PeelingFlesh

PeelingFlesh takes the Heaven room at The Masquerade on Thursday, October 22. The Arkansas band works in slam — the extreme end of death metal where the riffs are built almost entirely around low, lurching breakdowns and the vocals are pitched below intelligibility on purpose. PeelingFlesh have pushed the style toward something closer to hip-hop cadence and structure, which is either heresy or the most interesting thing happening in the subgenre depending on who is asked. The bill runs deep: Gridiron, final resting place, and Grounds for Assault all play, making this a full night of hardcore and deathcore rather than a headliner with filler. Heaven is the largest of The Masquerade's rooms, with the balcony that makes the pit worth watching from above. Doors open at 6 p.m. at 75 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW.