Headstone Brigade has organized a jaunt to perform in Portland Oregon for the first time as a proper 4-piece. They bring their unique take on dark folk along with the mysterious and atmospheric sounds of Olympia, WA based folk trio Byssus
April 3rd – Seattle, WA – Teatro de la Psychomachia w/ Mountain Holler – ALL AGES – DONATIONS $10-$20
April 4th – Olympia, WA – Le Voyeur – w/ Stray Sod – $10-$20
April 5th – Portland, OR – Azoth – w/ Hope & Failure, Catal Huyuk – $10-$20
January 16th, 2025 – Vancouver, CA @ The Cobalt – 7PM – $23
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Lana Del Rabies
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God Is War
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Xiphoid Dementia
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Exeunt
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2024 struck me as a weird year and the music that saw the light of day mostly reflected that. Extreme metal seemed to dip into the cosmic horror aspect quite a bit while inroads were made in post-industrial, martial industrial, and pagan style rock/folk. Although my list here features several more straightforward goth/techno and post-punk/death rock releases I think many of them are quite outside more traditional genres and that’s something that I feel reflects a year that didn’t really know what it wanted to be.
So here it is: my …
Held annually on deepest Olympian soil, hosting endeavors whose roots reach back through the lineage of ritual performative arts to those ancestors who strove by drum and rattle to something starborne, Cascadian Yule gathers acts of sacral intent from along the west coast spanning the genres of folk, black metal, EDM, soundscape, dance, mythtelling, theater, and beyond—amidst feasting and the jovial reunions of distant tribes of artists, all in honor of the sun who gives all.
A new official video for the title track Victory & Defeat!