BELPHEGOR @ THE GOTHIC THEATER 5/16/11 ENGLEWOOD-CO

Come out and enjoy an evening of ritualistic black magic, blast beats, symphonic overtones with blackened understructures, darkly melodic speed riffs and well crafted black/death/thrash anthems from extreme metal bands from around the world. And the bands are:

Belphegor – Blood soaked death metal brutality and black metal ambiance from Austria.They are touring in support of “Blood Magick Necromance” an excellent extreme album.

Hate – Death metal from Poland.

Keep Of Kalessin – Blackened death metal from Norway.

Neuraxis – Technical death metal from Canada.

Bonded By Blood – Thrash metal from California.

Sepultura – Not the real one, this is more like a cover band of the best metal band ever, change your name please.

BAD MANNERS @ THE MARQUIS THEATER 5/15/11 DENVER-CO

Bad Manners are a 2 tone ska band from London England. Formed in the late 70’s by the raped ape and only original member frontman Buster Bloodvessel, they became one of the biggest bands in the early 80’s ska revival in the UK. They broke up once in the late 80’s, but they became road dogs and have played around the world many times causing havoc with their onstage antics.

Also playing: Two of Denver’s ska-punk bands – The Namesakes and Ska Skank Redemption.

MILE HIGH METAL FEST 2011 @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL 5/13/11 DENVER-CO

“Nuclear warfare, create, desolate, lives that are gone, no trust in fate, Havok arise, death to us all, the end is here, answer death’s sweet call.” Come out and celebrate Friday the 13th with some of Colorado’s best metal bands, here is the line-up:

Havok – Pure thrash from Denver, just released the excellent album “Time Is Up.”

Allegaeon – Technical death metal from Fort Collins.

Arcanium – Industrial metal from Loveland.

Vale Of Pnath – Technical death metal from Denver.

Cryogen – Death metal from Denver.

The Metal Band Crow – Metal (duh!) from Fort Collins.

The Combustion Mechanism – Death metal from Littleton. 

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HOLY GRAIL @ THE HI-DIVE 5/10/11 DENVER-CO

Holy Grail are a NWOBHM band from California, they are extremely aggressive with auditorially pleasing melodies. Pure Heavy Fucking Metal!

DESTRUCTION @ THE ORIENTAL THEATER 5/03/11 DENVER-CO

Destruction are a legendary German thrash metal band formed in the early 80’s. They just released “Day Of Reckoning” an aggressive thrash attack of blastbeats, ripping riffs and screaming solos. Thrash till death!

Also playing: Heathen – thrash/speed metal from the Bay Area, Warbeast – thrash from Texas, Zombie Hate Brigade – death metal from Littleton, Speedwolf – speed metal from Denver and N’daaz – indian doom metal from Denver.

DANZIG @ THE BOULDER THEATER 5/03/11 BOULDER-CO

“I wanna be your misery, I wanna be the world you fear, I wanna be your emptiness, I wanna be the god who kills, I wanna be the christ who dies, Upon the fires of infamy, Can’t you see it, Can’t you feel it, Until you call on the dark.”

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY @ THE GOTHIC THEATER 5/02/11 ENGLEWOOD-CO

Cavalera Conspiracy are a thrash metal band with grinding punk rhythms and hardcore angst formed by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera. They just release the excellent second album “Blunt Force Trauma,” pure thrash chaos, violent and brutal bashing with straight tribal groves that leave a path of chaos and carnage. If you want a real Sepultura reunion this is it, you won’t get one from that other band using that name, the brothers are an always will be Sepultura, pure tribal thrash!

Also playing: Lazarus A.D. – thrash metal from Wisconsin and Kill Syndicate – thrash/death metal from Denver.

MOGWAI @ BLUEBIRD THEATER 5/02/11 DENVER-CO

Mogwai are a distortion heavy, slow and quiet textural ambient rock band from Scotland. Formed in 1995, they are mostly an instrumental band, Mogwai’s shows are hypnotically absorbing; a relentless wall of sound. They are silhouettes against a wall of strobes and smoke, they don’t sing but their eyes and instruments speak a thousand words.

Also playing: Errors – an electronic, experimental indie band from Scotland, discovered and sign by Mogwai.

THREE BAD JACKS @ THE ORIENTAL THEATER 4/29/11 DENVER-CO

“A night of toe-tapping tempos, pluckin’ thick bass strings, b-movies, melodic surf guitar riffs, horror movies and Elvis “Fucking Christ.” Three Bad Jacks were formed in the late 90’s in L.A. with genuine roots in rock and roll and unearthly soul, parts rockabilly, parts punk, pure psychobilly.

Also playing: The Atomic Drifters – countrybilly from Littleton and Nitrobillies – rock o’ psychobilly from Denver.

“THE HYPERSLEEP DIALOGUE TREK” @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL 4/27/11 DENVER-CO

“Complex compositional structures, pinched harmonics, odd time signatures, fast alternate picking and intricate instrumental playing with some death metal, thrash and jazz fusion,” is what to expect from this bands:

The Ocean – progressive/experimental metal from Germany, their live performance is an experience very orchestral, dense and epic.

Between The Buried And Me – progressive/experimental metal from North Carolina, they incorporate thrash, alt-rock and acoustic passages in their sound.

Job For A Cowboy – death metal from Arizona, a brutal and violent act.

Cephalic Carnage – Denver’s favorite weed infused experimental grindcore band.