a midweek episode so that not all the information in here is outdated! Josh and Trevor jump on to talk about the moshcore champions, On Broken Wings. We get into a discussion about using the same song rerecorded on different albums. We talk about Josh's experience seeing th…

We are back on the local band series starting out first with a great melodic hardcore punk band, Commodity. These guys are coming out of the Birmingham, AL scene that is so good right now and were recently announced to be part of this years Furnace Fest. We then move out East for the band Sucker Punch. They are a pop-punk band but with a flair of d…

On this episode we were lucky enough to talk to two awesome guys from a couple South Carolina Hardcore bands. TravHC from Intimidator and Gunnar from Strikeface. It was awesome to sit down with them and learn more about the hardcore scene in South Carolina and everything they are doing to help grow the scene out there. We get some pretty awesome ph…

New Found Glory this week for the pod! This is a band that needs no introduction as they have been leading the pop-punk scene since 1997. They have been a big influence for all three of us and helped to shape our musical tastes since they were "A" New Found Glory. This is one of those fun ones where we could talk for hours but contained ourselves t…

On this weeks episode we are talking about Hot Water Music! They are a very nostalgic band for Kyle, but one that Trevor was not very familiar with. Having started in 1994, they may be one of the oldest bands we've talked about, but they are still going strong to this day. If you're a fan like Kyle, you should check out Chuck Ragan solo albums as w…

Back to the local band series where we explore different scenes and lesser-known bands to us. We are talking the South Carolina hardcore scene including bands Strike Face, Intimidator, Reviler and more. Then we move out of the US and Kyle introduces us to Costa Rica beatdown with the band Deadlift. Bands we talk about below! Check out their socials…

On this weeks episode we are talking to Sean from the band Sewn Shut! We talk about how he got his start in bands and how he figured out he could do heavy vocals. We touch on touring and how he likes to tour in cities with good food scenes. We also get into some sports talk since he is a big basketball fan. Find them on Instagram and streaming serv…

On this weeks episode we talk about the post-hardcore/metalcore band The Bled. Out of Arizona, we talk about how they enjoyed being a bridging band from the softer post-hardcore sounds to heavier music having pulled influence from bands like Refused and Converge but then touring with quite a few bands like The Used, Silverstein, and Thrice. Josh di…

On this weeks episode we were joined by Rob from several Texas Hardcore bands but namely will to live and true intentions. We recently discovered Will to Live through their latest album, "The Therapy Sessions". Rob shares his story of coming to the US from El Salvador, getting into hardcore music while living in Florida, and a history of his time i…

We talked about Goalkeeper a few episodes ago and we were lucky enough to get their drummer, Cody, join us for this weeks episode! We talk about the Philly pop-punk scene, Trevor and Cody talk about their mutual love for The Wonder Years, and we talk about what he would do different if he was able to go back in time. Find all things GoalKeeper from…

On this episode we talk about the Melodic Hardcore band, No Bragging Rights. We have been lucky enough to see these guys in small, intimate, settings. We have resonated with their message since the beginning and these guys really practice what they preach. Check out their podcast, The Walking Blind podcast!…

On this episode Josh and Kyle reminisce about some of their best/worst shows they have been to. We also talk about how kids are missing out on park shows and what it was like to be a kid and help promote a scene. Josh also shares a story about duecing himself which is one of the best stories we've had on the pod.…

On this episode we explored more local and lesser-known bands to us. We covered a Deathcore band from Massachusetts in Nailed Shut MA. We talked about the SLC straight edge hardcore band xSewn Shutx. And, last but not least, the Houston Metalcore band Will to Live. These are great bands and definitely worth checking out. See below for their social …

On this episode we talk about the Post-Hardcore band A Static Lullaby. We talk about how polarizing some of their albums are and how freaking sick Rattlesnake! was when it released!

On this episode we talk about the California Punk Band The Offspring. And, in true Offspring fashion our episode gets pretty weird and goofy!

On this episode we are lucky enough to talk with the SLC Hardcore band Absolved. We talk about how they got started, their influences and some pretty funny behind the scenes information about them that you can only find on a podcast like ours! Definitely need to check them out below. You can listen to their two EP's on Spotify and Apple Music. Link…