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
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Deafheaven / Gatecreeper / Trauma Ray | 7:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
Teen Mortgage / Upchuck | 7:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
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Inside Hustle | 5:30pm | The Lounge at World Cafe Live | All Ages |
Pet Symmetry / PONY / Jimmy Montague | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Ministry / My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult / Die Krupps | 8:00pm | Franklin Music Hall | All Ages |
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Volcandra / Saidan | 7:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
William Tyler / Time Wharp | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
Sharada Shashidar | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
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Dash Rip Rock | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
West Philadelphia Orchestra | 7:30pm | Black Squirrel Club | 21+ |
Dim Wizard / Maneka / Moon By Moon / Paper Bee | 8:00pm | Nikki Lopez | 21+ |
Japanese Breakfast / Ginger Root (Night #1) | 8:00pm | The Met Philadelphia | All Ages |
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic | 8:00pm | Keswick Theatre | All Ages |
Samiam / iron Chic / Toys That Kill / Big Nothing | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
Hamilton Leithauser / Johanna Samuels | 8:00pm | Ardmore Music Hall | 21+ |