Krallice + Rashad Becker

Making their debut Berlin performance and a rare European appearance, few bands push black metal as far outside its own architecture as Krallice. Formed in New York by Colin Marston and Mick Barr in the late ‘00s with Lev Weinstein joining on drums and Nicholas McMaster adding bass and vocals, they steadily dismantled their early foundations in favor of forms more fluid and abstract. After years they’ve freed themselves from metal orthodoxy towards increasingly alien territory: folding relentless tremolo riffing into labyrinthine rhythmic structures, their dissonant harmonies and longform compositions feel suspended outside normal pacing altogether.

Opening the night with an aural tear in the fabric of reality, Rashad Becker's dense microtonal environments shape artificial voices and unstable interactions that breathe with uncanny organic life. Narratives mapping uncharted fictional realms recur heavily in his work, ephemeral realms where no single aesthetic reign dictates form; rather, an infinite tapestry of sonic diversity flourishes in boundless variation.