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Montreal, QC – August 25, 2026
Reminder – Sept 4th – 5th – TAMPA DEATH FEST 2026 w/ VIOGRESSION, NASTY SAVAGE, LEPROSY, GANGRENESIA and more!
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Coming very soon! The carnage returns to Tampa, Florida, with Tampa Death Fest storming into the legendary Brass Mug for its 8th annual edition, hitting September 4–5, 2026 with one of the heaviest underground death‑metal weekends Florida has to offer.
This year’s lineup fuses rising underground brutality with veteran icons. Friday, September 4th will erupt with Syndicate, Eroguro Phantasmagore, Homicyde, Unholy Disciple, Leprosy, Sacrilous, Viogression, and Foreverless. Saturday, Sept 5th crushes with Grave Filth, Ramtha, Gouted Corpse, Coathanger Abortion, Sapraemia, Gangrenesia (Puerto Rico), Must Not Kill, and Tampa legends Nasty Savage closing out the night.
As one of the bands that helped ignite Florida’s extreme‑metal movement in the mid‑80s, Nasty Savage remains a cornerstone of the scene and a perfect headliner for a weekend built on pure aggression. If you crave real death metal that is raw, heavy, and unfiltered, the kind Tampa helped define, this is one of 2026’s essential weekends. Two nights. Zero filler. Maximum brutality. See you in the pit.
Get a preview of the lineup with the TDF Spotify Playlist – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0xXgzAxsCqGvjraz6l8YNh
TDF Promo Video – https://www.instagram.com/p/DYwwzZXR8qK/
Event Details:
Date: September 4th and 5th
Venue: Brass Mug, 1450 Skipper Road, Tampa, FL
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1261714482664268
Ticket Links:
Fri, Sept 4 – https://ticketbud.com/events/25a37be2-3998-11f1-af02-42010a71700b
Sat, Sept 5 – https://ticketbud.com/events/3510b89e-39a0-11f1-ac5f-42010a71700b
Tampa Death Fest 2026 Lineup:
Friday, September 4th:
Foreverless (Florida)
Viogression (Wisconsin)
Sacrilous (Florida)
Leprosy (Pennsylvania)
Unholy Disciple (Florida)
Homicyde (South Carolina)
Eroguro Phantasmagore (Florida)
Syndicate (Florida)
Saturday, September 5th:
Nasty Savage (Florida)
Must Not Kill (Florida)
Gangrenesia (Puerto Rico)
Sapraemia (Florida)
Coathanger Abortion (Tennessee)
Gouted Corpse (Ohio)
Ramtha (Florida)
Grave Filth (Florida)
About the Headliners:
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Viogression – https://viogression.info/
Music Video – Light Harvester – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_cEP5Ed26E
Formed in 1988, Viogression rose from the Midwest underground with early demos that led to their acclaimed debut, Expound & Exhort (1991), earning them a world tour with Death and Pestilence. After Passage (1994) and a long hiatus, the band returned with A Pure Formality (2014), reigniting their momentum and live presence. They pushed forward with 3rd Stage of Decay (2022) before crafting their fourth album, Thaumaturgic Veil (2025), praised for blending old‑school brutality with cerebral, metaphysical themes. The record marks a bold new chapter in Viogression’s evolving legacy.
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Nasty Savage – https://www.nastysavage.com/
Live at Legions of Metal (Chicago) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT1V85ZQR64
Nasty Savage is a thrash metal band from Brandon, Florida, that became well known for the wild and theatrical stage antics of frontman “Nasty” Ronnie Galetti. During the band’s early years, Galetti gained a reputation for his high-energy performances, which famously included smashing television sets over his head onstage. The group’s debut album, featuring the standout track “XXX,” was recorded at Progressive Music in Tampa and helped secure a deal with the influential metal label Metal Blade Records. Nasty Savage released four albums between 1983 and 1989 before disbanding. Following years of reunion rumors, the band returned with the album “Psycho Psycho” in 2004, marking their comeback with a collection of new material. Since then, Nasty Savage has continued to perform select live shows while maintaining its legacy as a cult favorite in the thrash metal scene. In October 2024, the band released its latest studio album, “Jeopardy Room”.
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Leprosy – https://leprosy.cc/home
Impulse to Kill – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2og7WzJS0
Imagine horror, blood, and gore splattered across a heaping dose of true old‑school death metal, shoved into a meatgrinder and served with a smile. This is Leprosy. Exhumed in 1988, Leprosy is a Death/Splatter Gore metal force hailing from the Pittsburgh “Steel City” underground. Over the decades, they’ve shared the stage with giants including Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, Forbidden, Entombed, Venom Inc, Exodus, Deicide, and many more, earning their reputation as one of Pennsylvania’s most enduring and blood‑soaked extreme‑metal acts.
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Gangrenesia – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561028699841
Music Video – Disemboweling Motherfc*kers Like You! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJOdx4-Hus
Gangrenesia is an active, slamming brutal death metal band from Caguas, Puerto Rico, formed in 2022 and known for their ultra‑violent gore themes, hyper‑percussive slam riffs, and extreme vocal brutality. They’ve quickly become one of Puerto Rico’s most vicious new extreme‑metal exports, releasing multiple singles, demos, and EPs that have circulated heavily in the slam/brutal‑death underground.
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A band to watch! RAMTHA – https://linktr.ee/ramthabandfl
Music Video – Infinite Energy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXxBbuLLsI
Recent WACKEN METAL BATTLE USA 2026 National Finalists! Ramtha is an extreme‑metal band from St. Petersburg/Tampa, Florida, known for fusing death metal, thrash, grind, and hardcore into a high‑intensity hybrid sound. Active since 2022, the band has carved out a distinct identity within Florida’s extreme‑metal scene. They’ve released two EPs, Void Tyrant (2023) and Through Eyes of Death (2024), and are currently developing a third EP slated for 2026. Ramtha has earned a reputation for explosive live performances, frequently hitting Tampa’s Brass Mug and sharing stages with major acts such as Exhorder, Crypta, Worm, Gruesome, Artillery, Killing Addiction, Bandit, Gillian Carter, Dayglo Abortions, and Hong Kong Fck You. With momentum continuing to build, the band remains a rising force in the underground.
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577052471967
https://www.instagram.com/tampadeathfest/
TDF Press Materials HERE.
Sponsors:
Piox Promotions
Time To Kill Records
Gator Cases
Tampa Bay Museum of Metal
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Infernal TV
Asher Media Relations
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The Tampa Morgue Podcast
The Drinking With Drew Show
Wicked Rose Photography
Teratography Graphics
Riffs Across Generations
Dr. Paul Bearer’s Creature Feature
The Nostalgia Network (NOST)
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