Hatebreed

Jul 10

Written By Luke

With Fugitive, Gridiron, Escuela Grind, Morbid Visionz, Thirst

ST. PETERSBURG, FL | JANNUS LIVE | 07.08.2025

Let the slaughter begin

Summer in Tampa feels like trying to breathe through a steaming towel, but that’s exactly where the Summer Slaughter caravan fired its opening shot. Under a cruel sun, the crowd formed a living, heaving ecosystem. They came for riffs, and the first set uncorked a cold one: THIRST hammered the starter pistol, mixing nu-metal and deathcore. Reckless and effective. Like baggy cargo pants.

Morbid Visionz followed, oozing the slow, death metal groove. Tampa metal is alive and well in Arkansas.

Then Escuela Grind karate-kicked the collective jaw, blasting grindcore with a grin. It was brutal, it was infectious, it was a joy.

Gridiron rolled in next, spitting rap-laced hardcore in mirrored Oakleys, hard enough to nudge even the most sun-soaked, beer drenched rednecks into motion.

Fugitive answered with Texas thrash built for desert highways, now wrestling Florida’s wet-blanket air—guitars still scorching, sweat now extra-salty.

Finally, Hatebreed—hardcore’s hardened life coach—delivered a seminar on positive violence: every breakdown a bullet-point, every chorus a shouted affirmation. Jamey Jasta reassuring every sweaty, shirtless person in the crowd that no goal is out of reach with perseverance as your foundation.

Heavier. Hotter. Unrelenting. Like a really good summer playlist. Summer Slaughter has found a new, truer form.