Bad Omens: “Most stuff people in our space are doing is kind of boring… I want to challenge myself and struggle when I create”

There were many reasons to be excited on Tuesday, October 26, 2016. First and foremost, it was the opening night of the 10 Years In The Black tour, celebrating a decade of Sumerian Records, the label founded by Ash Avildsen, son of Oscar-winning film director, John G. Avildsen. If that anniversary wasn’t reason enough for merrymaking, the evening was headlined by a rejuvenated Asking Alexandria, with their first live appearance since reuniting with frontman Danny Worsnop, who’d quit in early 2015. In Seattle’s 1,150-capacity Showbox SoDo venue, the anticipation meant pressure for the other bands on the bill – I See Stars, After The Burial and Upon A Burning Body – but particularly the evening’s opening act, Bad Omens. The Richmond, Virginia band were relative ...

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