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Starting out in the mid 1980’s, Cryptic Slaughter jumped onto the scene with a demo, “Life in Grave”, which cemented their early success. The band’s punk sounds combine perfectly with their hardcore attitudes. 

Taylor Martin, a former Lewiston punk rocker and current teacher and fiddler, takes us back. 'We wanted to start our own band and not even knowing it, our own scene.'

Cryptic Slaughter and Millions of Dead Cops will also appear on select dates.

Punk and metal often go hand in hand, seeing as how both are loud, fast and angry. That wasn’t always the case though — punk and metal used to be