{"id":478303,"date":"2026-10-27T16:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478303\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:34:16","slug":"live-review-dying-fetus-and-sanguisugabogg-at-emos-austin-tx-10-15-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/478303\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review: DYING FETUS and SANGUISUGABOGG at Emo\u2019s (Austin, TX – 10\/15\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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review by Gerard Cosloy
photos by Angela Betancourt<\/p>\n

For starters, I would like sincerely apologize to Deterioration, Left To Suffer and the venerable Crowbar for missing their sets ; I\u2019d been on the phone all evening with Kalshi customer support\u2014it seems someone ran up several thousand dollars of charges to my credit card making trades last weekend on whether or not James Hetfield would use his Sphere platform to make a political statement. The bad news is, my dog\u2019s college fund was cleaned out. On the bright side, I had exactly enough cash left over for Sanguisugabogg\u2019s BLUEY ON A STABBING SPREE shirt, so it\u2019s not a total disaster.<\/p>\n

Emo\u2019s, for those who\u2019ve not been, is a charmless, character-free aircraft hanger on our city\u2019s southeastern side and aside from the brand name, cannot be confused with the deeply beloved punk dump that operated downtown for ages. Were Columbus\u2019 Sanguisugabogg capable of teleporting themselves back to those halcyon days, they\u2019d undoubtedly be right at home in said squalid, chaotic environment. Semi-plagued with a FOH mix I will charitably describe as boomy-as-fook, the band managed, regardless to trundle their way thru a smattering of career highlights showcasing their considerable range (songs about tearing someone\u2019s face off, killing people, killing people and turning them into furniture, etc.) \u00a0While this was my first time seeing them since the recent exit of Cedrik Davis and Cody Davidson\u2019s transition from drums to guitar, this was not appreciably different than their last headline appearance in Austin some 11 months ago (OK, there was at least one more fight and I would like that officially noted at setlist.fm). \u00a0There\u2019s no denying they bring the brutality with wit and panache, I just wish it was twice as loud (and perhaps it is just that on other occasions\u2014also, I cannot hear for shit)<\/p>\n

Superficial similarities aside, Dying Fetus\u2019 presentation was a study in contrasts and deft execution\u2014the level of technical proficiency is off the charts (assuming there\u2019s a chart for such things) and IN SPITE OF THIS they\u2019re as deliberately bludgeoning as any rival you care to cite. Guitarist\/vocalist John Gallagher\u2014the lone remaining founding member\u2014is all business (singing about unmitigated carnage is his business and business is growing at steady clip, as the saying goes). The clich\u00e9 \u201cfoundational band\u201d gets tossed around for ensembles working atop paper mache far too often but in this case, it couldn\u2019t be more true. We\u2019re beyond lucky to be living and breathing in a world where Dying Fetus cast such an immense creative shadow, which is slightly ironic given the subject matter extols the virtues of well, stuff that\u2019s the opposite of living and breathing.<\/p>\n

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\nSanguisugabogg and Dying Fetus galleries by Angela Betancourt<\/p>\n

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