{"id":2476185,"date":"2026-06-26T01:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2476185"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:48:46","slug":"meet-denvers-newest-mathcore-maniacs-beneath-the-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meet-denvers-newest-mathcore-maniacs-beneath-the-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Denver&#8217;s newest mathcore maniacs Beneath The Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeneath The Leaves is ready for its live debut this weekend. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-thumbnail-credit\"><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy Beneath The Leaves<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beneath.the.leaves\/\">Beneath The Leaves<\/a> is a band so new they don\u2019t even have a proper picture together yet.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a quick snapshot captured at a recent show, the four-piece isn\u2019t focused on marketing and social-media clout, but instead making the most chaotic mathcore in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the stuff we do is, like, how dumb can we make this sound, in a good way?\u201d says guitarist Jude McCall, who\u2019s also in local outfit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/disastrymc\/?__d=1AISGK%E6%9F%A5%E8%AF%A2%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%BD%E8%AF%81%E5%A4%A7%E5%85%B3%E8%81%94%E4%BF%A1%E6%81%AF%2C%E5%8D%8A%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E5%87%BA%E5%8D%95%E7%9A%84%E6%B8%A0%E9%81%93%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90%E7%A4%BE%E5%B7%A5%E5%BA%93%E6%9F%A5%E8%AF%A2%E5%9C%A8%E7%BA%BF%E2%9C%94%EF%B8%8Fchaaicha.com\">Disastry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCall teamed up with vocalist Estrella Serrano-Urroz last summer and put together single, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6aB2WA5JMyDfS3NxNmUju5?si=34a9a4cb420d4b1f\">\u201cEstrogen Riot,\u201d<\/a> still the band\u2019s only sonic sample to date, before recruiting drummer Will Gonzalez and bassist Rose Simpson to round out the lineup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__container\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__form-wrapper vmg-newsletter-form__step1\" id=\"vmg-newsletter-step1\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__form-wrapper-inner\">\n<p>Sign up for the Music newsletter to get the latest stories delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__success hidden\" id=\"vmg-newsletter-success\">\n<div class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__success-content\">\n<h3>THANK YOU!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;re all set.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"vmg-newsletter-form__close-btn\" id=\"vmg-close-success\"><br \/>CLOSE\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMe and Jude really wanted to explore the heavier stuff, which is how Beneath The Leaves came up,\u201d Serrano-Urroz says. \u201cListening to a lot of emo-violence, screamo, but we converged at the mathcore stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Beneath The Leaves is ready for its live debut at the second annual <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/botl_booking\/\">Blood on the Land Fest<\/a> on Saturday, June 27, at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/d3artswestwood\/?hl=en\">D3 Arts<\/a>. The day-long DIY showcase features 15 bands, including Minnesota-based headliners <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rakuyo2008\/\">Rakuyo<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fallingwithscissors\/?hl=en\">Falling with Scissors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just based off of \u201cEstrogen Riot,\u201d Beneath The Leaves use the traditional mathcore calculation from the early 2000s \u2014 think The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Red Chord \u2014 but have six new songs in the hopper for the upcoming set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Estrogen Riot\u2019 is pretty different from what we\u2019ve written since then as a full band,\u201d McCall explains. \u201cA lot more of the really fast, almost grindy stuff going into really slow, chuggy stuff with tapping riffs here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Estrogen Riot\u2019 has some elements of mathcore, we\u2019ve just been working on honing in that sound,\u201d Serrano-Urroz adds.<\/p>\n<p>In showing their work, Simpson and Gonzales admit to pulling from everything between sludge and thrash on the latest unreleased material.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"979\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40903320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg 2254w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=300,287 300w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=768,735 768w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=1024,979 1024w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=1536,1469 1536w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=2048,1959 2048w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=711,680 711w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=518,495 518w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=314,300 314w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=400,383 400w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=550,526 550w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=800,765 800w, https:\/\/www.westword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Beneath-The-Leaves-EP.jpg?resize=1200,1148 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With only one single out, the best way to see what Beneath The Leaves is all about is catching a show. <\/p>\n<div class=\"vmg-image-credit\">\n<p>Courtesy Beneath The Leaves<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA lot of my bass playing is how can I make this sound as fat as possible and how slow can we make this before it stops sounding cool?\u201d says Simpson, who\u2019s also a guitarist in grind group <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/godtoldmetoband\/\">GOD TOLD ME TO<\/a> and Serrano-Urroz\u2019s bandmate in Denver deathcore project <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swordsaintdc\/\">Sword Saint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more jazz for me. A bit of math rock and some old heavy metal bands from a long time ago,\u201d Gonzales adds. \u201cRose might hate me for saying this, but it was also a little bit of mincecore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The moniker is a reference to a lyric from the song, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3O2QAFNptfMbPKGh843Xf6?si=c18005b397474cef\">\u201cPorphyria\u2019s Lover,\u201d<\/a> by obscure early 2000s English metalcore band <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/04JZmgkeY6CsOnS0Zr9B9o\">Penknifelovelife<\/a>, which is based off an 1836 gothic poem by Robert Browning. Serrano-Urroz doesn\u2019t have to go that far back fom inspiration, though. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m definitely tapping into how chaotic our world is for sure. That\u2019s obviously present in everybody\u2019s heads, but definitely a more fantastical spin on it and talking about resilience and getting through it together,\u201d she explains. \u201cI don\u2019t think mathcore really talks about that, but I\u2019m trying to do it in a very goofy way, which I think you\u2019ll see once my lyrics actually come out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beautiful thing about mathcore is you can have really joyous parts, but then you have really, really heavy, disturbing parts,\u201d Serrano-Urroz continues. \u201cI think that dynamic is very absurd, and the writing in itself has to follow that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plans are in place to record a proper demo or EP this summer, along with booking more shows, but until then, the only way to hear what Beneath The Leaves is all about is catching them this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to perform for the people and give them the show they need,\u201d Gonzales says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited just to go crazy,\u201d Serrano-Urroz adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have a pretty unique sound when we go out,\u201d McCall concludes. \u201cI\u2019m excited to add that to our scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Blood on the Land Fest, 2 p.m. Saturday, June 27, D3 Arts, 3632 Morrison Road. Tickets are $25 at the door. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.westword.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath The Leaves is ready for its live debut this weekend. Courtesy Beneath The Leaves Beneath The Leaves is a band so new they don\u2019t even have a proper picture together yet. 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