Gates to Hell

The cold realities of life's endpoint (natural or otherwise) fuel the music of Gates to Hell, a band fusing death metal's overarching style to instrumental arrangements that occasionally recall hardcore punk tradition. Formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2019, the band -- guttural singer Ryan Storey, guitarists Seth Lewis and Eli Hanson, bassist Dustin Cantrell, and drummer Trey Garris -- released a self-titled EP the same year, reorganized as Dismembered & Reconstructed in 2021. That EP, which packed a considerable punch across just four tracks in six minutes, was a solid mis...