Sumac headlines a night of adventurously heavy sounds at Conduit

For smart metalheads, Christmas comes early in the form of one of the best heavy-music lineups all year.

Topping the marquee is Sumac, the post-metal supergroup almost unfairly stacked with Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer), Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists) and Brian Cook (Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes). Their expansive sound comes in staggering odysseys that exist beyond metal convention.

Further upping the caliber are wildly underrated and relatively reclusive Oakland crushers Kowloon Walled City, who also work outside the boxes with penetrating songs of forlorn noise rock and emotional sludge.

Rounding out the thrillingly unorthodox bill is the dark electronic noise of Portland’s Trigger Object, the solo vehicle of Veronica “Vern” Avola.

7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, Conduit, $20.

Subscribe to Orlando Weekly newsletters.

Follow us: Apple News | Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | or sign up for our RSS Feed

This article appears in Dec 11-17, 2024.