New England metalcore does not whisper, it levels rooms. Currents rose out of Newtown, Connecticut with a sound that welds djent edged precision to heavy, emotional hooks. It’s the kind of band that can turn a circle pit into group therapy. They treat melody like a weapon, breakdowns like punctuation, and vulnerability as fuel rather than weakness.
Current Current’s Line-Up
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Wille | Vocals | 2015–present |
| Chris Wiseman | Lead guitar | 2014–present |
| Ryan Castaldi | Rhythm guitar | 2014–present |
| Matt Young | Drums | 2019–present |
| Christian Pulgarin | Bass, backing unclean vocals | 2020–present |
Beginnings
The story starts in the early 2010s, a rotating cast of friends chased heavier ideas after school and work, trimming fat until the riffs felt razor clean. Their earlier EPs helped put them on the map, before their debut full length, ‘The Place I Feel Safest’ (2017), showed where they were heading: tight syncopation, glassy cleans, and lyrics that read like letters you never sent. The follow up EP, ‘I Let the Devil In’, sharpened the silhouette, before ‘The Way It Ends’ (2020) scaled it up for bigger rooms without sanding off the edges.
Where Are They Now?
Currents are the kind of band you hear before you see, kick drums stutter like a misfiring engine. Guitars carve air in polyrhythmic grids. Brian Wille’s top register cuts through like cold rain. ‘The Death We Seek’ (2023) tightened everything, with shorter leashes on the riffs and bigger payoffs on the choruses. It pulled in listeners who don’t usually camp in the metalcore tent. Live, they’re meticulous yet volatile, tempos snap to the grid until the breakdown drops out of it entirely, and then it’s all muscle and instinct again.
Essential Listening
If you’re new to Currents, we’ve selected some songs/videos to get you started.
‘Remember Me’ the gateway – grief, melody, release.
‘The Death We Seek’ – storm front ambience with a hook built to carry fields.
‘Monsters’ – low end thunder from ‘The Way It Ends’.
‘So Alone’ – a clean to crush lesson in dynamics.
Late 2025 U.S. shows
The band closes the year with a quick strike, Florida to Texas, a festival stop in Pennsylvania, and a home state throw down in Wallingford, Connecticut. It’s a tidy loop that plays to their strengths, humid clubs, concrete floors, and crowds that like their sing alongs served with a side of whiplash, check out the dates below and grab your tickets early here!
Currents: Late 2025 U.S. Shows
| Date | Venue | Location | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Dec 2, 2025 | Jannus Live | St. Petersburg, FL | TBA |
| Wed Dec 3, 2025 | House of Blues Orlando | Lake Buena Vista, FL | TBA |
| Fri Dec 5, 2025 | Warehouse Live Midtown | Houston, TX | TBA |
| Sat Dec 6, 2025 | Vibes Event Center | San Antonio, TX | TBA |
| Sun Dec 7, 2025 | The Bomb Factory | Dallas, TX | TBA |
| Fri Dec 12, 2025 | Christmas Burns Red (Festival) | Lancaster, PA | Festival |
| Sat Dec 13, 2025 | Toyota Oakdale Theatre | Wallingford, CT | TBA |
Why They Matter
Currents hit a rare trifecta, technical enough for the riff disciples, emotional enough for the lyric readers, and heavy enough for the lifters on the rail. Connecticut has exported plenty of heaviness. Right now, this is the flag planted on that hill. If you’re mapping modern American metalcore for the uninitiated, Currents belongs in the first mile, engine warm, lights on.
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