{"id":62048,"date":"2025-09-01T17:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=62048"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:13:32","slug":"itlm-otrs-presents-youth-code-and-the-industrial-worship-tour-at-the-ottobar-in-baltimore-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=62048","title":{"rendered":"ITLM OTRS Presents: Youth Code and\u00a0the Industrial Worship Tour at\u00a0the\u00a0Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By: Raymond Burton Estes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos By: Fleurette Estes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past Friday, 29 August 2025, Youth Code brought their Industrial Worship<\/em> tour to the Ottobar in downtown Baltimore, Marylandjoined by King Yosef, Street Sects, and Insula Iscariot. Youth Code\u2019s Sara Taylor explained they put the tour together because all the bands are friends and wanted to breathe new life into the genre. If Baltimore\u2019s stop was any indication, they\u2019re succeeding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insula Iscariot<\/strong>\u00a0opened with a dense, atmospheric wall of noise before\u00a0erupting\u00a0into a dark, angst-fueled set. Critics have labeled their sound everything from death industrial and power noise to EBM\u2014or, as\u00a0Insula\u00a0Iscariot\u00a0has\u00a0joked, \u201canemic industrial.\u201d Whatever you call it, their performance was both powerful and dynamic, veering between restraint and rage. They closed by stepping off the stage and into the crowd, hooded with a paper mask marked by a crude black cross\u2014a striking finale that no doubt converted new fans and cemented their role as genre evangelists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Street Sects<\/strong> followed with multi-instrumentalist Shaun Ringsmuth building an intense crescendo before vocalist Leo Ashline stormed the stage in full fury. Their sound pulls from industrial, punk, noise, and plunderphonics, yet feels like something greater than the sum of its parts. Bathed in near darkness, the band kept their visual aesthetic stark and visceral. At one point, Ashline prowled the crowd wielding a defanged chainsaw\u2014half shocking, half hilarious, wholly unforgettable. The onslaught of songs turned the floor into a pit of slam-dancing chaos. Street Sects played with such ferocity it\u2019s hard to imagine anyone wanting to follow them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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King Yosef<\/strong> rose to the challenge. Backed by drummer Kameron Tyler and multi-instrumentalist Cameron Gen\u00e9, the set fused industrial, hardcore, hip hop, and metal into a seamless, punishing mix. King Yosef commanded the stage with a balance of confidence and casual ease, channeling grindcore intensity, hardcore breakdowns, and punk urgency. The crowd was clearly familiar, screaming lyrics and moshing with abandon, raising the energy bar even higher for the headliners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Youth Code<\/strong> wasted no time, igniting the room from their opening track. Husband-and-wife team Sara Taylor and Ryan George tore through one anthem after another, their chemistry undeniable. Mid-set, Taylor jumped into the crowd, sparking a hardcore-style gang vocal moment that felt both raw and communal. At another point, she reminded the audience that fans often tell her Youth Code\u2019s music saved them\u2014before declaring that they<\/em> saved her life, echoing the heartfelt exchanges of a hardcore show. Near the end, King Yosef rejoined the stage to share vocals on \u201cHead Underwater\u201d and \u201cDeath Safe\u201d from their 2021 collaboration A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression<\/em>. Youth Code closed with \u201cI\u2019m Sorry,\u201d leaving nothing on the table and ending the night in a frenzy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking back, the night embodied the tour\u2019s mission: to inject new life into industrial music, something they\u2019ve done by incorporating the best elements from punk, post-punk, hardcore, and metal. The genre has always evolved in parallel with these genres\u2014sometimes diverging, sometimes colliding. This new wave of artists stays true to that lineage, making music they want to hear for the crowds they want to be part of. I spoke with one audience member who said he loved industrial but hadn\u2019t been to a show in years. He wasn\u2019t familiar with the bands and had discovered them through the internet. Watching him dance and revel in the camaraderie made it clear: this scene is still alive, still recruiting, still vital. Beyond the analog grit and digital crunch, the Industrial Worship<\/em> tour feels like a crusade\u2014fusingpunk and hardcore spirit into industrial\u2019s framework to ensure the genre\u2019s survival for years to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you want more, every artist just dropped new material: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Insula Iscariot<\/strong>\u00a0released\u00a0Bloodflow\u00a0(A Milky Fluid)<\/em>\u00a0on 1 August 2025 via King Yosef\u2019s BLEAKHOUSE label.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Street Sects<\/strong>\u00a0released two albums on 15 August 2025\u2014Dry Drunk<\/em>\u00a0as Street Sects and\u00a0FULL COLOR ECLIPSE<\/em>\u00a0under their more melodic STREET SEX moniker, both on HEALTH\u2019s COMPULSION RECORDS.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • King Yosef<\/strong>\u00a0released\u00a0Spire of Fear<\/em>\u00a0on 15 August 2025 via BLEAKHOUSE.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Youth Code<\/strong>\u00a0released\u00a0Yours, With Malice<\/em>\u00a0on 16 May 2025 via Sumerian Records.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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