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May 2019
L. Dreary – LUV/SIK Release Show
Dark, Twisted and Sexy are some words commonly used to describe.. L. Dreary, your fav local goth bf, who will be debuting his newest ep 'LUV/SIK' this May at Valhalla just before he departs overseas. Taking influence from such artists as Lil Peep, Ski Mask The Slump God and Marilyn Manson, this rapper/singer creates an original sound that pushes the boundaries of generic trap music. You can expect a high energy performance like you've never seem before, filled with impractical…
Find out more »Noise Drone Repeat
noise.drone.repeat XXXIV a night of confronting noise, deep dark ambience and electronic experimentation. come share in our rituals of auditory hallucination. # Flesh of the Womb - https://fleshofthewomb.bandcamp.com/ # Opiate Sleeper # J.Precursor - https://jprecursor.bandcamp.com/ # n_ll 8pm doors ($5), first act on 8:30pm, great beer at the bar!
Find out more »Jack Ladder
Due to the surprising financial success and high levels of audience satisfaction of 'Jack Ladder Sings 20 Golden Greats', he’s touring Australia and New Zealand for '20 Golden Greats Vol. 2'. Volume 2 will delve deeper into his diverse back catalogue, injecting new life into the songs, recounting their strange origin stories and even stranger reception. Intimate and aloof, Ladder will draw you in, tell you secrets and leave you questioning their validity.
Find out more »Pressure
Bringing you a night of Reggae and Dub. Garage and Dubstep. Grime, Jungle and forward bass music with DJs... *Line-up TBA* Friday 23rd May Valhalla, 154 Vivian St. 9–3AM R18 Powered by MAYHEMSOUND LTD #PRESSURE #MAYHEMSOUNDLTD
Find out more »Proud Scum’s only ever Wellington gig
In 1958 Mrs Atrocity lay in agony on a hospital bed… So begins the introduction to Suicide II but this story goes back further than that. Mrs Jamrag squeezed her baby out two years earlier and Mrs Scum squeezed hers out earlier still. Proud Scum were wildly famous in Auckland through the second half of 1979 and the start of 1980 and mildly famous in Sydney for the rest of 1980 but like a turd that won’t flush away, they…
Find out more »Destroyer 666
DESTROYER 666 return to their homeland to do what they do best. Hammering out their gritty brand of blackened thrash metal with no compromise, no sell out & no bullshit! Sticking to their old school roots, DESTROYER 666 recently released the hard-hitting EP, Call of the Wild that comes with a distinct taste of an unrepentantly classic flavour. The unremorseful and unapologetic instincts remain fierce! BÖLZER is an outlet and conduit for primal energies, its only source of inspiration being…
Find out more »Destroyer 666
DESTROYER 666 return to their homeland to do what they do best. Hammering out their gritty brand of blackened thrash metal with no compromise, no sell out & no bullshit! Sticking to their old school roots, DESTROYER 666 recently released the hard-hitting EP, Call of the Wild that comes with a distinct taste of an unrepentantly classic flavour. The unremorseful and unapologetic instincts remain fierce! BÖLZER is an outlet and conduit for primal energies, its only source of inspiration being…
Find out more »MĀORISSEY LIVE – THE CURE Disintegration 30 Year SOH LIVESTREAM
Couldn’t get tickets to this year’s 30 year anniversary of Disintegration for the sold out shows at Sydney Opera House? Neither could 100,000 others... Come and drink red wine and cry while we watch the most beautiful album celebrated in live performance via livestream at Valhalla. New wave, goth, post-punk and 80s pop bangers from 7pm and live performance by MĀORISSEY playing the songs of Morrissey and The Smiths (feat. Members of some pretty awesome nz punk and hc bands…
Find out more »Cult of Fire
Cult Of Fire was set ablaze in the year 2010, but Infernal Vlad's and Coroner's common idea to create the band was of a much older date. Later also Devilish was invited to join the band for the invocations of death and fire. Thus the cult of fire could rise… The first EP, 20:11, was inspired by the Chernobyl catastrophe, which had always fascinated the band. That is why the EP was released exactly on the 25th anniversary of this…
Find out more »June 2019
Capital Battles 04: From The Ashes
Our first event of the year (yes quite late!) However this card makes up for that! Not only do we have an exciting line up of local and national debuts, up n comers and returning hard hitters but we also have the finals of the 16 man tournament we started last year and the Boss Battle of all Boss Battles!
