Tool performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 6, 2023. SACRAMENTO — Business picked up substantially at Discovery Park for the sold-out second day of Aftershock Festival. The crowds were bigger, the acts’ productions were more ambitious—and the sweltering heat had no intention of leaving.…

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Underoath performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2022. Gary Chancer/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Underoath brought a no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners attitude to its Friday set at the Warfield. The Florida rockers led a megabill of punk, metalcore and hard rock that took on the flavor of an…