Here is what you need to know about walking into Empire Underground for a mathcore show on a Wednesday night in September: you already know you are in for something that is going to rearrange your brain a little. The 500-capacity club on North Pearl Street in Albany is exactly the right size for a band like The Callous Daoboys — close enough to feel the full chaos, big enough to hold a crowd that came prepared.
About The Callous Daoboys
The Callous Daoboys are a mathcore/metalcore outfit out of Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2016, and they make music that sounds like it was built by six very smart people who refuse to agree on anything — and somehow it holds together completely. Lead vocalist Carson Pace brings synthesizers to a genre that usually runs on pure aggression. Amber Christman plays violin. In a mathcore band. That is not a quirk or a gimmick — it is core to why reviewers keep reaching for The Dillinger Escape Plan comparisons. This band carries that lineage of controlled chaos with real compositional ambition behind it.
Their third album, I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven, arrived in May 2025. It is a 57-minute record that runs through hardcore, post-hardcore, and mathcore with genuine detours into jazz, pop, and dance — and that is not marketing copy, that is the actual record. Reviewers have called it essential listening, with the consensus being that the band’s compositional control has only sharpened since their earlier work. The album frames itself as a personal artifact — lead singer Carson Pace’s snapshot of ages 24 to 27 — exploring heartbreak, anguish, and survival with the kind of specificity that makes chaotic music land emotionally.
This Albany date is one stop on the Heaven Across North America Part II tour, the fall North American leg of their broader There’s A Whole World Tour, which runs through November 2026 and includes dates across the UK, Canada, and Germany.
About Empire Underground
Empire Underground is a 500-capacity club at 93 N Pearl St in Albany’s Capital District. Doors are at 7:00 PM — this is a loaded bill, so arriving early is the move.
Support Acts
Direct support comes from Kaonashi, a Philadelphia mathcore trio formed in 2012 whose music swings between fierce introspection and full-on rage. Also on the bill: Girl of Glass (Houston deathcore, old-school myspace-revival style) and Wielded Steel (metallic hardcore). Four bands. Plan the night accordingly.
Tickets
Tickets go on sale June 12 at 10:00 AM local time. A 500-cap room with this lineup is not going to stay available — grab them below.