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Chris (Drop the Ego)
@chrisdroptheego.bsky.social
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Southend gig promoter (Drop the Ego)
Film nerd, noise lover
Crap horror movie sequel sympathiser
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Come be a part of noise history and catch US screamo legends CITY OF CATTERPILLAR in their first EVER UK show!

Death Goals, The Eurosuite and ADayCalledX are coming to join the party!

Saturday Nov 1st, The Fickle Pickle, Southend, Essex / 16+ show

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Wall of death fun in Southend courtesy of Essex legends Beyond Extinction (@beyext.bsky.social) at last weeks show! (Seriously, if you haven’t already, go listen to these guys.)

Next show Aug 21st w/ meth., Host Body, Cady, Outcries.
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#MetalSky #DeathMetalSky #DeathcoreSky
July 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Next up, Chicago noise metallers meth. are all set to fry your brain, Aug 21st, Moonraker, Southend.

Support from Host Body, Cady and Outcries!

This one will be LOUD

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#MetalSky #NoiseMetalSky #ScreamoSky #AltRockSky
July 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Death Metal on Sea in Southend, Essex tomorrow!

Featuring Molder (USA), Kontusion (USA), Beyond Extinction (Essex), Ominous Moon (Southend).

Tickets £17 advance (no booking fee), or £20 on the door!
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Ages 16+

Come bang your heads! 😎

#DeathMetalSky #MetalSky
July 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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New show alert!

Drop the Ego join forces with Dead Species to bring a crushing night of ferocious late summer deathcore to Southend, Essex,

Join To Obey A Tyrant, Veiled and more TBC sat Sept 6th at Moonraker

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#MetalSky #DeathcoreSky #DeathMetalSky
June 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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NEXT WEEK!

US death metal heavyweights MOLDER and KONTUSION crash land at Fickle Pickle, Southend alongside Essex titans BEYOND EXTINCTION and local speed metal heroes OMINOUS MOON.

Come bang your heads!

July 3rd / 16+
Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#MetalSky #DeathMetalSky #SpeedMetalSky
June 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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New show alert!

We now have at least one good reason to look forward to Jan with this absolute beast of a doom/sludge/thrash lineup featuring @warpstormer.bsky.social, @praetoriankvlt.bsky.social, Crowgod and Reverent Son!

£8 adv tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#MetalSky #StonerDoom #SludgeSky
June 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Next show! Hell is unleashed as black metal legends Impurity (Brasil), Goat Semen (Peru) and Ominous Moon (playing Waking the Dead in its entirety) descend on Southend, June 26th.

Impurity’s first ever UK show!

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#MetalSky #BlackMetalSky #SpeedMetalSky #LiveMusic
June 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Tomorrow!

Come see the loudest noise in Southend’s smallest venue!

Advanced tickets on sale until 4pm tomorrow: droptheego.bigcartel.com/product/dte-...

Come join the fun 👊

#HardcoreMetalSky #BlackMetSky #CrustMetalSky #HeavyMetalSky #HardcorePunkSky
June 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Next up, we’re back at Peggy’s, Southend for an insanely up close and personal encounter with FINAL DOSE, SEWER TRENCH, THE BURIAL CODE and AWKWARD BODY.

Expect black metal / hardcore / deathcrust goodness!

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#MetalSky #BlackMetalSky #CrustPunkSky #HardcoreMetalSky
May 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Still no words for last weekend. It really felt like a true embodiment of everything we imagined Drop the Ego being. Strangers having fun, making friends, discovering artists and seeing some of their favourites.
A true honour to spend time with @onelinedrawing.bsky.social and our amazing acts.
May 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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South American extreme black metal legends Impurity (Brazil) and Goat Semen (Peru) arrive in Southend June 26th for an up close and personal show. Expect a night of blasphemous fury in a way in which you’ll never see them again.

#BlackMetal/Sky #ExtremeMetalSky

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Power Failure absolutely killing it at Peggy’s Music Bar, Southend last night! Don’t sleep on Power Failure, these guys mean business! 🔥

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#HardcorePunkSky #HardcoreMetalSky
April 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Chicago experimental metallers METH arrive in Southend to deliver a sonic onslaught of the heaviest, loudest, most intense noise imaginable.

Support comes from the equally as noisy Host Body, Cady and Southend’s very own Outcries.

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#ScreamoSky #NoiseRocksky
April 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The insanely good GREAT FALLS getting friendly with the locals in Southend last week!

All sorts of good shows coming up! Don’t miss the next one!

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April 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Next show!
As part of the Greater Than Death UK 2025, INHUMAN NATURE take upstairs at The Alex, Southend by storm Friday May 16th. ⚔️

Support from OVERPOWER, OUT OF SPITE and MOB HANDED.

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com/product/dte-...

#HeavyMetalSky #ThrashMetalSky #HardcorePunkSky
April 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Catch them in Southend 3 weeks today! 😎

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com/product/dte-...
April 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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No waaaaaaay this is actually on while I’m in Japan! 🥹

I better bring an extra case for merch…

#NieR
April 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Noise-on-Sea tonight in Southend!

Resurrect yourself form your Easter bank holiday hangovers and come catch USA noise bringers GLASSING and GREAT FALLS, tonight!

Support: In a House of Heartbeats.

Doors 7pm
16+
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Come on down! It’s what Jesus would have wanted 🐣
April 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Sometimes you just know the exact movie you’re in the mood for…

#HorrorFilmSky #FilmSky
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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We’re lucky enough to have them in Southend, Essex as part of their release tour! Genuinely can’t wait for this one!

🗡️ 🗡️ 🗡️
April 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Following shows across Europe including Roadburn festival, USA noise metallers Glassing and Great Falls set course for Southend on the first date of their UK tour.
Support from Essex doomsters In a House of Heartbeats.

It’s bank holiday Sunday! So no excuses!

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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This Friday!
@burnermetal.bsky.social, Underdark, Berenice, Fates Messenger in Southend!

Officially the coolest way to start your weekend!

16+
£12 advance
£15 on the door (cash only please)
Students / low income folks message us, we want everyone to get in that wants to!
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March 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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US emo legend @onelinedrawing.bsky.social took some time to talk about our upcoming Southend Bank Holiday weekender, his upcoming UK tour and what to do should you encounter a vampire.

☀️ 😎 ☀️ 😎

Day and weekend tickets available here: droptheego.bigcartel.com

#MusicFestival #MidWestEmoSky
March 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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New show alert! And it’s a beast!

USA death metal heavyweights Molder and Kontusion make a pit stop in Southend as part of their European tour. Support from Essex deathcore heroes Beyond Extinction and rising Southend speed/black metal champions Ominous Moon.

Tickets: droptheego.bigcartel.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM