Munich's Rites of Spring Fest is back at Kafe Kult on May 8 and 9, doubled to two days, with
@raein.band and
@weatherday_pc on the same flyer to test exactly that question.
The first version is, by any reading, real emo: the Forlì band credited with carrying late 90s screamo into Europe in the early 2000s. The second is a Swedish noise-pop project a copypasta purist would refuse on principle.
@corechaosconcerts started in 2020 as a pandemic-era music blog Jany Irro ran solo, and has since turned into a four-person collective running about 30 shows a year in Munich, plus a fake emo counterpart festival in autumn called The Summer Ends.
Year one of
@ritesofspringfest (April 2025) sold out, pulled people in from Lithuania, Portugal, the Netherlands and the US, and made it obvious there was room to expand. Year two pushed harder, with Jany pushing especially hard on a FLINTA-fronted newcomer wave across the lineup.
📸 Photo: LEDA at Valle di lacrime, by
@matias.bgl
Includes a shout-out to
@christinamichellle @gougeawayfl
This year: 🗓️ Friday:
@moralbombing (Dortmund emoviolence, first Munich show) →
@pennwoodrd (Leipzig-based midwest screamo international quartet) →
@ipracticesayingsorry (Leipzig screamo, infinite-sadness-and-infinite-joy songs) →
@weatherday_pc . 🗓 Saturday:
@stormoband (Trento, hardcore-screamo-noise, 400+ shows including Converge / Full of Hell / La Dispute supports) →
@olderfriendsband (Berlin twinkly-to-screamo, German/English lyrics on self-determination) →
@soastasphrenas (Berlin emoviolence, Cyprus/US members, new record incoming) →
@leda.it (Roma, first show abroad, on Antonio's own No Hope Records label) →
@hummmbcn (Barcelona sextet, screamo with math and midwest tendencies) →
@raein.band .
Full feature on idioteq.com with a Q&A - 9 bands answered.
Pg.99 (Virginia screamo legends),
@blindgirlsband and
@ojne_milano return from year one to reflect on the festival's idea. Plus this year's lineup answering:
@leda.it ,
@soastasphrenas ,
@hummmbcn ,
@ipracticesayingsorry ,
@moralbombing ,
@olderfriendsband . Walter and Jany from
@corechaosconcerts open the piece with their own intro.
#ritesofspringfest #emo #realemo #screamo #posthardco
