Queues formed early at the front of The World’s End pub above The Underworld in Camden, preparing for a night of Deathcore. Coming down the stairs into the darkened, beer-stenched cavern, the core are greeted by a no messing assault on the senses of dark Metal music and merch stalls full of distorting and disturbing images for Born Of Osiris, Within Destruction, Aversions Crown and Larcenia Roe.
Born Of Osiris – Within Destruction – Aversions Crown – Larcenia Roe
The Underworld, Camden – 18 January 2026
Words: Sean Titley
Photography: Karolina Malyan / Media Junkbox
The great thing about the more extreme forms of Metal is you get some of the most talented musicians playing live in the smaller venues, and tonight was no exception, with four bands, nominally classified as Deathcore, playing on the Through Shadows tour.
Born Of Osiris
The American headliners, Born Of Osiris, rocketed onto the stage with an anarchy of strobing lights, blistering guitars, intricate drums and Ronnie Canizaro’s commanding vocals.
Theirs is a brutal, powerful wall of sound with melodic moments interspersed that intrigue the mind while allowing the pit to really unleash.
The few on the outside of the moshpit were getting crowdkilled as almost everyone threw themselves into the melee. This was a turned up to eleven by the masters of Deathcore headline set with everyone totally absorbed.
Born Of Osiris gave maximum value with a set that seemed to go well beyond its scheduled finish time and a long encore that the fans totally appreciated.
All the bands on this tour have travelled a long way to be in London, and Europe is in for a treat on their next leg with Born Of Osiris wearing the crown.
Within Destruction
Slovenian Deathcore band Within Destruction were new to me.But having visited the excellent Slovenian festival Metaldays, I know the passion that nation brings to Metal.
Not knowing the band and watching them online the night before the gig, they were my most hotly anticipated act. Rok Rupnik on vocals was a wild man, skinny and snarling, while the guitarists ripped through their songs with relentless precision.
Their tattoo-torsoed, bucket-hatted drummer kept the intensity frantic. Not saying it was not a blast of a show, it was, and the circle pit that kept spinning even after the show had ended evidenced that.
But ultimately, I was disappointed to discover they had changed from the style I had seen online to something seemingly more commercial, which a fan at The Underworld described as anime-Deathcore or Melodiccore.
Aversions Crown
Aussie band Aversions Crown have been hilariously described as “progressive alien Deathcore.” The categories get more barking every year.
They lived up to this halfway through the set when Alex Teyen, the physically imposing frontman, was chanting “Satan, Satan, Satan” with an X-Files-style tune playing in the background.
The two guitarists, with Erling Haaland-style hairdos finally let down, took on some pounding headbanging, which was great to see. Their drummer put out a relentless barrage of thunderous drum hits that reverberated up the body throughout.
This was relentless stuff, not as creative as the openers, Larcenia Roe and did feel old school in comparison, but still clearly loved by the energised crowd.
Larcenia Roe
California-based, Larcenia Roe, delivered the most inventive and thrilling set of the night with a chaotic sound created by unsettling harmonics and sudden shifts that are topped off by the lead singer and heavyweight, Ryan Vail’s (also of the band Synestia) incredible voice.
Yes, there were growls and guttural roars and screams and shrieks, which were amazing, but he takes it to new places with throat-shaking squeals that at times sounded like a hippo having its throat cut and then tossed on a bouncing trampoline to bleed out.
This is brutal stuff. Their two guitarists headbang, hair spinning, at frenetic speed throughout, with the drummer in a horror mask pushing the moshers along at top speed.
Now it was obvious why the queues had formed early on a cold January night. This is a band who, with their debut album Extraction, are producing onstage something original and are a must-see.
