C Average, Diesto, A Volcano, Turian at Lucky Liquor

DASWASUPGIG presents...

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5
AT LUCKY LIQUOR
10325 E MARGINAL WAY S

C AVERAGE
- heavy metal freaks and Kill Rock Stars alumni - C Average is made up of two heshers who seem capable of defending any hamlet or bog from the vilest evil, so swift are their punishing riffs spraying forth like a hail of poison-tipped arrows, so sharp are their hooks tearing at the flesh like the claws of falcons. The medieval-themed fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons registered profoundly with these two chaps, causing them to invent a metal band that goes well beyond Iron Maiden in its obsession with all things chivalrous and regal. Sounding like a herd of galloping oxen with a dragon at their heels, C Average uses a simple guitar and drums assault to create a virtual battlefield of dueling knights, headless dwarves, and demented wizards. "American Jim" is a sludgy Sabbath-like beast which eventually launches into an early-Metallica-like, super-fast-paced, knock-over-all-the-Marshall-stacks-style mosher, while "Genericube" is about an unhappy robot or something like that, but in a minute's time dives into shark-filled moats and scales impenetrable towers. Songs such as "Usurper Girl," "Dr. Laura," and "Forged in Birmingham" rock with the heaviness of an anvil landing on a warlock's foot and the speed and agility of a bat nabbing a baby. Also, the covers of the Sonics' "He's Waiting" and ZZ Top's "Beer Drinkers and Hellraisers" will kick your elfin ass from here to Narnia.
— www.caverage.bandcamp.com
— www.killrockstars.com/artists/c-average
— www.facebook.com/C-Average-122145121195927

DIESTO
- DIESTO, one of Portland, Oregon’s longest running stalwart heavy acts, embodies the city’s tumultuous history from uncharted territory to stump town to drug den to beacon for all that is heavy. With well more than a decade of forays into the seedy underbelly of shitty city life and explorations of desert desolation under their belts, DIESTO embarked on a back-breaking expedition headlong into the dense Cascadian wilderness and out to the ancient ocean. On their fifth LP For Water Or Blood the band carves out its own territory in the Pacific Northwest’s long tradition of melancholic doom: long, devious deepwoods soundtracks of thunderously heavy dirges, cyclic riffs, escalating duel guitar lines, dramatic shifts, noisy bursts, and evocative laments, for an arduous but adventurous journey into the unknown using the wisdom of the ages. Go west, young man.
— www.diesto.bandcamp.com
— www.facebook.com/Diesto-101968243187195

A VOLCANO
- hvy metal cave noize
— www.avolcano.bandcamp.com
— www.facebook.com/avolcanopdx

TURIAN
- hvy & loud // formerly Dead Mothers
— www.deadmothers.bandcamp.com
— www.facebook.com/turianband

8:30pm // $5adv $8dos // 21+