Meth, which plays Deviant Libation in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Photo by Vanessa Valadez

As Born Free Pub & Grill searches for a new location after its sudden closure, Deviant Libation—helmed by beloved brewer and local music scene champ Tim Ogden—has emerged as Tampa’s haven for hardcore.

Meth, a heavy and experimental band from Chicago, brings a new album, Shame, released this month, to the Ybor Heights brewery where the walls might melt an account of the guttural, sometimes droning assault and pain pouring out of vocalist Seb Alvarez who grapples with his then-undiagnosed bi-polar and unchecked addiction issues across 42 intense minutes.

Chaotic Georgia mathcore outfit The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir opens the show along with a pair of local heavy hitters, Star of Khorala and Plague Spitter.

Tickets to see Meth play Deviant Libation in Tampa on Wednesday, Feb. 21 are available at the door for $15.

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