Outbreak Fest 2018 was a momentous affair for several reasons. It marked the 10th edition of the annual celebration of DIY punk, hardcore and metalcore. It saw the likes of Code Orange, Turnstile, Cro-Mags, Higher Power and Jesus Piece wreak sonic havoc upon the now-defunct Canal Mills venue in the English city of Leeds. And it was where one of heavy music’s other shining lights, Vein.fm, inadvertently stumbled upon a key component of what would go on to become 2022’s most savage album. “There’s definitely footage of it somewhere,” drummer Matt Wood teases. At that time, the Massachusetts band went by the name Vein and were days away from releasing Errorzone, a dizzying debut album that combined elements of hardcore, mathcore, screamo and nu-metal. It garnered crit...