Caskets in Los Angeles

About Caskets

Caskets is a metalcore band that operates in that well-worn space between genuine heaviness and accessibility. They're the kind of band that gets passed around in the kind of Discord servers where people are still arguing about whether Parkway Drive's last album was necessary. Their approach combines the standard metalcore toolkit—breakdowns, melodic choruses, guttural vocals trading off with clean singing—with enough songwriting discipline to suggest they actually think about structure. Songs like 'Come Home' showcase a band comfortable with dynamics, building from quieter passages into the inevitable crusher moments. They've got the streaming numbers to suggest a modest but dedicated following, the kind of people who'll drive an hour to see them on a random Tuesday. Not innovating the genre, exactly, but not phoning it in either. They're doing the work.

Their sets hit hard in compact venues where the crowd can actually feel the bass frequencies in their chest. Pits form reliably during the heavy tracks. The vocals cut through clearly enough that you get why people came. Nothing fancy, no production tricks, just a band that knows how to tighten up and deliver.

Known for Come Home, Hollow, Buried Alive, Beneath the Skin, Last Light

Caskets + Los Angeles

Caskets played Chain Reaction in Los Angeles on October 15, 2024, opening with a Livin' on a Prayer cover that probably caught a few people off guard. From there, the 13-song set went deep into their own catalog -- Guiding Light, Hate Me, Nothing to Hide, and the always-reliable Drowned in Emotion. Hold Me Now and Falling Apart carried the middle section, and Silhouettes into Lost in Echoes into Glass Heart was a strong closing stretch. Better Way Out capped the night.

Caskets in Los Angeles News

• We Came As Romans To Return To Australia In 2026 With Caskets and Headwreck Noise11.com · Oct 6, 2025
• The future of rock is here – Yungblud at Ilosaarirock Chaoszine · Jul 21, 2025
• Why Stars Are Giving Interviews While Lying in Caskets The Hollywood Reporter · Mar 28, 2025
• MEMPHIS MAY FIRE announce spring U.S. tour with Caskets, Wind Walkers and Elijah Lambgoat · Nov 21, 2024
• Images show new trenches and rows of caskets at New York City’s public burial site Los Angeles Times · Apr 10, 2020

Live Music in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has always been a landing spot for touring bands, with venues like Chain Reaction serving as reliable stops for acts in the alternative and indie rock spectrum. The city's music infrastructure tends to favor bands with some momentum, and Caskets fits that bill. LA audiences are generally receptive to touring acts, though the scene itself is so fragmented across genres that any given show lives or dies on its own merits rather than riding some larger wave.

Los Angeles road trip to see Caskets?

Stay in Los Feliz, where you can walk tree-lined streets and catch views from Griffith Observatory. Dinner at Republique in the Arts District—refined French-inspired food in a restored factory space that feels more Paris than LA. Spend an afternoon at the Huntington Library in San Marino, a world-class art collection that justifies the drive. The city's recording studio history is everywhere; walk through Hollywood and you're literally surrounded by the spaces where hits were made. End the night at a jazz bar like The Fonda Theatre or catch live music on Sunset Boulevard.