February 24: Top Deck Nightclub presents ‘Entertainment Underground Showcase’

On February 24, Farmington’s Top Deck Nightclub presents the “MB Entertainment Underground Showcase,” which features Creeping Puppets, Tribus, Testify, and Paranormal Slaughter. Doors for this all-ages show open at 6 p.m. Entry is $5 general admission at the door.

Hailing from Arizona, The Creeping Puppets play metal “that delivers speed, precision, and style influenced by the likes of Metallica, Megadeth, Lamb of God, DevilDriver, and much much more!” The band’s Dead Dog Demo II is out now.

Formed in 2001, Tribus play a blistering combination of thrash and death metal. Band influences include Sepultura, Paradise Lost, Iron Maiden, and Machine Head.

From out of Coolidge, New Mexico, come Testify, whose sound hearkens to metal noise put out by bands such as Judas Priest, Metallica, and Iron Maiden. Be on the lookout for their CD, Code of Honor. Check out their sound at ReverbNation.

Formed in 2008, Farmington’s Paranormal Slaughter play blackened death metal. The band is currently working on its debut CD, titled Shadows of Darkness. They also happen to run Studio 18, an underground venue based in Farmington that has attracted local, national, and even international talent.

Farmington’s Top Deck Nightclub is located at 515 East Main Street. Get info by calling 505-327-7385.

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Octavio Ramos Jr. has been listening to all genres of heavy metal since he was in his teens. He has written extensively about the genre in magazines such as Sounds of Death, Pit, Explicitly Intense, Forbidden, and Soundchecks. For the past several years, he has focused on New Mexico bands that...

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