Summer Bash 2025: An Introduction to Hidden Mothers!

Whoa! That must be a misprint! There is no way on God’s green earth that Mercury’s Well managed to get Sheffield ethereal Post-Hardcore collective Hidden Mothers to play this years seventh incarnation of their annual festival that is Summer Bash! Hang on. They managed to get the likes of Bloodstock survivors Tribe Of Ghosts and Hundred Year Old Man previously so why not? Incredible! If you missed the memo, Summer Bash will be taking place at The Facebar in Reading on 26th July and find no less than 11 bands take to the red panic room stage. It’s an annual Hawaiian themed beach party with shirts, inflatables, flower necklaces…

Here’s the line up in full:

Hidden Mothers
Masquerader
Black Skull Ritual
Buds.
Tape It Shut
Turning Point
Skin Reaper
Mercury’s Well
Gutlocker
Remnant
Killswitch Enchambers (Killswitch Engage Tribute featuring former members of Kill Chambers)

What do you mean who the f*** are Hidden Mothers?! Well… they’re a Progressive Post-Hardcore band hailing from Sheffield who are signed to Church Road Records, the label home of Burner, Forlorn and Inhuman Nature to name but a few. Starting out as a five piece in 2019 the band were fronted by former Ba’al vocalist Steffan Benham and had brought to the Kings table a sound that blended Post-Black Metal, Post-Rock and Post Hardcore elements. 2020 saw the arrival of their well received self titled EP, a record which saw them wearing their collective hearts on their collective sleeves and give songs to Ripcord Records suicide awareness compilation “You Matter“, “40​,​000 Leagues Under the Sea: A Compilation for Sea Shepherd” and “Beneath, to the Earth” on For Ukraine, For Freedom. Benham would exit stage left in 2023, leaving bassist Liam Knowles, drummer Adam Kossowicz and guitarist duo Luke Scrivens and Arian Malekpour to continue as a quartet. As if to prove there is nothing like a bit of adversity to make you grow stronger, they recorded a critically acclaimed debut album “Erosion / Avulsion” in 2024 with the help of Joe Clayton (Wallowing, Leeched, Bossk) at No Studio in Manchester. A bruising, emotive listen that balances bleak darkness with crushing fury and gritty lyrical depth, it’s art in the truest sense of the word.

We’re proud confirm that Metal Noise dot Net is returning for a third consecutive year as the Media Partner for Summer Bash! Mercury’s Well will be hosting the seventh incarnation of their annual Hawaiian beach party themed event on 26th July 2025 at The Facebar in Reading.

Get your tickets -> here