A righteous evening of all things sludge, stoner, and doom the SSD Fest is here to drag you through the mud, as a swirl of merciless grooves, guttural screams, and pummeling drums slowly engulf you. A descent into the mouth of madness led by Tokyo doom and sludge metal band Sithter, whose uncompromising attitude and dank rhythms are soaked in layers of psychedelia. Joining will be Beijing’s premier sludge metal band Never Before - a band not afraid to lean into the fuzz and doom-riddled psychedelic swirl the genre is known for as they drag listeners across otherworldly riffs, incapacitating bass, and soul-crushing vocals. The savagery continues with Beijing's SHAS (short for Stinky Humans Abuse to Persist of course) who slather the sludge on lean and thick, as well as local heroes of badassery - thrashy hardcore trio Loudspeaker and sludge metal renegades Conch. Righteous.