Find out more »Vore North Island Tour 2019 – Wellington – June 2nd at Valhalla
Wellington - Sunday, June 2nd 2019 - Valhalla w/ support from: ColdxWar, Happy Valley WGTN, and Amanaki. In promotion for their upcoming single Vore, Auckland's cult-favourite post hardcore band † REI - nz † embarks on a 3 day tour across the North Island alongside friends Once Foretold. With a new line-up and all new music that favours unrelenting technical dissonance, REI will bring their emotional experimental sound to Palmerston North and Wellington over the Queen's Birthday weekend. R18 Doors…
Find out more »Valhalla Jam Night
It's your favorite night of the month again! Jam Night! All talent levels, styles, and genres. Bring a lead and instrument to jump on stage and have a jam. PA, drum kit, and microphones supplied. Bands, solo acts, jammers, and spectators all welcome. Free Entry Doors at 6pm $10 jugs of Skippers
Find out more »Drinking Beer to Make Music to Drink Beer to
3 proper indie rock bands play for beer. MUSCLEMAN Hypnotically unrelenting, their live shows navigate that rare line between chaos and symbiosis. The lumbering interplay of melodious bass and skeletal drumming creates an iron-clad framework for the jagged and dislocating guitar work. They truly embody the punk romance of sweat, smoke and violence. BINGOFIGHTER Bingo Fighter gets it’s sound from a fresh approach with emphasis on harmonic interest, punk, sometimes heavy guitars, all with a strong rhythmic component. They are…
Find out more »Vertigo 2
House/Techno/Psytech/Psytrance + Sound System + Mad Lighting/Visuals + Good Vibes = Vertigo 09:00 - Field Enhancement Unity 10:00 - Ludus 11:00 - Keef the Thief 00:00 - Filthy Tomo b2b Deepnotic (Zenon Records) 01:00 - Rollout 02:00 - Hermeus Visuals: Cubeman Jethorse Hi-Dez Come to get lost in the abyss of Bass and Light.
Find out more »The Shnxman Tape 3 Release Show
THE SHNXMAN TAPE III IS SET TO RELEASE ON THE 7TH OF JUNE - SO LET'S GET ABHORRENTLY DECIMATED UNDER THE DULL, CLOUD SMOTHERED STARLIGHT ON THE 8TH. TO CELEBRATE THE THIRD TAPE, I GOT A LIL SELECTION OF MY NEPHS AND GOOD FRIENDS TO PLAY A SHOW WITH ME. THE THIRD TAPE IS MY LONGEST, DARKEST AND MOST HONEST PROJECT TO DATE. I AM VERY NERVOUS/EXCITED TO RELEASE IT. LIL DUST https://soundcloud.com/lildustymane STONRSMURF (NUG CITY) https://soundcloud.com/stonrsmurf L. DREARY https://soundcloud.com/ldreary…
Find out more »July Jam Night
It's your favorite night of the month again! Jam Night! All talent levels, styles, and genres. Bring a lead and instrument to jump on stage and have a jam. Professional Sound, PA, drum kit, and microphones supplied. Bands, solo acts, jammers, and spectators all welcome. Free Entry Doors at 6pm $10 jugs of Skippers $8 House Spirits
Find out more »Wo Fat
Texan Swampadelic Trio Wo Fat will make their way to Australia and New Zealand in June 2019. With 6 Studio albums, live LPs & multiple Splits since their 2006 inception the band has done their fair share of spreading their Psychedelic Wizardy across the globe playing festivals through Europe and the USA 'WO FAT" became a global phenomenon with the self release of "The Gathering Dark" in 2006. That addictive bass heavy and fuzz loving groove inspired by Junior Kimborough,…
Find out more »Oh Sweet Nothings
Deep in the night realms of Vivian street strange forces are brewing. Join Oh Sweet Nothings and Ingrid and the Ministers on June 13th for a night of mystical mayhem likely to leave you lucid dreaming of primal dancing in the dark. Oh Sweet Nothings are a devilish firedance flickering between alt-rock, post-punk and indie-rock with flashes of shoegaze. Gather around closely kids, but not too closely – this blaze is going to be roasting hot! Ingrid and the Ministers…
Find out more »Farewell Nesh – The Heathen Collective & more
Nesh is leaving The Heathen Collective to move down south and start a new chapter in his life. As a send off, we are making him play one last show the day before he leaves. We will be joined by Execrate (Blackend Thrash), Fatdick (Beach Grind), Fall Of Man (Black Metal) and Silverfoxxx (Glam Metal Covers) for what is sure to be a killer night!
Find out more »Junefest NZ Tour
*Now in its 11th year, Junefest is branching out to its first ever nationwide tour* Bands featuring at the Wellington show - Grey Skies Over Rapture - https://www.facebook.com/GreySkiesOverRapture/ Precursor - https://www.facebook.com/PrecursorNZ/ Pull Down The Sun - https://www.facebook.com/pulldownthesun/ Drxnes - https://www.facebook.com/DRXNESOFFICIAL/ $10 tickets online & door sales
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