Volcanic Theatre Pub Presents:
Black Tusk w/ Somnuri and Horseburner
Friday, September 6th 2024
Doors @ 8PM - Show Starts @ 9PM
Presale - $20 Day of - $27
Black Tusk -
Savannah, GA's Black Tusk combine the drive of fellow Savannah residents with the thick and murky stoner sludge of . In 2005, they debuted the self-issued When Kingdoms Fall. Two years later The Fallen Kingdom followed (also self-released). They issued Passage Through Purgatory in 2008, their final self-issued title before signing to . In 2010 their label debut appeared as Taste the Sin. Bassist Jonathan Athon died in 2014, his final contributions were on 2016's Pillars of Ash. 's Cory Barhorst helmed the bass chair for 2018's T.C.B.T. and subsequent tour. Following personnel changes, Black Tusk re-emerged as a quartet for 2024's The Way Forward.
Emerging onto the metal scene from Savannah, Georgia in 2005, Black Tusk 's self-branded "swamp metal," its particular musical tenets from dirty punk, sludgy heavy metal, and a weighty Motörhead influence. Their sound is loud, proud, slightly blackened, always intense, and extremely murky, as displayed on their best-known offering, 2010's Taste the Sin.
The original trio was founded by Andrew Fidler (guitar/vocals), Jonathan Athon (bass/vocals), and James May (drums/vocals), and combined the drive of fellow Savannah residents with the thick and murky stoner rock of . Their self-released first demo, Demos and the Demons, appeared the same year, followed in early 2006 by the full-length When Kingdoms Fall on Wrecked Signal. Two years later, they self-released another album, The Fallen Kingdom, and kept their prolific release schedule going the following year with Passage Through Purgatory, released on . Taking what for them was a long break from recording, Black Tusk gained attention through tours with bands like , , and . The band eventually signed to , and in 2010 released their first album through the label, Taste the Sin, featuring cover art from singer John Baizley. The band's sophomore long-player, Set the Dial, dropped just one year later, and was followed by a pair of EPs, Tend No Wounds and the digital-only Vulture's Eye, in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Sadly, in November 2014, bassist succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. After some soul searching and a real debate as to whether they could continue as a band without their brother in arms, Fidler and May tapped longtime friend and veteran Corey Barhorst musician (, Niche) to take over the bass chair. In 2016 they released their much-anticipated third full-length outing, Pillars of Ash, that included the last studio sessions by and served as their final release for . After intensive touring, followed by writing sessions, Black Tusk re-entered the studio to emerge with T.C.B.T. (Taking Care of Black Tusk) in August of 2018, their debut for . Following tours, the pandemic, and personnel changes, they returned as a quartet for 2024's The Way Forward. ~ Gregory Heaney, Rovi
Somnuri -
Somnuri do not keep their feet planted in surface reality. The Brooklyn-based outfit’s flavor of heavy metal stomps from genre to genre with the fervor and confidence of a band ready to cross thresholds of all that’s perceivable and possible. Somnuri comprises lead guitarist and singer Justin Sherrell, drummer and producer Phil SanGiacomo, guitarist and singer Chris Drapeau and bassist Chris Palermo. They’ve earned attention from publications including Revolver Magazine, BrooklynVegan, MetalSucks, MetalHammer, and others. Their latest effort is a testament to the band’s insatiable work ethic and cements them as one of heavy metal’s most exciting emerging acts.
Building off their previous two LPs, Somnuri has spent the last several years hard at work writing riffs and letting their ideas distill in a marathon session of putting the songs together. The final product is their new LP Desiderium, an odyssey through a black hole of sounds and heaviness, due out on MNRK Heavy and recorded at Gojira’s Silver Cord Studio. Dynamically, they’re at the top of their game, easily able to weave through different tempos and sounds, giving some well-trodden genres new roads to travel. “There's never really stable ground in our songwriting,” SanGiacomo says. “But that’s what makes it exciting for us, we move all over the place and don’t have any limits for our sound.”
Horseburner -
West Virginia. Appalachia. Progressive. Heavy riffs. Hungry. “The Thief” out now on Ripple Music.