The Callous Daoboys & Kaonashi in Grand Rapids

The Callous Daoboys are an American mathcore band formed in Atlanta in 2016. Their knotty, abrasive take on hardcore and metalcore incorporates violin and abrupt stylistic turns; the albums Die on Mars, Celebrity Therapist and I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven, plus songs including “Star Baby,” established their catalogue. In 2023, the band joined Protest the Hero’s Halloween Is for Always tour across North America. They later supported Tesseract on the European War of Being tour, playing clubs and theatres. In 2024 they also performed at ArcTanGent and opened one of The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Calculating Infinity anniversary shows at the Brooklyn Paramount.

Kaonashi is an American hardcore band formed in Philadelphia in 2012. Their music draws on mathcore, post-hardcore and screamo, while their lyrics follow recurring fictional characters and an interconnected narrative. The album Dear Lemon House, You Ruined Me: Senior Year includes songs such as “An Evening of Moving Pictures with Scooter Corkle” and “I Hate the Sound of Car Keys.” In 2021, Kaonashi joined Hail the Sun on the New Age Filth tour, which also featured Kurt Travis and Body Thief. The band later carried its full-band set to Furnace Fest in Birmingham.