The curiosity factor around this gig — with Suffocation, Belphegor, Abiotic and Necronomicon on the bill — should be high for fans of extreme metal.
The tour marks Long Island-based Suffocation’s first since frontman Frank Mullen retired from the road late last year. Can Mullen’s replacement match his distinctively manic stage presence? That’s a tall order, so we’ll see. But, if not, the band’s gut-punch delivery and hairpin musical turns are still likely to keep audiences rapt. Not to mention, sole original member Terrance Hobbs is a melodically engaging guitarist in a subgenre too often given over to anonymous tweedling.
Austria’s Belphegor — a band as steeped in black metal as it is death — should provide a good-and-grimy contrast to Suffocation’s brutal clarity. Florida’s Abiotic and Canada’s Necronomicon round out the bill.
$25, Sunday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com.
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This article appears in Oct 23 – Nov 5, 2019.
