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Hardcore Band Takes This Aftershock Festival Mosh Pit From Benign To Brawling in a Matter of Seconds

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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If you’ve never caught a Drain show, you have got to rectify that as soon as possible. The Santa Cruz hardcore punk band just lays waste to every stage and crowd they encounter. Recently, Aftershock Festival attendees found this out when the band took the most pit from a benign saunter right into an epic brawl in just a matter of seconds.

A clip of the band’s set made its way onto social media, showing just a portion of their performance at the 2026 Aftershock fest in Sacramento, CA on Oct. 3. In it, frontman Sammy Ciaramitaro counts down to a wall of death run, which results in two sides of the mosh pit just hauling a** at one another and—to quote the great philosopher Waka Flocka Flame—”go hard in the motherf**kin’ paint”.

Things got WILD in the pit 😳🔥 Fans went head-to-head during a mosh pit at Aftershock Festival in Sacramento!🤘#916 #sacramento pic.twitter.com/cHjyOKf8zK— 916 Today (@916today) October 7, 2026

Things got WILD in the pit 😳🔥 Fans went head-to-head........

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