Presale begins 1/29 at 11am. General onsale begins 1/31 at 10am. Doors at 7:00pm Main Room $30 Advance/$35 Day of Show Facebook RSVP All ages show. Check entry requirements at http://theslowdown.com/All-Ages About Deafheaven Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Bandcamp | YouTube | Spotify Originally formed as a duo in 2010, Deafheaven, now a quintet, are a restless and experimental metal band from San Francisco. Often referred to as black metal, the group finds the term limiting, and sees the metal subgenre as a prime inspiration. Their ever-evolving sound includes elements of black metal, shoegaze, post-rock, and even accessible -- but musically challenging -- arena rock, as evidenced by albums such as 2013's "Sunbather" and the punchier, more dynamic "New Bermuda" two years later. 2018's "Ordinary Corrupt Human Love" wed somewhat gentler and more experimental and cinematic songwriting to their established black metal roots. Their fifth studio album, 2021's "Infinite Granite," was their least metal-influenced record yet, leaning closer to dream pop, ambient, and alternative rock. About Gatecreeper Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Bandcamp | Spotify Gatecreeper’s third full-length sees the Arizona death metal specialists—vocalist Chase H. Mason, guitarists Eric Wagner and Israel Garza, drummer Metal Matt Arrebollo and bassist Alex Brown—carving out their own path. The band’s first album for Nuclear Blast is more concise, melodic, and memorable than anything they’ve done in the past. “We refined the song structures,” Mason says. “We’re getting better at what we do.” Thematically speaking, "Dark Superstition" deals with the supernatural, divination, fear of the unknown, and trust in magic or chance. “Many of the songs incorporate supernatural ideas with my own experiences,” Mason says. “But the title itself is a reference to the Superstition Mountains in our home state of Arizona. It’s a beautiful mountain range surrounded by tragedy and legends of hidden fortune.” About Trauma Ray Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Bandcamp | Spotify Among the current wave of shoegaze revivalists, Fort Worth’s trauma ray rank as high as any at capturing its complexity, intensity, and expressive devastation. Since first making waves with a self-titled EP in 2018, the core songwriting duo of Uriel Avila and Jonathan Perez have expanded and refined the project’s vision and craft, culminating in their 12-track Dais debut, "Chameleon." Rounded out by bassist Darren Baun, drummer Nicholas Bobotas, and guitarist Coleman Pruitt, the album both synthesizes and transcends its influences, a stormy fusion of downer hooks, apocalyptic beauty, and bulldozer riffs. "Chameleon" is a masterpiece of craft, balance, melody, lyricism, and gravity, flexing a fresh vision of loud-quiet-loud architectures and the vertigo depths of blasted harmonics. From Slowdive to Nothing to Hum and beyond, trauma ray absorb and expand on their influences, steadily carving their own terrain. Theirs is a rare and dedicated alchemy, which Perez acknowledges every time they play together: "None of us are taking any of this for granted. We’re so fortunate to be doing this thing that we all care so much about. As you get a little older, you realize that to get five people in the same room making music twice a week for six years straight is almost virtually impossible. To achieve what we’ve done is bewildering."