Titled: Taken From the Portland Mercury; Originally Posted: 10/7/2008 4:11:00 AM

THE SABBATH: ANON REMORA, ORDER OF THE GASH, SKIN HORSE, DJ NATE C

(Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) Sunday nights at Rotture offer the city's best sampling of the United States' burgeoning heavy metal underground. More than that, these events are synonymous with lovable riffs and a welcoming environment, with a DJ who is as likely to play Rush as he is to play Kult. This week, the Bay Area's Skin Horse is certain to satiate Portland's big appetite for doom, though fans of Neurosis and handcrafted industrial should find crusty scraps on which to gnaw. The trio's three-song demo begins with an extended track recalling Malefic's tortured, coffin-confined collaboration with Sunn O))), flushing its vocals down Ministry plumbing and eventually bobbing in instrumental soup—not unlike the post-everything waters where Seattle's Lesbian swims. It's heavy metal. It covers most of the world. MM

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