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Philadelphia extreme wrestling-themed metal band packs a punch leaving revelers covered in blood, scars & wooden stakes
Photos from their first concert in almost a decade capture the violence
A FAMOUSLY ferocious and "ultra-violent" metal group has made its long-awaited comeback — and it was nothing short of a bloodbath.
Eat the Turnbuckle returned to the stage for the first time since 2016 on Thursday, leaving themselves black and blue as they were beaten, stoked and impaled with deadly weapons.
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Exclusive pictures captured by The U.S. Sun show the wrestling-themed music group at Wrestlemania in Philadelphia, taking part in the final night of the Battle Royal Bloodbath.
Shocking images show hulking members of the band joined by deathmatch professional wrestlers as they were thumped with bizarre deadly instruments including a baseball bat with a saw installed at the tip.
Audience members were sprayed with blood as one topless wrestler, Necrobutcher, took a florescent light bulb to the face.
Heavy metal music rang out as another stood open-mouthed with around eight wooden stokes impaled into his forehead.
In another moment of terror, wrestler Terrex could be seen obediently kneeling as he was crushed with a chair from above.
Concertgoers were warned to "expect a pit full of the MOST insane, current, independent death match wrestlers," according to the advertisement for the weekend event held at the Underground Arts center.
Other acts playing at the event included Ringworm, Antiseen, Fang, and Ground.
It comes as band members Captain Hook, Chubb Rock, El-Shak-O, Jag-13, and Beer Dust get set to star in a documentary about their rise to stardom and decision years ago to take a step back.
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In the lead-up to the release of the film, Stabbed in the Face, the group released their first track in years entitled, The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be.
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They agreed the April 4 performance would be their last.
Eat the Turnbuckle says its group is in the hodge-podge genre of "Ultra-Violent Death Match Rock & Roll."
In wrestling, a death match is defined as "a type of wrestling match in which dangerous objects such as nail-studded props, glass, and barbed wire are allowed in a graphically brutal and bloody spectacle."
They pair hardcore metal and rock & roll music with wrestling moves and mosh pits to create a uniquely violent experience.
And fans around the world seem to love it.
Thousands of people showed up to Eat the Turnbuckle's concerts across Europe in 2015 and 2016, enough for the politicians in some countries to grow concerned.
And some fans already shared their satisfaction with the 2024 show too.
"Eattheturnbuckle sold out. Tonight gonna be BONKERS," one person on X.
"At the turnbuckle was f***ing CRAZY," another user .
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The self-proclaimed “Ultra-Violent Death Match Rock & Roll” group made headlines in 2015 after a Scottish politician shut down one of their concerts in Glasgow due to the expected bloodshed.
The music group was known for its shows turning into messy mosh pits where attendants were expecting — if not hoping — to walk out covered in blood.
But the group seemed to suddenly disappear from the limelight in 2016, at the peak of their fame.
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The carnage was often part of their shows — in addition to moshing and wrestling each other, they pick out members of their audience to participate in the fun.
"A lot of blood was spilled and it climaxed with them laying a door across two chairs, covering it in thumbtacks, picking up a pre-warned preppy-looking kid from the audience and throwing him through it," according to a written by Vice at the time.
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