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Windhand at The Golden Pony
Windhand
w/guests Devil Master
18+
$13 ADV / $15 at the door
For a band who traffic in measured, unhurried riffage, Richmonds WINDHAND have moved awfully quickly over the last few years. Founded in 2009, the VA quintet have been making waves since the release of their 2010 practice space demo, a two-track CD that garnered the band comparisons to artists like Electric Wizard, The Devils Blood, and Black Sabbath. That auspicious start was further realized in March 2012 when the band released their self-titled debut, which quickly became an underground hit and sold out of multiple vinyl presses in a matter of months.
A year later, the band officially signed to Relapse Records. After a steady touring schedule, the band collaborated with Richmond brethren Cough on a split entitled Reflection of the Negative, which was released on Relapse in April 2013. Pitchfork deemed the split WINDHANDs best music to date, and the records positive critical reception helped pave the way for WINDHAND to release the highly anticipated album Soma in September 2013. Stereogum, Spin, and the LA Weekly featured Soma prominently on their overall best-of lists. The album was heavily represented in countless metal publications including Revolver, Invisible Oranges, MetalSucks, and Metal Injection. Rolling Stone, NPR, and Pitchfork all took note of Soma as well; the former considered the album the third-best metal release of 2013.
Soma was no flash-in-the-pan internet phenomenon. In 2013 and 2014, the band embarked on a series of support and headlining tours across North America, Europe, and Australia, sharing the stage with the likes of Sleep, High on Fire, Dead Meadow and Kvelertak. In addition, WINDHAND appeared at major festivals including Roadburn, SXSW, Scion Rock Fest, Day of the Shred and Maryland Deathfest. WINDHAND also took the time in October 2014 to follow up Soma with a brief two-track Halloween split alongside Swedish doomsters Salems Pot (released on Riding Easy Records). Noisey liked the record so much that they declared the band must have definitely sold their souls for their new split.
WINDHAND returned in 2015 with their third full-length, Griefs Infernal Flower, a multifaceted slab of thundering stoner doom that Noisey has called doom metals most anticipated album of the year. Produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, High On Fire, Soundgarden, etc), Griefs Infernal Flower is massive, heavy, and personal, a modern testament to the power of doom and stoner metals legacies. One sees the urgency the band have displayed over their career reflected in their music long-canonized tropes are reimagined and reinvented. Windhand convey an irrepressible sense of motion even within the slowest of songs. Front woman Dorthia Cottrell firmly establishes herself as one of the best vocalists of the genre by perfectly balancing beauty with enormous power, and the guitar attack of Garrett Morris weaves together nine songs of perfect riffs and fuzzed-out bliss. That often-delicate splendor is all tempered by the colossal rhythmic mastery of bassist Parker Chandler and drummer Ryan Wolfe, whose lower-register expertise serves as the backbone of the new record. Though the first two WINDHAND albums were underground classics, Griefs Infernal Flower stands to see WINDHAND cementing themselves as one of the premier metal bands of our time.
Now in 2018, WINDHAND begin a new era of gloom and grief and team up with Virginias Satans Satyrs for an amp-worshipping, acid trip from hell on an upcoming split release due out in February via Relapse! A new full-length is projected for late 2018 as well along with plenty of touring as WINDHAND continue to cement themselves as one of the premiere heavy bands of our time.
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LocationThe Golden Pony (View)
181 N. Main St.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
United States
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