Nekrogoblikon in Vancouver

Nekrogoblikon is an American metal band formed in Los Angeles in 2006. Their melodic death metal incorporates folk, power-metal and symphonic elements, while their songs and videos build a comic mythology around goblins. The band is best known for “No One Survives” and albums including Heavy Meta, Welcome to Bonkers and The Fundamental Slimes and Humours. The Goblin Mode Tour took Nekrogoblikon across North America in 2023, supported by Inferi, Aether Realm and Hunt the Dinosaur. In 2024, the band joined Dethklok and DragonForce on the Mutilation on a Spring Night tour. Nekrogoblikon performs as a full metal band accompanied by the costumed goblin character John Goblikon. The character also became the host of the interview series Right Now with John Goblikon.

Rivers of Nihil are an American progressive death metal band formed in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 2009. They play technical death metal with atmospheric passages and, notably on Where Owls Know My Name, saxophone. Their albums include The Conscious Seed of Light, Monarchy, Where Owls Know My Name and The Work; key songs include “The Silent Life” and “Where Owls Know My Name.” Rivers of Nihil joined The Black Dahlia Murder’s Up From the Sewer Tour in 2021, appearing on a North American package that also included After the Burial, Carnifex and Undeath. In 2022, the band headlined a North American run supported by Fallujah, Alluvial and Warforged.