Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Feral blackened death metal hymns with prog-sludge overtones for metalhead adventurers. Extreme Swiss duo Bølzer ain’t afraid of the bombastic Wagnerian breakdowns and dry vocals to shakeup the pummeling, epic, death dynamics. Essential FFO: Mastodon, Celtic Frost, Aosoth, Deathspell Omega, Mgła."
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A gig held at Exchange on Monday 29th May. The event starts at 19:30.
Bolzer plus support from Abduction
7pm doors
£16.50 adv
BØLZER is an intuitive art project born from raw passion; musical ecstasy fueled by impulsive composition and enactment. Whilst wielding a lyrical and musical medium largely inspired by - and seeking to channel - the primeval essence of the human experience, flashes of illumination will descend the sky from which there shall be no shelter.
Forged of an intense understanding between drummer Fabian Wyrsch and guitarist Okoi Jones, the project first took physical form in 2008. Following their 2010 live debut in Zürich, Bølzer soon made a name for themselves as the remarkable Swiss-Antipodean duo capable of conjuring up mighty barriers of sound with nothing but a ten-stringed guitar and an almost ritualistic percussion style.
By 2013, Bølzer had begun plying their craft on stages across most populated continents. After garnering significant underground attention with two EPs - Aura in 2013 followed by Soma the year after - Bølzer carved out their humble place in the bedrock of metal with the critically acclaimed 2016 debut album, Hero. Recorded in Five Lakes Studio, Bavaria by Thomas Taube and released on November 1st, 2019 via Lightning & Sons, the band's fifth offering Lese Majesty showcases the band with the organic honesty and intensity they intend to be heard.
Exchange is a 14+ Venue. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Entry requirements:
7pm doors
£16.50 adv
BØLZER is an intuitive art project born from raw passion; musical ecstasy fueled by impulsive composition and enactment. Whilst wielding a lyrical and musical medium largely inspired by - and seeking to channel - the primeval essence of the human experience, flashes of illumination will descend the sky from which there shall be no shelter.
Forged of an intense understanding between drummer Fabian Wyrsch and guitarist Okoi Jones, the project first took physical form in 2008. Following their 2010 live debut in Zürich, Bølzer soon made a name for themselves as the remarkable Swiss-Antipodean duo capable of conjuring up mighty barriers of sound with nothing but a ten-stringed guitar and an almost ritualistic percussion style.
By 2013, Bølzer had begun plying their craft on stages across most populated continents. After garnering significant underground attention with two EPs - Aura in 2013 followed by Soma the year after - Bølzer carved out their humble place in the bedrock of metal with the critically acclaimed 2016 debut album, Hero. Recorded in Five Lakes Studio, Bavaria by Thomas Taube and released on November 1st, 2019 via Lightning & Sons, the band's fifth offering Lese Majesty showcases the band with the organic honesty and intensity they intend to be heard.
Exchange is a 14+ Venue. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Entry requirements: