THE SWAN KING, OXBLOOD, TAKEN BY THE SUN, ROLLO TOMASI

Fri. Oct. 03 – 8:00 pm – 21+ – BUY TICKETS HERE!
THE SWAN KING – listen
The Swan King, from Chicago, have a pummeling, straight-ahead approach to the Georgia sound of bands like Mastodon or Baroness.
OXBLOOD – listen
Brand new experimental post-rockers from Chicago. Let’s make beautiful music together.
TAKEN BY THE SUN
Taken By The Sun seeks to make the magnitudes of tension and relief in its sound even more prominent through its live show. Typical of post-metal genres, the music is best experienced live, where audience members can not only hear but feel and see the force of this band, and likewise feel and see the relief provided by the band’s digressions away from this forcefulness. The band members especially enjoy performing with their peers in the Chicago metal scene. It is exciting to see so many musicians expending such great effort to explore the possibilities of metal as an art form. It is this effort which defines the Chicago metal scene; it is an effort with which Taken By The Sun are proud to be involved.
ROLLO TOMASI – listen
Dynamic, aggressive post-punk. Rollo Tomasi marries heavy, minimalist guitar riffs ala Helmet and Quicksand with thick, disorted bass lines played over focused, four-on-the-floor drumming. Their tightly constructed songs are upbeat but deliberately side-step cliche melodies in favor of something much more powerful… a dense wall of sound that lures you in by force.