Two Saturdays In LA, Two Weeks Apart
Winter 2027 is filling up fast, and two of these three tours land in Los Angeles on back-to-back Saturdays, two weeks apart. This batch runs from progressive metal to Cascadian black metal to melodic death metalcore, and I already know which show I’m clearing my calendar for.
TesseracT — North America 2027
with Entheos · Sunborn
TesseracT is one of the best progressive metal bands of the last 15 years, and they put on an incredible live show. Their last full album cycle was 2023’s War of Being, and they went back out behind Devin Townsend in 2025, so this headline run has me wondering if a new album cycle is close. That’s a hunch, not an announcement. Either way, I’ll be at The Belasco on January 23.
- 01/07 — New York, NY — Irving Plaza
- 01/08 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club
- 01/09 — Montreal, QC — Beanfield Theatre
- 01/10 — Toronto, ON — Concert Hall
- 01/12 — Baltimore, MD — Baltimore Soundstage
- 01/13 — Charlotte, NC — The Underground
- 01/15 — Atlanta, GA — Buckhead Theatre
- 01/16 — Orlando, FL — Beacham
- 01/18 — Houston, TX — House of Blues
- 01/19 — Dallas, TX — Echo
- 01/20 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theatre
- 01/22 — Phoenix, AZ — Nile Theater
- 01/23 — Los Angeles, CA — The Belasco
- 01/24 — San Francisco, CA — The Fillmore
- 01/26 — Portland, OR — Roseland Theater
- 01/27 — Seattle, WA — Neptune
- 01/29 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Depot
- 01/31 — Denver, CO — Summit Music Hall
Wolves In The Throne Room — 2027 North American Tour (Relapse)
with Stygian Bough · Spirit Possession
I’m less familiar with Wolves In The Throne Room than I should be, so here’s the pitch as I understand it. The Olympia, Washington band has been the standard bearer for American black metal’s Cascadian wing for two decades, known for analog recording and a very hands-on approach. This run supports Estuary, their eighth album, out October 23 on Relapse. It’s six songs, recorded in their own Owl Lodge studio and at The Unknown in Anacortes, and the concept is set 1,000 years after civilization collapses. “Ghosts Among the Obelisks” is the first single. The LA stop is Saturday, February 6 at The Regent, with tickets on sale Friday, October 9 at 10am.
- 01/12 — Vancouver, BC — Rickshaw Theatre
- 01/14 — Salt Lake City, UT — Metro Music Hall
- 01/15 — Denver, CO — Fire In The Mountains at The Stanley Hotel (no support)
- 01/16 — Wichita, KS — WAVE
- 01/17 — Omaha, NE — The Slowdown
- 01/18 — Minneapolis, MN — Fine Line Music Cafe
- 01/19 — Chicago, IL — The Metro
- 01/20 — Cleveland, OH — TBA
- 01/22 — Toronto, ON — The Opera House
- 01/23 — Montreal, QC — Foufounes Electrique
- 01/24 — Boston, MA — Brighton Music Hall
- 01/25 — Philadelphia, PA — Underground Arts
- 01/26 — Brooklyn, NY — The Monarch
- 01/27 — Towson, MD — The Recher
- 01/29 — Asheville, NC — Eulogy
- 01/30 — Atlanta, GA — Variety Playhouse
- 01/31 — Baton Rouge, LA — Chelsea’s Live
- 02/02 — Dallas, TX — Trees
- 02/03 — Austin, TX — Come And Take It Live
- 02/05 — Phoenix, AZ — Nile Theater
- 02/06 — Los Angeles, CA — The Regent
- 02/07 — San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall
- 02/09 — Portland, OR — Wonder Ballroom
- 02/10 — Seattle, WA — Neumos
Darkest Hour — Suffer Divine Tour (MNRK Heavy)
with Judiciary · Kill Chain (Toronto, Montreal) · Nehemiah and Justifications (final five)
Darkest Hour formed in the Washington, D.C. area in 1995, and Suffer Divine, out October 30, is their eleventh album and their first since 2017’s Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora. Mark Lewis produced it, the guy behind records from Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Murder and Cannibal Corpse. John Henry says the title track goes after anyone pushing hatred and division. There’s no California date on this December run, but they’re also opening for Fear Factory on a November leg that ends with two nights at the Whisky a Go Go in LA, November 28 and 29.
- 12/01 — Austin, TX — Come And Take It Live
- 12/02 — Dallas, TX — Trees
- 12/03 — Lawrence, KS — Bottleneck
- 12/04 — Chicago, IL — Reggies Rock Club
- 12/05 — Pontiac, MI — Pike Room
- 12/06 — Pittsburgh, PA — Preserving Underground
- 12/07 — Toronto, ON — Lee’s Palace
- 12/08 — Montreal, QC — Foufounes
- 12/09 — Albany, NY — Empire Underground
- 12/10 — Worcester, MA — The Palladium (Upstairs)
- 12/11 — Brooklyn, NY — Saint Vitus
- 12/12 — Millersville, PA — Phantom Power
- 12/13 — Washington, DC — Atlantis
Two LA Saturdays, January 23 and February 6. I’ll be at the first one.