Chained Saint

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 7:30pm

Venue: 
Kung Fu Necktie
Age: 
21+

Born in a South Florida garage in the summer of 2022, Chained Saint's debut album, Blindside, combines the raw, organic riffery of the best old-school ‘80s thrash metal with a dash of modern-day brutality befitting the many challenges confronting the youth of 2024. The past and present collide, resulting in modern, metallic maelstrom made by a bunch of kids who play with fire in their veins — and their hands!

Comprised of four high school students —Ethan Kahn 17 (guitar), Sebastian De Avila 18 (bass), Cameron Cottrell 18, (drums) and Sean Sterling 18 (vocals) —Chained Saint represent the latest generation pushing back with justifiable fury against the harsh realities of an unforgiving world.

​Blindside, produced by William DuVall of Alice In Chains, focuses that fury into a powerfully concise, eight-song LP. The album was recorded and mixed to analog tape with no computers involved whatsoever in the recording sessions. No AI. No studio trickery. No bullshit. Just real riffs made by real players.

​The end result is a ferocious set of performances that maintain the essential “tight-but-loose” naturalness of four musicians bashing it out in the same room together — a quality too often lacking in today’s digitally-driven musical landscape.

​Get to know Chained Saint now — so you can say you were there from Day One

Philly Haps

Tuesday, Jul 1, 2025
Time Venue Age
Moontype / Smile Machine 7:00pm Ortlieb's 21+
Chained Saint 7:30pm Kung Fu Necktie 21+
Wednesday, Jul 2, 2025
Time Venue Age
Rachel Bochner 7:30pm Silk City 21+
Personal Injury / Lena Fine / Feaster / Flavorless Gum 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Thursday, Jul 3, 2025
Time Venue Age
Fullscreen (Record Release) / Lizdelise 8:00pm Johnny Brenda's 21+
Saturday, Jul 5, 2025
Time Venue Age
(Film) WIRED FOR CHAOS w/ Harley Flanagan in attendance / plus live performances from YDI and Minefield 7:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
VCTMS / Crystal Lake / Not Enough Space / Face Yourself 8:00pm Underground Arts 21+
Ouija Macc / Sinizter 8:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Sunday, Jul 6, 2025
Time Venue Age
Bob Log III / Jim E. Brown / Ecology: HomeStones 8:00pm PhilaMOCA All Ages
Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025
Time Venue Age
West Philadelphia Orchestra 5:00pm - 8:00pm Penn Museum - Stoner Courtyard All Ages
Lifeguard 7:00pm Warehouse on Watts All Ages
Jazz Jam w/ Orrin Evans 8:00pm The Lounge at World Cafe Live All Ages
Thursday, Jul 10, 2025
Time Venue Age
Snooper 6:00pm Spruce Street Harbor All Ages
Jae Skeese 7:00pm Nikki Lopez 21+
Countdown From Ten / Dumb Waiter / This Temper 7:00pm Ortlieb's 21+