Ragana is a duo whose members alternate duties on drums, guitar, and vocals to produce some of the most unique and affecting dark music in metal today. The two-piece came together in 2011 in the DIY punk scene of Olympia, WA and are now based in Olympia and Oakland, CA. In their time together so far, Ragana have self-released 5 albums and teamed up with genre-favourite Thou for a split release in 2018. The following year, Ragana released their heralded We Know That the Heavens Are Empty EP and have quietly been working on new music ever since. The band signed with The Flenser in late 2022 and now announce their forthcoming debut LP for the label, Desolation’s Flower.
Welcome to the unorthodox world of Agriculture, a Los Angeles quartet that eschews the murky malevolence long associated with black metal in favor of expressing “feelings of absolute bliss, overwhelming love, and awe-inspiring sublimity” through extreme music. They call it ecstatic black metal—a term that has drawn both curious ears and skeptical side-eyes from a corner of the musical universe where debate about what’s kvlt and what’s not kvlt still happens in earnest.
With local support from Vakker
Always All Ages