ICON OF COIL @ CASSELMAN’S 8/13/11 DENVER-CO

“Listen to them, Children of the night, What music they make.”

Come and spend a lovely evening full of powerful beats and intricate programming, pounding bass lines and dance floor mayhem at “Until Death…” Festival an EBM/industrial/synth-pop gathering in the Mile Hi City brought to you by Vendetta Music. Here are the bands playing:

Icon Of Coil – an electronic/industrial band from Norway formed by Andy LaPlegua, Sebastian Komor and Christian Lund. They have released “The Soul Is In the Software” and “Serenity Is The Devil” two albums full of driving beats, electro sounds and trance terror rhythms that are perfectly constructed for the dancefloor.

Dead Hand Projekt – industrial band from California.

The Strand – electro/industrial from Arizona.

Diverje – industrial band from New Mexico.

Cursed Chimera – electro/industrial from California.

Kontrolled Demolition – industrial band from Denver.

Super Stereo – electro-pop from Arizona.

GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT @ THE LARIMER LOUNGE 8/13/11 DENVER-CO

A full audio visual show with impressive lighting arrangements, raw but beautiful ethereal noises and fast paced drums, progressive and textural space rock are what God Is An Astronaut shows are about. Formed in Ireland in 2002, they have released several ambient space rock albums like “The End of The Beginning” and “All Is Violent, All Is Bright.”

Also playing: Adai – atmospheric sludge from Denver.

KMFDM @ THE SUMMIT MUSIC HALL 8/10/11 DENVER-CO

Since 1984, ultra heavy beat, Don’t Blow Your Top, distorted melodic vocals, UAIOE, synth-bass bombs, Naive, blazing female choruses, Money, monstrous distortion, Angst, aggressive riffs and synth patterns = Killer Music For Different Minds.

“Bow down and worship the true creator, Musik ist macht, eine ausgesprochene, Verbindung von Schlau und Dunn.”

Also playing: Army Of The Universe – industrial rock from L.A. 16 Volt – early-90’s industrial rock band and Human Factors Lab – industrial rock from Florida.

MOUNT CAIRN @ THE MARQUIS THEATER 8/06/11 DENVER-CO

Satan, corpse paint and extreme metal, what better way to spend a summer night in the Mile Hi City, here are the bands playing: Mount Cairn – black metal, Vision Of Mara – black metal, Suns Of Sorath – blackened death metal, Stonehaven – black metal from Kansas and Kastigation – blackened death metal. Hail Satan!

TOTIMOSHI @ 3 KINGS TAVERN 8/06/11 DENVER-CO

Totimoshi are a metal/punk band with psychedelic/stoner rock and heavy blues-jam influence. Formed in California in the mid-90’s, the band has a hispanic imagery and flair, they are led by Tony Aguilar on vocals and guitar, Meg Castellanos on bass and Chris Fugitt on drums.

Also playing: Holley 750 – grimmie punk rock from Denver and Self Service – local hardcore punk.

SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL 8/02/11 DENVER-CO

“I hear screams, echoes of the dead, In the silence – screaming, Haunted by the dead, listen, They’re calling me to join them, Rotting away, I’m decomposing, Rotting inside, Slow decay”

The Summer Slaughter tour will be in The Mile Hi City with it’s annual caravan of extreme metal bands, some of them really good and some that are not, here is the lineup:

Six Feet Under – death metal from Tampa led by the deep growl of Chris Barnes. “Haunted” and “Warpath” two of their best albums, extreme, sick and malevolent.

Dying Fetus – brutal and morose death metal from Maryland, “Purification Through Violence” is their first album, an extreme, ferocious assault of gutteral vocals, blasting drums and relentless riffs.

The Black Dahlia Murder – death metal from Michigan.

Darkest Hour – melodic death metal from Washington.

Fleshgod Apocalypse – Italian technical death metal.

The rest of the bands are “Deathcore” hope they have their name on the background so you can tell the difference, Whitechapel, Oceano, As Blood Runs Black and a joke of a band Powerglove which ain’t deathcore, but pure garbage.

TORCHE @ THE BLUEBIRD THEATER 7/31/11 DENVER-CO

Torche is stoner/sludge metal band from Miami that formed in 2004 by Steve Brooks. They have released “Meanderthal” and “Torche” two albums full of stoner, doom-like song structures, downtuned riffs and punk metal melodies, an overall heavy crushing sound.

Also playing: Big Business – stoner/sludge metal from Seattle, part of the Melvins, aggressive,melodic and progressive with superb drumming. Helms Alee – a three piece psychedelic/melodic rock band from Seattle with slow heavy grooves and male/female vocals.

SPEEDWOLF @ 3 KINGS TAVERN 7/28/11 DENVER-CO

“And old, grey-maned King am I, Barking my gruff orders under Orion’s sky, And, beneath my throne of dew and stone, My people, all sinew and bone, Flashing fangs and eyes of smold’ring coals, Haunched on brawny hinds they do attend me.”  Francisco de Borja Roca.

Come and witness the devastating power of Speedwolf, a local thrash/speed metal band. Also playing: Black Acid Devil – psych/stoner metal from Boulder, Potato Pirates – punk rockers from Denver and Disease Called Human – thrash punks from Denver.

LEFT ALONE @ THE LION’S LAIR 7/28/11 DENVER-CO

Left Alone are a punk band from California that formed in the mid-90’s by Elvis Cortez, they have a ska and cowpunk influence in their sound and they sing in english and spanish.

Also playing: The Howlers – psycho punks from S.G.V. California, The Bad Engrish – Oi! punks from Denver and Synthetic Elements – Mile Hi ska punks.

RINGWORM @ BLAST-O-MAT 7/22/11 DENVER-CO

Ringworm are a hardcore thrash metal band from Cleveland that formed in the early 90’s. They released “Birth Is Pain” in 2001, pure destructive, ferocious hardcore metal, they’ve toured the world putting on brutal and punishing live shows, capable of evoking genuine rage.

Also playing: Two Mile Hi hardcore bands – Bankrobber and Final Blow, punk metal from Wyoming – 666 Pack and hardcore from New Mexico – Dead Hours.