Liturgy + Sir Richard Bishop + Kill Alters + JG Thirlwell

Known for its divisive inversions of old-school black-metal nihilism, the justly buzzed-about Liturgy turns up in support of its latest challenging dispatch, The Ark Work, which marks the band's reunion with prodigious drummer Greg Fox. The crew has taken its share of flak for leader Hunter Hunt-Hendrix's lofty philosophizing, but anyone attempting to brand Liturgy as passionless will rapidly dead-end when confronted with the group's explosive live presence.