CROWBAR @ THE MARQUIS THEATER 4/14/12 DENVER-CO

“Nowhere to turn, there’s growth in pain I feel it, I pray to Satan it’s not too late for me, hard to believe on man could lose to such, All that I’ve lost can never be conceived, I have failed”

Crowbar are a heavy, aggressive, brutal and crusing sludge metal band from New Orleans. Formed by Kirk Windstein in the late 80’s, they mix doom, sludge and hardcore to create “Doomcore” full of ton-heavy riffs, eerie dark lyrics and glacier moving basslines. They’ve released several albums through the years like “Time Heals Nothing” “Obedience Thru Suffering” and “Crowbar” oppressive, bleak albums full of sadness, isolation an anger.

Also playing – Prong – industrial metal band from NYC who are touring behind their excellent new album “Carved Into Stone,” Witchburn – southern metal from Seattle and Royal Talons – psychedelic doom metal from Boulder.

DENVER DOOM FESTIVAL @ THE LARIMER LOUNGE 12/03/11 DENVER-CO

“And so in the sky shines the electric eye, supernatural king takes earth under his wing, Heaven’s golden chorus sings, Hell’s angels flap their wings, Evil souls fall to Hell, ever trapped in burning cells”

As the gloom and darkness of winter sets in the Mile Hi City, come and celebrate an evening at The Denver Doom Festival; full of slower tempos, low tuned guitars, despair, psychedelia, thick and heavy walls of sound and pure impending doom! Here are the local bands playing:

Velnias – blackened/folk/doom metal, Royal Talons – doom metal, The Flight Of Sleipnir – stoner/doom/folk metal, Low Gravity – stoner metal, In The Company Of Serpents – doom metal, The Xiphoid Process – death metal, Stoic Dissention – black metal, Black Acid Devil – stoner/psych metal, Blighter – sludge/stoner/doom metal, Skully Mammoth – stoner/doom metal.

OMOTAI @ THE LARIMER LOUNGE 8/17/11 DENVER-CO

Omotai are a three piece sludge metal band from Houston, formed by Sam Waters – crushing guitar riffs, Melissa Lonchambon – heavy and powerful bass and Anthony Vallejo – inhuman pounding of drums. They’ve released “Peace Through Fear” a short but devastating, crushing and thundering album, pure gut grinding metal!

Also playing – Steel Blades Of Vengeance – speed metal from Denver and Royal Talons – Rocky Mountain doom metal.  

GHOSTS OF GLACIERS @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL 7/15/11 DENVER-CO

Ghosts Of Glaciers are a local post-metal band from Littleton, their music is full of sweeping melodies, lumbering guitar tones, textural atmospheric guitars and drums that pulsate into a dream state.

Also playing: Colorado’s stoner/psychedelic/doom/ambient/metal/rock bands – Skully Mammoth, The Daggermouth Spectacular and Royal Talons.

VAPORFEST 2011 @ CERVANTES MASTERPIECE BALLROOM 3/20/11 DENVER-CO

Death, grind, thrash and weed at the Ballroom brought to you by Silver Surfer Vaporizers, come and celebrate the herb with some of Colorado’s finest bands and some mexican, new mexican and California bands. Remember kids “smoke weed every day” and the bands are:

Cephalic Carnage – Rocky Mountain hydrogrind, Rottenness – brutal death metal from Mexico, To Violently Vomit – brutal death/grind from San Marcos, CA. Laughing Dog – grindcore from New Mexico, Satan’s Host – heavy metal from Denver, Catheter – grind punks from Denver, Legion Of Death – thrash/death metal from Denver, Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire – funeral grind from The Mile Hi, Fields Of Elysum – progressive death/grind from Santa Fe, NM. Final Blow – hardcore from Denver, Speedwolf – thrash/speed metal from Denver, Sonic Vomit – progressive grind from beautiful Pueblo, CO. Scalafrea – brutal death metal from Colorado’s toilet Commerce City, Smaug – doom metal from the Springs, Harvest The Murdered – death metal from Denver, Skinned – death metal from Fort Collins, Barnacle – instrumental metal from Denver, Cattleist – death metal from Denver, Immortal Dominion – crap metal from Fort Collins, Royal Talons – slowww doom metal from Boulder, Conspiracy Assassins – death metal from Denver, Nicaraguan Death Squad – death/grind from Denver, Nexhymn – blackened death metal from Denver, Nippleus Erectus – ex-Gwar drummer? Gamer Life – rap metal, really? and The Black – ? Zombie Hate Brigade – death metal from Denver will be playing the aftershow.