A celebration of COLD WAVES- Chicago 2024

A nearly sold out industrial music festival Cold Waves held its annual gathering at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois on 9/27/24-9/29/24 and at The Showcase in Los Angeles, CA on 10/13/24 with appearances by Drab Majesty , A-Split second, Pig , Clan of Xymox, IAMX and much more . Cold Waves kicks off tours for many of the bands including Male Tears, Puerta Nerga, I Ya Toyah, who are currently traveling across the county .

Cold waves is a Chicago-based music festival that features industrial bands and is a benefit for suicide prevention, to learn more about it click on the link, http://www.coldwaves.net

The band PIG, who is currently on tour held a sold out VIP meet and greet before the show started . They played songs from their remastered Sinsation, which was originally released in Japan and also on Trent Reznor’s NOTHING Records label. The band also covered KMFDM’s classic Juke Joint Jezebel, which had the crowd moshing insanely. After the show at METRO , local DJs played at the smart bar for the after parties to continue the celebration of Cold Waves.

If you’re into Industrial/ Dark Wave music you definitely want to make plans to attend next year’s event ! Here’s the full list of bands who performed both in Chicago and Los Angeles 2024:

Chicago 9/27/24 Carrellee, Male Tears, Urban Heat, Korine, SRSQ, Drab Majesty –
Chicago 9/28/24 Nuxx Vomica, Puerta Nerga, Paul Barker, Spike Hellis, PIG, A-Split Second –
9/29/24 I Ya Toyah, Curse Mackey, Houses of Haven, Boots Black,, Cassandra Complex, Clan of Xymox
COLD WAVES LA- Los Angeles 10/13/24 MS Boan, Puerta Nerga Houses of Haven, Patriarchy Kite, Beborn Beton, IAMX

PHOTO CREDIT: Live photos by Ari Tomke for ZrockR Magazine (c) 2024 – All Rights Reserved.