subliminalsf presents SATURDAY JANUARY 25TH ---- ALPACA (shanghai)
https://www.facebook.com/alpaca.shanghai/
[https://www.facebook.com/alpaca.shanghai/]
https://alpaca666.bandcamp.com/ [https://alpaca666.bandcamp.com/]
ASTRAL CULT https://www.facebook.com/astralcult/
[https://www.facebook.com/astralcult/]
https://astralcult.bandcamp.com/ [https://astralcult.bandcamp.com/]
CRIMSON EYE https://www.facebook.com/crimsoneyeband/
[https://www.facebook.com/crimsoneyeband/]
https://crimsoneyeband.bandcamp.com/
[https://crimsoneyeband.bandcamp.com/] THREE TOWERS
https://www.facebook.com/ThreeTowersBand/
[https://www.facebook.com/ThreeTowersBand/]
https://threetowers.bandcamp.com [https://threetowers.bandcamp.com]
---- Doors 8pm / Show 8:30pm $10 Cover ---- ELBO ROOM JACK LONDON 311
Broadway (@ 3rd) Oakland • 21+ A current staple in the Shanghai
heavy metal scene as well in sludge/doom circles in China, Alpaca
delivers a sound that stands out from other local acts. Slow, groovy,
sludgy, heavy, doomy, fuzzy, and bluesy are ways that fans have
described the band’s style, in addition to incorporating styles such
as stoner/desert rock, hardcore, and occasionally even black metal.
After forming in 2015, Alpaca has toured all over China, Japan, South
Korea, Taiwan, as well as Spain and Portugal, playing anywhere from
local bars, livehouses, squathouses, and large festivals. Its members
are world citizens, hailing from Madrid, Padua, Taipei, and Montreal,
but currently call Shanghai their home. The band’s appreciation and
application of a DIY ethic is evident in their approach to writing,
rehearsing, touring, merch, and recording, the latter proven with
their very own Molten Steel Studios. As of 2019, Alpaca has released
two EPs (Carcosa and All Will Fail, later released as a full-length LP
entitled Black Stars), three split EPs (Slow and Painful Death, with
Japanese disco-doom band Guevnna; Drown with Spanish post-metal band
Kalte Sonne; and Pulled Apart by Horses with fellow Beijing sludge
metal band S.H.A.S.), and a noted fondness of releasing limited
pressings of cassettes from live shows or past releases. Currently in
the process of recording their second LP, Alpaca is devoted spreading
their unique genre of (slow heavy metal music playing…) around
China, Asia, and wherever their sludgy path takes them next
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