CONCERT: Lifesick (DK) / PURE

Lifesick's hometown of Fredericia in Denmark was founded in 1650 as a giant fortress, at a time when the country was being continually battered by war and defeated by empire after empire. Although the Danish Realm is now among the world's most peaceful and prosperous places to live, Lifesick are keen to alert us to the bitter conflict still raging in their hearts and minds. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023's Love And Other Lies EP brought the band's sobering death-metallic hardcore to Metal Blade, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All. "Sometimes it feels like the more you give, the more they take," comments the band on that pessimistic title. "Over the last couple of years, I've given my all, but we've been knocked down time after time. That's what inspired me to…