Dark, brooding and atmospheric, Punish the Blind is the first full-length by local black metalheads ColdClaw. On it, the San Jose band mix thrash, death and black metal to create a space as forbidding as the grim death march that adorns the record’s cover. Beginning with an unaccompanied guitar intro, the album quickly drops listeners into a soupy blend of metal genres with a common theme—ferocity. To celebrate its release, the band will be headlining a night of chaos at The Ritz that also features Dolores, Home Birth and Oxnard “party punk” group Fist Fight on Ecstasy. (MH)
ColdClaw
Sun, 7pm, $7
The Ritz, San Jose
