Vancouver based death metal band Auroch began as a thrash metal band, but they evolved into a death metal band and bonded over the works of horror writer HP Lovecraft.
They play the Slice, July 16 with Psycomantium and Celestial Coffin.
They formed in 2008 and have recently released their first full length album.
“It’s eight tracks of pretty blistering death metal,” said lead guitarist Seb Montesi. They had to trim their music down from numerous track for the eight they chose for the record.
“We definitely trimmed the fat,” he continued.
“We’ve evolved into a proper death metal band, but we started as a regular thrash and classic metal band, but this felt natural,” he said.
““We’re big fans of HP Lovecraft ,” he continued adding it comes out in the band’s music.
“Some of the lyrics are right from HP Lovecraft and there is another side, the more esoteric side based on the occult,” he said.