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Thu Aug 6
8 pm
Saviours and Sourvein at 3 Kings Tavern
Rescuing heavy metal from the back rooms of American sports bars and putting it in the earbuds of indie-rockers has earned bands like Mastodon, The Sword, and Oakland’s Saviours the backhanded sobriquet “hipster metal.” Still, that’s hardly a fair assessment of the group’s sound, which crams black-tarred gobs of Venom and St. Vitus into a frenzied, buzzing, welt-raising assault with zero irony. Last year’s sophomore effort for Kemado, Into Abaddon, is every bit as punishing as fellow thrash-revivalist outfit Sourvein, which embraces riffs as thick and oozy as the devil’s pot brownies, but also zombie-shriek vocals and glowering static that push the band right to the edge of demoralization.
3 Kings Tavern 60 South Broadway, Denver/Boulder, CO
Rescuing heavy metal from the back rooms of American sports bars and putting it in the earbuds of indie-rockers has earned bands like Mastodon, The Sword, and Oakland’s Saviours the backhanded sobriquet “hipster metal.” Still, that’s hardly a fair assessment of the group’s sound, which crams black-tarred gobs of Venom and St. Vitus into a frenzied, buzzing, welt-raising assault with zero irony. Last year’s sophomore effort for Kemado, Into Abaddon, is every bit as punishing as fellow thrash-revivalist outfit Sourvein, which embraces riffs as thick and oozy as the devil’s pot brownies, but also zombie-shriek vocals and glowering static that push the band right to the edge of demoralization.
Updated 11/21/2011
