Reality Unfolds 2025

Real Life Presents

Reality Unfolds 2025

It returns.
Another year of hardcore, screamo and extreme metal taking over New Cross Inn to kick off 2025.

FRIDAY

Wristmeetrazor
Our Friday headliner, making their UK debut after years of pushing screamo-fueled metalcore to its limits. 
https://www.instagram.com/wrist.meet.razor/

Dry Socket
Extremely FAST PNW hardcore on TLAL records. First UK shows!
https://www.instagram.com/drysocketpdx/

Long Goodbye
North East Metalcore. You saw em with Poison The Well
https://www.instagram.com/longgoodbye.wav/

Vicarage
Dark metalcore from the Southwest
https://www.instagram.com/vicarage_band/

Hour Of Reprisal
Norwich's hardest. Straightedge metalcore
https://www.instagram.com/xhourofreprisalx/

Closed Hands
Local screamosh with all the vocals ever
https://www.instagram.com/closedhandsskramz/

SATURDAY

Ringworm
Yes, really, actually Ringworm. The hardest. Clevo Metallic Hardcore legends. First UK show since 2009.
https://www.facebook.com/Ringwormofficial

Bitterwood
NE Scotland metalcore mosh party
https://www.instagram.com/bitterwoodhc/

Broken Vow
New England metallic hardcore on Triple B Records. First UK shows!
https://www.instagram.com/brokenvowhc/

Malignant
Death Metal Hardcore Aggression from Athens
https://www.instagram.com/malignantmhc/

No Relief
It's the BN1, you know what's up. The only band to do all 3. 
https://www.instagram.com/noreliefbn1/

Impunity
Unbelievably aggro UK Hardcore. Recently seen demolishing outbreak.
https://www.instagram.com/impunityhc/

Imposter
Evil Hardcore from the BN1 on Quality Control Records. Another of the best debut albums of 2024.
https://qualitycontrolhq.bandcamp.com/album/oblivion-opens

Final Dose
Black Metal Punk Lacerations
https://www.instagram.com/finaldosepunk/

Supera Morza
North west mosher-grunge
https://www.instagram.com/superamorza/

Blood Gutter
Caveman death metalcore from the BN1
https://www.instagram.com/bloodgutterbn1/

Vaticinal Rites
Visceral London Death Metal
https://www.instagram.com/vaticinalrites/

Supernova
NEW LONDON STRAIGHT EDGE
https://www.instagram.com/supernovaukhc/

SUNDAY

Stormo
Sunday headliners and Italian Screamo legends, back in the UK for the first time in a few years, and having released 2 modern classics in that time.
https://www.instagram.com/stormoband/

Sorcerer
Paris Metal Hardcore. One of the best debut albums of 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/sorcererhc/

Shooting Daggers
LONDON QUEERCORE
https://www.instagram.com/shootingdaggers_hc/

Perp Walk
EGG FRIED CHAIN STOMP
https://www.instagram.com/perp_walk/

Cassus
UK Screamo heroes, 
https://www.instagram.com/cassusband/

Hidden Mothers
Ethereal screamo from Sheffield on Church Road Records
https://www.instagram.com/hiddenmothersuk/

Flesh Creep
BHX PUNX. Consistently tearing new cross inn apart. Another of the best debut albums of 2024
https://www.instagram.com/fl3shcr33p/

Uncertainty
Bristol Queercore stomp
https://www.instagram.com/uncertaintyhc/

Church Of The Rat
New band grown from the ashes of Bastions, bringing fast post-hardcore noise-rock aggression.
https://www.instagram.com/churchoftherat/

Grey Market
London librarycore
https://www.instagram.com/greymarketldn/

Join us.

17th - 19th January 2025
New Cross Inn
Doors 5pm Friday / 12pm Saturday / 2pm Sunday