[ATTENDED: November 2, 2025] Agriculture
I had never heard of Agriculture, but I knew that Boris’ opening bands could be pretty intense. And that was the case here. They call their music ecstatic black metal and that description, while slightly vague, is really spot on. There is screaming and growling, speed and heaviness but also a lot of brightness and beauty.
They came out with an absolute blast of noise–screaming guitars slamming drums and after a minute, guttural growls. It was intense and a bit overwhelming.
And then imagine when two minutes in, the song shifted to a simply strummed and quietly sung section (that still had super fast drumming). The quiet music remained but the growling guttural vocals continued. And then back to the melodic part again.
I was standing in front of singer Dan Meyer who had a big beard and did a full body stomp each time the song was about to kick in. (more…)
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