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"Cathartic and blissful avant-garde black metal transcendence through 21st century chamber minimalism and sacred glitch. The grandest statement in metal since …….? Last chance for atmoblack self-actualisation FFO: Ulver, Dødheimsgard, Deafheaven, Lingua Ignota, Castlevania OST, Arvo Pärt."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Saturday 24th August. The event starts at 19:00.
Liturgy • www.liturgy.bandcamp.com
Silver Waves • www.instagram.com/ssilverwavess
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Liturgy is the project of Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, whose yearning, energetic “transcendental black metal” exists in the space between metal, art music and sacred ritual. Its current lineup includes Mario Miron (guitar), Tia Vincent-Clark (bass) and Leo Didkovsky (drums). Celebrated for their fusion of sincere emotion, compositional complexity, stylistic daring and intense live energy, the band is simultaneously a medium and platform for drama and theology. It was founded in the context of Brooklyn DIY as a solo project by Hunt-Hendrix in 2005 while she was studying philosophy and classical composition at Columbia. In 2009 Hunt-Hendrix stimulated fervent conversation in the music world with her text “Transcendental Black Metal”, and after expanding to a quartet they made waves globally with their 2011 sophomore album Aesthethica for fusing black metal with math rock and infusing the form with a counterintuitively loving, emotional energy. Their ambitious 2015 album The Ark Work was controversial for its incorporation of IDM and trap production into their musical language. In fall 2019 they solidified this sound world with their highly acclaimed fourth studio album H.A.Q.Q., which is tied to an ongoing philosophical YouTube lecture series. Their fifth studio album, an opera entitled Origin of the Alimonies, was released in November 2020, recorded with an eight-piece chamber ensemble and performed at Roadburn festival in 2021 as the live score to an eponymous film created by Hunt-Hendrix. After a solo sculpture exhibition in 2022, the album 93696 was released in 2023 followed by an extensive world tour.
“Liturgy have always brought a proggy, sprawling ambition to their music, but rarely have all the pieces locked into place so elegantly. 93696 can be pulverizing, but it’s also gentle, and amid the brutality lie some of Hunt-Hendrix’s prettiest and most ornate songs yet… Listening to [Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix’s] band in full command of its sound, weaving between passages of chaotic release and delicate beauty, it sounds as if Liturgy have finally found some kind of promised land.” - Pitchfork
"the ambition and creative aesthetics that Hendrix brings to the table through Liturgy continue to be something to behold" - The Needle Drop
“One of the year's most unique and inspiring metal releases.” - Exclaim, best albums of 2023
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14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by a 21+ adult, 1:1 ratio)
Presented by DM Generation.
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DM events • www.linktr.ee/dm.online
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
Silver Waves • www.instagram.com/ssilverwavess
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Liturgy is the project of Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, whose yearning, energetic “transcendental black metal” exists in the space between metal, art music and sacred ritual. Its current lineup includes Mario Miron (guitar), Tia Vincent-Clark (bass) and Leo Didkovsky (drums). Celebrated for their fusion of sincere emotion, compositional complexity, stylistic daring and intense live energy, the band is simultaneously a medium and platform for drama and theology. It was founded in the context of Brooklyn DIY as a solo project by Hunt-Hendrix in 2005 while she was studying philosophy and classical composition at Columbia. In 2009 Hunt-Hendrix stimulated fervent conversation in the music world with her text “Transcendental Black Metal”, and after expanding to a quartet they made waves globally with their 2011 sophomore album Aesthethica for fusing black metal with math rock and infusing the form with a counterintuitively loving, emotional energy. Their ambitious 2015 album The Ark Work was controversial for its incorporation of IDM and trap production into their musical language. In fall 2019 they solidified this sound world with their highly acclaimed fourth studio album H.A.Q.Q., which is tied to an ongoing philosophical YouTube lecture series. Their fifth studio album, an opera entitled Origin of the Alimonies, was released in November 2020, recorded with an eight-piece chamber ensemble and performed at Roadburn festival in 2021 as the live score to an eponymous film created by Hunt-Hendrix. After a solo sculpture exhibition in 2022, the album 93696 was released in 2023 followed by an extensive world tour.
“Liturgy have always brought a proggy, sprawling ambition to their music, but rarely have all the pieces locked into place so elegantly. 93696 can be pulverizing, but it’s also gentle, and amid the brutality lie some of Hunt-Hendrix’s prettiest and most ornate songs yet… Listening to [Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix’s] band in full command of its sound, weaving between passages of chaotic release and delicate beauty, it sounds as if Liturgy have finally found some kind of promised land.” - Pitchfork
"the ambition and creative aesthetics that Hendrix brings to the table through Liturgy continue to be something to behold" - The Needle Drop
“One of the year's most unique and inspiring metal releases.” - Exclaim, best albums of 2023
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14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by a 21+ adult, 1:1 ratio)
Presented by DM Generation.
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DM events • www.linktr.ee/dm.online
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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