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One of America’s best hardcore bands, Gel, plays a Halloween concert in Tampa

The Jersey outfit sold-out Crowbar earlier this year.

by Ray Roa October 26, 2023July 14, 2025

After selling out Crowbar last January, freaky good Jersey hardcore band Gel moves into a larger venue for a Halloween show that’ll showcase not just the band’s free spirit, but its sound, which is redefining the genre while also paying homage to some of the sounds that influenced bandleader Sami Kaiser (RIYL: SSD, Negative Approach).

Tickets to see Gel, Glare, Initiate, Stedfast, and Dogmatic play Tampa’s Orpheum on Tuesday, Oct. 31 are still available and cost $20.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=aJX3W28fZbQ

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Photos: Everyone we saw when Gel and Heaven’s Gate played Crowbar in Ybor City

This article appears in Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2023.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief... More by Ray Roa