MUSIC
ABOUT
Matriarchs is a metallic hardcore band formed in Los Angeles CA in 2014. It started out as strictly a studio project by founding guitarist Ben Levi.
The project was inspired by his affinity for modern European Beat Down and 90s New York metallic hardcore. Ben had played with drummer Alfred Santa Cruz, Bassist Miguel Vasquez and Guitarist Marty Cole in several other projects through out the last decade so they were no strangers to getting creative together. After playing their first show to a packed house the boys never looked back .
They've gone on to play with bands like Soulfly, Harm's Way, Disgrace, Bane, Backtrack, Sworn Enemy and Vision Of Disorder. An Ambitious release produced by Nick Jett of Terror, and Mastered by Matt Hyde, (lionheart, hatebreed, deftones) Scandalous Jointz fuses together the visual aesthetic and presentation of more thought provoking heavy acts with the sonic ferocity and energy of hardcore.
A few national festivals and two tours later saw the band taking a hiatus and reflecting on what the general direction and purpose of the band would be. In 2018 Matriarchs parted ways with vocalist Richard Barthel.
After teaming up with Jeremy Valentyne and Brandon Wolfe to produce their new release, adding veteran Carlos Pagan to the line up on guitar and meeting new Vocalist K Enagonio during the Pandemic, the band found the new fire it needed. In K the band finds its truest voice.
Over the quarantine, they wrote their 2nd full length Year of The Rat. Due out later this fall through KnucklehedzINC and Upstate Records.
STORE
PRESS
SHOWS
Past Shows
Jul 16th, 2016
Saturday 3:30 PM
Clash City Station
Riverside, CA
Jan 24th, 2016
Sunday 8:00 PM
Whisky A Go-Go
West Hollywood, CA
Mar 13th, 2016
Sunday 7:00 PM
White Oak Music
and Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Oct 9th, 2015
Friday 6:30 PM
White Oak Music
Van Nuys, CA
Jun 27th, 2015
Saturday 12:00 PM
Hydra
Long Beach, CA
May 17th, 2015
Sunday 7:00 PM
Legend Records HQ
San Diego, CA
May 8th, 2015
Friday 6:30 PM
China Town Youth Center
Fresno, CA
Apr 25th, 2015
Saturday 1:00 PM
PICO SPORTS ARENA
PICO RIVERA, CA
Apr 12th, 2015
Sunday 8:00 PM
Chain Reaction
Anaheim, CA
Jan 24th, 2015
Saturday 8:00 PM
Whisky A Go-Go
West Hollywood, CA
Mar 29th, 2015
Sunday 4:30 PM
Live at Malones Bar And Grill
Santa Ana, CA
Jul 25th, 2014
Friday 7:00 PM
House of Blues
West Hollywood, CA