Brutal death n’ roll is what Black Breath are described as. Coming out of Seattle, WA. this punk/metal band deliver us some evil with their latest lp “Heavy Breathing.” Signed to Southern Lord Records they should not dissapoint just like all the other bands in the roster.
Also playing: Coalesce – hardcore punk out of Kansas City, MO. and Touche Amore – hardcore punk out of L.A.
Hardcore punks, EARTH CRISIS, from Syracuse, NY, will be at the Marquis bringing their veganism/straight-edge/animal right activism dogma to the masses. They are the creators of two of the best hardcore albums “All Out War” and “Gomorrah’s Season Ends.”
Also playing: FIRST BLOOD – hardcore from San Francisco, California and THICK AS BLOOD – hardcore from Viper City, Florida. Oh, and the headliners WHITECHAPEL – “deathcore?” from Knoxville, TN.
Controversial death metal band, Cannibal Corpse, will be at the Gothic to film their show for a live DVD. They are the creators of such horror based masterpieces, “Butchered at Birth,” Tomb of the Mutilated” and “Kill.”
Also playing: 1349 – Norwegian black metal; Skeletonwitch– thrash/black metal from Athens, Ohio; and Lecherous Nocturne – death/black metal from South Carolina.
TWILIGHT – “Monument To Time End.” The best black metal album ever recorded. Twilight (shit for name,) is and always will be Blake Judd (Nachtmystium), Jef Whitehead (Leviathan) and Neil Jameson (Krieg). This time the other band members are Aaron Turner (Isis), Sanford Parker (Minsk), Stavros Giannopoulos (The Atlas Moth) and Robert Lowe (Lichens). They are evil sounding and very heavy – epic at times. Aaron Turner’s progressive style has been a very big influence bringing massive riffs, shoe-gazing psychedelia, and sinister atmosphere. To sum it up, it is a fusion of the dreamlike sounds of post-rock and the evil apocalyptic power of black metal. All Hail The Dark Lord!
REVOLTING COCKS – “Got Cock?” The bastard lovechild of Al Jourgensen is back with more industrial metal.
MONO – “Holy Ground: NYC Live.” Japanese instrumental post-rockers live with the 24 Wordless Member Orchestra. A classical/post-rock hybrid, cinematic music.
1349 – “Demonoir.” Norwegian black metal with no keyboards!
BALZAC – “The Birth of Hatred.” Japanese horror punk band, includes both albums “Hatred” and “The Birth of Evil.”
KMFDM – “Krieg.” Self-proclaimed fathers of industrial rock are back with a remix lp of last years “Blitz.”
MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT – “The Violence Beneath.” Atmospheric post-metal from Ohio.
WARBEAST – “Krush the Enemy.” Thrash/death metal from Texas.
THE ABOMINABLE IRON SLOTH – “The ID Will Overcome.” Hardcore/sludge metal from California.
UNLEASHED – “As Yggdrasil Trembles.” Veteran Swedish death metal.
THE ORDER OF APOLLYON – “The Flesh.” Black/death metal from the UK.
BLASPHEMER – “On the Inexistence of God.” Death metal from Milan, Italy.
CATHEDRAL – “The Guessing Game.” Classic British doom/stoner metal.
SICK OF IT ALL – “Based on a True Story.” Legendary NYHC band is back!
KAYO DOT – “Coyote.” Experimental metal from NY.
CHILD ABUSE – “Cut & Run.” NY grindcore, brutal, complex and demonic vocal fits.
OOMPH – “Truth or Dare.” German Neue Deutsche Harte band.
COATHANGER ABORTION – “Dying Breed.” Death metal/grindcore from Tennessee.
TARD – “Disgorging Guttural Regurgitations.” Canadian brutal death metal.
ATROCIOUS ABNORMALITY – “Echos of the Rotting.” Brutal death metal from North Carolina.
COFFINWORM – “When All Became None.” Doom/black metal from Indianapolis.
LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS – “Agri-dustrial.” Hillbilly southern gothic punk rock blues.
LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR – “Evil Power.” Thrash/sludge/doom metal from Chicago.
:WUMPSCUT – “Siamese.” Rudolf Ratzinger’s industrial/darkwave/ebm music project from Bavaria, Germany.
X-MARKS THE PEDWALK – “Inner Zone Journey.” Sevren Ni-Arb’s influential industrial/ebm project from Germany.
NEGURA BUNGET – “Virstele Pamantului.” Romanian black metal.
BISON B.C. – “Dark Ages.” Stoner metal from Vancouver, B.C.
THE OCEAN – “Heliocentric.” Experimental metal band from Germany, self-described sound “ambient soundtrack doomrock.”
WOE OF TYRANTS – “Threnody.” Progressive death metal from Ohio.
Friday April 30th: IS, Raven Chacon, Fatale, Nuss, Bob Bellerue, 100 Pieces, In The Age of Terminal Static, Alchemical Burn, Architects Office, Encomiast, Princess Army Wedding Combat, Androphobia, Novasak, Nervesandgel, Jane Da Pain, VIA, DRK, Kyle Smith, Tarrustbleedingskindirtskygasoline, Unbridled Sonic Anarchy.
Saturday May 1st: Crank Sturgeon, No Fun Acid, Nookleptia, Sonic Disorder, Charles Rice Goff lll, AODL, Pop Culture Rape Victim, Armenia, Kilt, Syphilis Sauna, Pulsating Cyst, Shelf Life, Alan George Ledergerber, Warning Broken Machine, Sensible Nectar, Zombie Bite, Halluciphile, Sterile Garden, Page 27, Wolf SS, Blackcell, Spellcaster, Andrew Lindstrom, Zach Bauer, Married In Berdichev, Isaac Linder.
More to come.
L.A.’s experimental/post-rock/instrumental band, Red Sparowes, will be at the Larimer Lounge supporting their latest release “The Fear is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer.” Lead by Bryant Clifford Meyer, of Isis on guitar and Greg Burns of Halifax Pier, on pedal steel guitar/bass, they play symphonic cinema pieces.
Also playing: Caspian – instrumental/post-rock from Massachusetts and Fang Island progressive/indie rock out of Brooklyn, NY.
“A formulated ritual of diverse blasphemy to be played as a requiem for your suicide. An uplifting revenge in the battle for your loss of words to prove any God is at fault for our existence.” This is how blackened/death metal band, Goatwhore from New Orleans, describe their sound. All hail Satan! Also playing: Malakai – metal band from Colorado Springs and IAMTHESHOTGUN – death metal band from Denver. Mile High Brutality!
Local band Cryogen will be playing their death/thrash metal at the Larimer Lounge. Also playing: Esoparthe – post metal local band and Tree Bites Man – instrumental metal local band, very atmospheric. Their first show at a club.
Loud, aggressive and raw are the words to describe a High On Fire show. Celebrate 420 with these stoners from Oakland, CA, they are in Colorado to support their latest album, “Snakes For The Divine.” This is High On Fire’s most focused and driven album yet, it creates an epic, hypnotic and deeply psychedelic vibe. It’s played at near punk speed with a mix of their signature sludge – this is metal at its finest.
Also playing: Priestess – hard rock/metal band from Montreal, Canada, very good live. Black Cobra – sludge/stoner metal from San Francisco, CA.. And Bison B.C. – heavy/sludge metal from Vancouver, B.C.. Don’t forget to bring your weed.
Cattle Decapitation – death/grindcore/vegan metal from San Diego, CA.. Also playing: Gaza – SLC Grime/Hardcore metal. Two of Colorado’s best metal bands will be opening, Scalafrea – brutal death metal from the slums of Commerce City and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire – death/grindcore metal from Denver.
