February may be the month of romance, but for metal fans in Seattle it looks to be a month full of brutal shows as well.  The Nocturnal Tour featuring The Black Dahlia Murder got things started earlier this week.  Here’s what’s coming up:

Feb 14: Sonata Arctica, Sanctity, Book of Black Earth, Waking Hour, Immiserate @ El Corazon

Feb 16: Neurosis, Converge, A Storm Of Light @ Neumo’s 

Feb 17: Neurosis, Converge, Akimbo @ Neumo’s

Feb 18: Darkest Hour, Cephalic Carnage, Emmure, White Chapel @ El Corazon

Feb 19: Rotting Christ, Immolation, Belphegor, Averse Sefira, In Memorium, Corporal Mortification @ El Corazon

Feb 20: Veil of Maya, The Ghost Inside, Oblige, Culling The Weak, Cheyenne @ Studio Seven 

Feb 22: These Arms Are Snakes, Mouth of the Architect, Past Lives, Helm’s Alee @ El Corazon

Feb 22: Exodus, Goatwhore, Arsis, Warbringer, H.M.P. @ Studio Seven

Feb 23: Hellyeah, Machine Head, Nonpoint, Bury Your Dead @ El Corazon

Feb 24: Every Time I Die, From First To Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, The Human Abstract @ El Corazon

Feb 29: Possessed, Drown Mary, I Rot, Crush Your Enemies, Dying To Bleed @ El Corazon

Portland’s Agalloch will be playing a couple shows this March, with fellow Vendlus Records artist Grayceon.  Agalloch and Grayceon each have their own unique styles of progressive metal - Agalloch incorporates influences from neofolk, black metal, and industrial/ambient, while Grayceon is notable for their use of the electric cello as a primary instrument. 

Despite their proximity to Seattle, neither Agalloch nor Grayceon seem to make it up here very often, so you don’t want to miss this chance to catch them live.  Seattle black metal band In Memorium will also be providing support on the Seattle show. 

March 21: Agalloch, Grayceon, In Memorium @ Chop Suey, Seattle, WA

March 22: Agalloch, Grayceon @ Berbati’s Pan, Portland, OR

Om brings their hypnotic brand of psychedelic metal to Seattle this Thursday, in support of their latest album, "Pilgrimmage."  Consisting of the rhythm section of the disbanded stoner/doom metal band Sleep, Om features rhythmic, bass-heavy pulses of meditative melodies accompanied by chant-like vocals.  

Who: Om, Lichens, Sir Richard Bishop

Where: Neumo’s

When: 1/16, 8PM

Cost: $10 adv.