The bleak months of winter are upon us, and while we may have some residual tryptophan afterglow, Brandon Stosuy (the man behind Pitchfork's Show No Mercy column) has assembled a bill to stamp out all remaining light. NYC's Malkuth unleash a messy, anti-human, black-metal attack, while Illinois' Velnias bring down the mood with soul-destroying, blackened, gutteral, downtempo heaviness tinged with folk elements. Philly's Javelina assail audiences with thrashy, driving stoner doom, before headliners Nachtmystium prepare us for the afterworld with their epic, coldly luminous, psychedelic black metal.