THANTIFAXATH with SUNLESS and The Weir
Where: Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club
109 7 Avenue S.W Calgary
http://thepalomino.ca/
18+ with government issued identification
When: Friday October 20, 2023
Doors: 8:00pm
Admission: $15.00 advance at www.showpass.com
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
THANTIFAXATH (Toronto)
Thantifaxath’s second full-length Hive Mind Narcosis is not only a giant leap for the band, but also for contemporary extreme metal as a whole. From its very first notes, there is a feeling of transcendence beyond genre… beyond its scene and peers.
Previously dubbed avant-garde black metal, Thantifaxath surpasses such mundane press-tags, instead conjuring forth an expansive, discordant, and mind-altering brew that’s never just black, thrash, death, or doom metal psychedelia.
Recorded entirely in-house by the band, Thantifaxath have tailored their sound to crushing perfection – a production so immense the listener daren’t move until the bitter end. Just like its music, Hive Mind Narcosis is a lyrical blend of two mutually conflicting ideals: “The album has two levels working in dichotomy with one another. On one level there is a strong resistance to something, and on the other there is a total acceptance of that same thing. Beyond that, we leave it open to your interpretation.”
In every truly pioneering band’s career there is a moment when they set themselves apart from the pack and become an island. For Thantifaxath, Hive Mind Narcosis is that album. – https://www.darkdescentrecords.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thantifaxath_/
https://www.facebook.com/ThantifaxathOfficial
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-white-noise
SUNLESS (Minneapolis)
Part two of a trilogy, Ylem builds upon the concept and lyrical theme of the band’s independently released debut album, Urraca, by reinforcing the mysticism of the previous album while exploring new themes of displacement, fear, wonder, and transcendence. With the addition of a new drummer and an evolving approach to songwriting, SUNLESS further develops their signature sound with increasingly diverse, dense, and technical offerings. Best consumed whole, the experience of Ylem is as harrowing as it is satisfying, one rife with dissonant melodies and complex rhythmic structures, certain to leave an indelible mark on the listener’s psyche. – https://www.willowtip.com/
https://sunlessband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sunlessband
https://www.instagram.com/sunlessband/
The Weir
The Weir offers a big ol’ slab of sonic sludge from the town down by the Bow. If you like your metal not just heavy but almost immovable, this veteran quartet drops epic masses of dark-doom molasses that any head would love to trudge through. The payoff is in the power of the push, when you finally make a little headway and hear the richness and rawness of what’s inside. – https://www.sledisland.com/2023/the-weir
https://theweir.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/theweir_doom/
*This event takes place on the territory of the Blackfoot and the people of Treaty 7 Region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikuni, the Kainai, the Tsuu T’ina and the Stoney Nakoda First Nations. Calgary is also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region III.
NO JERK POLICY ALWAYS IN EFFECT!!
