Seattle shares so many similarities with Norwegian terrain, it’s no surprise that this drizzly city has also managed to spawn some of the best and blackest metal there is. Himsa’s latest, aptly titled full-length, Summon in Thunder, is a prime example of their heavy, aphotic talent. With Book of Black Earth and Owen Heart.

Listen to a sample of HIMSA’s “Big Thunder.”

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Fri., Oct. 26, 7 p.m., 2007