On Friday January 12, Til-Two Club kicked off the new year with an exhibition of Californian death metal. The home side was well represented, with the three opening acts hailing from San Diego. The set list was topped off by Scolex, travelling in from Oakland. The crowd in attendance was modest, but crammed into Til-Two’s…
Within the past few years especially, San Diego has saturated its calendars with growing numbers of extreme music shows. Larger venues have been keeping up with major headliners, whereas dive bars and hole-in-the-wall stages have created fertile grounds for scummy underground bands. Consequently, both environments were in full-swing last week with Pig Destroyer playing Brick…
After their set at Til Two Club on December 8, 2017, SDMETAL conducted what Funeral Chic described as their first successful interview. When asked where the band preferred to tape the interview, vocalist D. Ryan replied “whatever’s sketchiest.” So we darted across the street and settled into the shadowy, piss-soaked alley adjacent to the convenience…
Sam Gaffney
Christian