[DID NOT ATTEND: May 5 & 6, 2025] Napalm Death / The Melvins / Weedeater / Dark Sky Burial / Titan to Tachyons
I saw 
Napalm Death in 2022 and enjoyed the hell out of them. They were fast and furious and lead singer Barney Greenway was awesome.
I saw The Melvins in 2023 when they toured with Boris. I didn’t think I would like them for some reason, but they were fantastic live.
Even though I don’t really want to do a full night of metal anymore, this would have been a cool show to go to. However, the first night was right after I’d been out two nights already that week and the second night was the night we had tickets to see Kishi Bashi. Coincidentally, the second night was in the same venue! This show was downstairs in the huge room and our show was upstairs in the tiny venue.
For the first night, Weedeater and Dark Sky Burial opened.
I like the stoner metal sound of Weedeater but I don’t like the singer’s voice. He sounds like a demon in a movie. Weedeater have an instrumental song Wizard Fight that is pretty great though. They are a sludge/doom metal band from Wilmington, North Carolina, formed in 1998!
Dark Sky Burial have a heavy sound that’s very atmospheric–like a scary noir movie. They really surprised me by including a saxophone on the wonderfully named Decay is the Matric of Fertility. And Beware Your Subconscious Destroyer has dance beats! I didn’t realize that this is a side project of Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury. This is his outlet for experimental music and retro horror/sci fi Movie vibes.
This might have bee a really fun show actually.
Titan to Tachyons is also unknown to me. Turns out they are an experimental jazz-metal group led by New Zealand composer and guitarist Sally Gates, backed by the powerhouse rhythm section of Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), Matt Hollenberg (Cleric), and Kenny Grohowski (Imperial Triumphant). The quartet instrumentally depicts the realms of Surrealism and science-fiction through eclectic and improvisational passages, juxtaposed by fluid grooves and metallic flurries.
That sounds amazing, frankly. Well, here’s a bunch of new bands to check out.
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