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Wake the Beast is a Sacramento heavy-metal trio fronted by local music veteran Sammy Karlin (vocals), with Christin Harlin on drums and Larry Micallef on bass. The band channels the traditional feel of 1980s and '90s heavy metal with a modern impact, is signed to indie label AshTone Records, and has released a three-song EP while finishing a sophomore release in the studio. Karlin has played the Aftershock festival twice (including as the first band in the festival's first year), and the group regularly performs Sacramento-area rooms such as The Boardwalk in Orangevale.
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