Esoteric + Saturnalia Temple + Velnias + Evoken

Birmingham, U.K., band Esoteric is an old hand at the, well, esoteric extreme-metal subgenre known as funeral doom, which combines plodding tempos with gothy mood-setting and beastly vocal roars. Opening here are doom merchants from Stockholm and Boulder, CO—Saturnalia Temple and Velnias, respectively—as well as stalwart New Jersey crew Evoken.