Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 7:30pm
Ages: 21+
Tickets: $10 Advance / $12 Day of Show
Hope For Now teams up with Dead Undead, Shawn Shafran Shreds, Evil Existence, Not Cars, and EvrBlu for a rockin’ night at Putnam Place!
Hope For Now is a metalcore, hardcore, and metal band originating from the Adirondack Mountains and Green Mountains region of Upstate New York and Vermont.
Website: www.hopefornowofficial.com
Dead Undead is the sound of survival—born from trauma, raised on heavy riffs, and driven by truth. Led by Dan Brown, the band blends raw emotion with crushing metal to exorcise pain and defy silence. Their music is a battle cry for the broken, a resurrection through distortion, and a refusal to die quietly.
Website: www.deadundead.bandcamp.com/track/death-and-disco
Shawn Shafran’s instrumental set highlights his guitar technique, virtuosity, Neo Classical inspiration, and Shred!
Website: www.facebook.com/shawnshafranshreds
Evil Existence is an underground metal band hailing from Saratoga Springs and the Capital Region of Upstate New York. Seamlessly blending elements of Death, Black, and Thrash Metal, the band is known for delivering aggressive, high-energy extreme music built for the local underground scene.
Visit Evil Existence on Facebook
Not Cars is an up-and-coming alternative and psychedelic rock band hailing from Albany, New York. As a fresh presence in the Capital Region’s thriving indie and underground music community, the band officially broke onto the live local scene in late summer 2026. Characterized by their blend of alternative textures and psychedelic soundscapes, the group is part of a wave of new talent revitalizing the 518 area’s rock, metal, and indie sub-scenes.
Website: www.notcars.bandcamp.com/music
Everblue (stylized as Everblue or EvrBlu) is an emo and melodic post-hardcore band emerging from the Upstate New York music scene. The band’s name stands for “Every Void Runs Beneath Lost Understanding”. Formed during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to remain creatively productive when the world stood still, the group acts as a regional alternative/rock “super-group”. Its members have deep roots in the local music circuit, having spent years crossing paths in various regional projects.
Website: www.facebook.com/Everblueny