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From Chicago, atmospheric dark metal ensemble, VARAHA have finally released their mesmerizing debut album “A Passage for Lost Years” via Prosthetic Records. VARAHA’s music is a cinematic journey that defies genre limitations, and immerses us in its evocative, dynamic, and melancholic moods
BEST OF 2019:
“Progressive Heaviness just found its new heroes” PROG MAGAZINE [#18 in “CRITICS’ CHOICE BEST OF 2019” Issue #104 December 2019. Dom Lawson]
“It's doomy and heavy and atmospheric and cathartic and everything else that still draws me to heavy music after all these years” BRUTALITOPIA [#1 in “Top 15 Albums of 2019”]
#37 at “THE BEST CHICAGO ALBUMS OF THE 2010s” CHICAGO READER
“Pensive, tender metal from Chicago loaded with big mournful riffs” STEREOGUM [#16 in “BEST OF 2019 - BLACK MARKET, THE YEAR IN METAL” Wyatt]
“Heart-wrenching gothic doom with a penchant for epic length and engaging melodies” DECIBEL MAGAZINE [“Best of 2019 - 60 albums that you may have missed”. Joseph Schafer]
“Morose, intimate, and beautiful-sounding” ANGRY METAL GUY [#7, #9, and #10 in “TOP TEN(ISH) O’ 2019” Grymm, Kronos, and Master of Muppets]
“Firmly planted between all areas of dark metal, the true beauty of A Passage for Lost Years is its cinematic sprawl” DEAD RHETORIC [#9 in “BEST OF 2019”. Gehlke]
“Varaha firmly planted their gloomy flag in the graveyard soil with the grandiose A Passage for Lost Years” NO CLEAN SINGING [“BEST OF 2019 - FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL”. Andy Synn]
“this “Weight” is always present, even when it conceals itself in indirect or dissimilated, reshaped forms” - WORLD OF METAL MAGAZINE [#7 in “BEST OF 2019 - TOP POST METAL 2019”, Fernando Ferreira]
“It will shiver you to the core” HEAVY NEW YORK [#29 in “TOP 60 ALBUMS of 2019”]
“Not often are grace and heaviness such comfortable bedfellows. Sam Houlden]
VARAHA is:
Fabio Brienza – vocals, guitars
Joel Hollis – guitars
Bryan Gold – bass
Varaha is hitting the road in October. We hope to see you there.
Friday Oct 9 at Live Wire in Chicago.
Saturday Oct 10 at Mickeys in Madison, WI.
And Sunday Oct 11 at MKeUltra in Milwaukee, WI.
Poster artwork by Chicago artist Ethan Hutchinson
09/12/2026
Posters for the Varaha + Corridoré Midwest run are starting to pop up at venues around Chicago and Wisconsin!
Spread the word, and we hope to catch you at one of these shows! See you in October. ⚔️
CHICAGO • MADISON • MILWAUKEE
Oct. 9–11, 2026
08/11/2026
After almost exactly a year away from the stage, and deep in the process of creating our new album, VARAHA returns live this October, joining forces with Madison’s post metal CORRIDORÉ for a three-city Midwest run featuring old songs, new material, and some special guests along the way.
OCTOBER 9 • CHICAGO, IL at LIVEWIRE
with WATERFALL KING (psychedelic doom)
MATT JENCIK (acoustic set • Relapse Records) and DETROITEMBASSY (Matthew Miller performing analog synth soundscapes)
OCTOBER 10 • MADISON, WI at MICKEY’S
with SEARCHLIGHTS (cinematic post-rock)
OCTOBER 11 • MILWAUKEE, WI at MKEULTRA
with NIVEOUS (frozen black metal)
Three cities. Three different bills. Old songs and the first glimpses of what comes next.
Artwork by Ethan Hutchinson •
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