Two powerhouses of American doom metal, Windhand and Cough, are playing this Saturday night (April 1st) at the Kings Arms Tavern in Auckland.

The rise of Windhand has been meteoric. Since first surfacing in 2009, this Virginia five-piece quickly outgrew their local underground ties to tour the globe with acts like Sleep, High On Fire, Dead Meadow and Kvelertak. And their third full length, Grief’s Infernal Flower, cemented the band as one of the doom masters of our time.

Cough rose from the fertile metal swamps of Richmond, Virginia to produce some of the most intense, tortured and misanthropic doom out. Drawing from savage elements of extreme music, the past decade has seen the band inspired by everything from early black metal and sludge tones to psychedelia, doom’s early genre forefathers, blues and more—all in their search for beauty in the darkest of places.

Playing Times for Saturday April 1 at The Kings Arms Tavern in Auckland
Doors Open - 8pm
Greenfog - 8.10pm
Bloodnut - 9pm
COUGH - 9.50pm
Windhand - 11pm

Tickets via Under The Radar