Kevin Diers

Kevin Diers is a freelance writer and radio host who lives in Seattle. You can listen to him on both Metal Shop and Loud and Local on 99.9 KISW or catch him interviewing wrestlers at the next DEFY show.

✨ Recommendations by Kevin Diers

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Chrome Lakes (EP Release Show) @ Substation

We're ready 🤘

Fremont

Live Music

Ayron Jones looks at the camera over his shoulder while holding a guitar

Ayron Jones @ Neumos

One of the best 🤘

Capitol Hill

Live Music

The band Dark Funeral stands in an orange antechamber wearing all black.

The Decibel Magazine Tour @ El Corazon

Audio punishment 🦇

Denny Triangle

Live Music

Northwest Terror Fest @ Neumos and Barboza

Prepare to punish your eardrums 👹

Capitol Hill

Live Music

The members of The Black Dahlia Murder pose together with lead vocalist Trevor Strnad

The Black Dahlia Murder @ The Neptune

Continuing the legacy 🎸

University District

Live Music

Bloodywood @ El Corazon

Indian folk metal 🤘

South Lake Union

Live Music

A poster for Crank the Dank. A purple medusa woman with braided hair with eyeballs on the end of each strand and a forked tongue against a black and yellow background

Crank the Dank 3 @ The Substation

Spend 4/20 riffing 🤘

Denny TriangleSouth Lake Union

Cannabis Holiday Live Music

Spiritbox @ The Neptune

Extreme metal underground 👻

University District

Live Music

Vanishment @ Substation

Some of the region's best shredders 🎸

BallardFremont

Live Music

The members of High on Fire, guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike, bass player George Rice, and drummer Des Kensel, pose side by side.

High on Fire, Hoaxed, and Greenwater @ Jazzbones

Stoner metal 😶‍🌫️

Tacoma

Live Music

The band The Subjunctives play at The Kraken Bar

The Subjunctives, Cosgrove, Ol' Doris @ The Kraken (FINAL SHOW)

💯% local

University District

Live Music

The band Luminator performs on a moodily lit stage in front of a crowd

Luminator, Green Water, and Toxic Reign @ The Kraken Bar (RIP)

For the headbangers 🤘

University District

Live Music

Botch in concert at The Barn in Riverside, CA

Botch @ Spanish Ballroom at Elks Temple

Mathcore masterminds 🧮

Tacoma

Live Music

The band Avenue East poses together as the sun sets behind

Avenue East @ Sunset Tavern

Listen to an intergalactic musical battle 🌠

BallardNorth

Live Music

Puddles Pity Party poses against a teal background while singing

Puddles Pity Party @ The Showbox

It's his party, he can cry if he wants to 🤡😿

CentralDowntown

Live Music

The Dwarves band poses all wacky together against a red background. One guy wears a luchador mask and one has rainbow hair with sunglasses.

NYE @ El Corazon

Ten bands at a steal of a price 🤘

Central

Holiday Live Music

The band Amon Amarth poses with arms crossed against a black background

Amon Amarth & Friends @ Showbox Sodo

A straight-up legendary metal concert 🤬

SoDoSouth

Live Music

A black and white photo of someone crowd surfing during a metal performance

Winter Harshfest @ The Charleston

An all-ages metal fest 🤘

BremertonWest

Holiday Live Music

The band Cannibal Corpse posing in front of a shipping container underneath a stormy, gray sky.

Cannibal Corpse @ Showbox

Death metal, anyone? ☠️

CentralPike Place Market

Live Music

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Ongoing

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Be Water, My Friend @ Wing Luke Museum

WWBLD? 🌊

History Museums

Opens

MAR 17

A designer from Portland-based Laika builds models for iconic films like Coraline and Hidden Link.

The Films of LAIKA @ MoPOP

LAIKA's biggest exhibition ever 📸

Film Museums

Dec

A performance of Jose Hernandez' Merry-Achi Christmas with Mariachi Sol de Mexico dressed in red.

Mariachi Sol de México @ The Moore Theatre

A Merry-Achi Christmas 🎄

Community Holiday Kids & Family Live Music

Ongoing

Be Water, My Friend @ Wing Luke Museum

Read Bruce's books 📚

History Visual Art

Thru

Dec 3

A person examines one of the rooms in the Renegade Edo and Paris exhbition. The walls are dark.

Renegade Edo and Paris @ Seattle Asian Art Museum

A golden age of graphic art 🌟

Visual Art

Now

Open

Limited Edition Beer @ Reuben's Brews New Taproom in Fremont

Purple beer? ☂️🍺

Food & Drink

OCT 19 –

JAN 21

A mini-Lego recreation of the Great Wave

Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence @ Seattle Art Museum

Landscapes, fairytales, and demons 👹

History Museums Visual Art

Dec

Four runners participate in a holiday fun run at Magnuson Park, waving at the camera and wearing holiday outfits

Holiday Fun Run @ Magnuson Park

Pound the pavement 🏃‍♀️💨🎄

Holiday Kids & Family Outdoors Sports & Leisure