Caskets in New York

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 + New York

Caskets played The Brooklyn Monarch in New York on May 9, 2025, with a 7-song set built for efficiency. They opened with Believe and closed with Glass Heart, threading Make Me a Martyr and Drowned in Emotion through the middle. Guiding Light and Lost in Echoes held the back half together. More Than Misery showed up second, keeping the energy high from the jump.

Caskets in New York News

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• ERRA and CURRENTS announce co-headlining North American tour Lambgoat · Dec 17, 2025
• Currents & ERRA To Co-Headline 'The Silence Follows Tour' With Caskets & Aviana Booked To Open Theprp.com · Dec 16, 2025
• Biden Joins Tribute to the Victims of a Shocking Assassination The New York Times · Jun 28, 2025
• 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 New York

New York's underground music scene has always had room for artists working in darker, more introspective territory. Brooklyn especially has become a hub for bands doing atmospheric indie and post-punk adjacent work, with venues like The Brooklyn Monarch serving as proving grounds. The city's audiences tend to appreciate nuance and restraint, which suits Caskets' approach.

New York road trip to see Caskets?

Stay in the Upper West Side near Central Park—quieter than Midtown, better restaurants, and close enough to everywhere that matters. Dinner at Balthazar in SoHo if you want classic New York energy, or Gramercy Tavern if you prefer something less scene-y. Spend your afternoon at the Met or catching live music at Blue Note or The Basement—both venues where you'll see the players who influenced Mars's sound. Walk through Washington Square Park, grab a coffee, remember why New York mattered to music in the first place.