The Obelisk Presents: Bongzilla, Black Cobra, Kings Destroy and Lo-Pan at ONCE Ballroom, Somerville, MA, 04.02.16
Posted in The Obelisk Presents on March 29th, 2016 by JJ Koczan
Holy crap that’s a stacked bill. Show is this Saturday, April 2, at the all-caps ONCE Ballroom in Somerville, Massachusetts, and it’s a stop on the second full-US reunion run from Wisconsin sludge megastoners Bongzilla. They hit Massachusetts for the second time since getting back together, having rolled through nearby Allston with Spirit Caravan, Dirty Streets and local destroyers Rozamov supporting last fall. The lineup this time — Bongzilla, Black Cobra, Kings Destroy and Lo-Pan — brings together four acts who each deliver a different take on heaviness, and four acts whose reputation for killing it should at this point precede them.
This tour began more than a month ago, on Feb. 28, with a hometown Madison, WI, show for Bongzilla, and has continued forth since. They covered the West Coast with Against the Grain before a stop at Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3 at SXSW found that band and New York’s Kings Destroy swapping out, and head east with the promise of locked-in furies and massive tones to come, Black Cobra raging in support of their new album, Imperium Simulacra (review here), as both Lo-Pan and Kings Destroy herald new material from yet-unannounced next albums. Simply put, it’s the kind of gig you’d much rather be at than not be at.
Deep thanks to Grayskull Booking for having me involved and giving me the chance to talk about it, as well as, you know, for putting it on. And just so we’re all on the up and up, the tour is sponsored by Cvlt Nation and I’m not trying to bite a piece off anyone’s contractual anything. Show info follows:
The Obelisk Presents:
BONGZILLA
BLACK COBRA
KINGS DESTROY
LO-PAN
April 2nd, 2016
ONCE Ballroom
156 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA
18+ Doors at 7:30pm, show starts at 8:30pm
$18 adv – $22 dos
Tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2478127
