All the way back in 2013, I saw Excision for the first time at Best Buy Theatre in New York City. I remember walking out of that venue with my ribs still rattling from the bass, grinning from ear to ear. That night rewired something in me. Fast forward to August 1, 2025, over a decade later, and Excision hasn’t lost an ounce of that ferocity. If anything, he’s grown even more rowdy.

Fiddler’s Green in Denver was the venue this time, and from the very first drop, the night was an absolute auditory assault. It was a sensory war zone, where dubstep met cinematic visuals, and nobody left the same.

The openers were stacked, each artist a force in their own right, setting fire to the stage and making damn sure the crowd was warmed up and properly obliterated by the time Excision took over.

Stoned Level and Muerte opened the night with a tag team set they appropriately call “Stoned to Death” that cracked the air like a bat against bone. Glitchy, filthy, low end perfection, and the visuals were giving next dimension.

Drinkurwater followed and was absolutely unhinged in the best way. It was a sonic gut punch, breakneck and blissful. I couldn’t have stopped dancing if I wanted to.

PhaseOne brought the brutality next, an industrial strength set full of breakdowns and heavy drops that had the whole venue fist pumping and moshing non stop. He does more than simply play music. He wields it like a weapon.

Then came Zingara, and she was an absolute blast to watch and one of the highlights of the night. Her energy was magnetic, her drops hit like lead pipes, and the SpongeBob visuals during her set just worked so well— pure artistry through absurdity.

Sullivan King came out swinging with his signature blend of metal and dubstep, and I swear, he killed it. He’s a livewire on stage, screaming into the mic, then shredding guitar solos between absolutely monstrous drops. Sullivan is a strong force of genre bending madness and it was such a pleasure to see him working the crowd as if he’s been doing it his whole life.

And finally, we have Excision. The legend. The architect of bass. His set was a masterclass in sound design, stage production, and full-throttle aggression. Every drop was precision-engineered to rattle bones, and let me tell you, my bones were shaking for sure. The visuals were pure overload— dinosaurs, dystopias, smoke, flame, strobes, and that infamous X lighting rig tying it all together. If I could recommend seeing one EDM show to someone that really represents the genre, Excision would be in the top three for me. Twelve years later, he’s still the only artist who can make my entire body feel like it’s melting from the vibrations. Much respect.

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