Emmure at Irving Plaza

Emmure formed in 2003 in New Fairfield, Connecticut, but the band now resides in Queens, New York, and has recorded five blistering albums in these 10 years. Heavy metal music does not get much more extreme than this. Call it deathcore, metalcore, grindcore or nu metal, infused with a New York hip hop attitude, at Irving Plaza tonight Emmure performed the music that teenagers blast when they want their parents to leave the house. The band's name "Emmure" is a reference to immurement, a form of execution, and so it was with its music, with the five band members channeling their angst into their performance with intense aggression. Incorporating spoken words, rap and dissonant chords, the music featured countless brutal breakdowns and crunching riffs propelled by double bass drumming. Absolutely fierce.