Stygian Bough (Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin) + Monkey3 + 40 Watt Sun I Arena Wien

Name: Stygian Bough (Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin) + Monkey3 + 40 Watt Sun I Arena Wien
Start: 2026-01-29T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Baumgasse 80, A-1030 Vienna, Austria

Schedule

Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Baumgasse 80, A-1030 Vienna, Austria | Wien, WI

ROADTRIP TO OUTTA SPACE
Co-Headline Show
Ö-Ticket:
https://www.oeticket.com/event/bell-witch-aerial-sun-co-headliner-arena-wien-20688149/
Doors open: 19:00
Der Vorverkauf beginnt am 25. September um 10 Uhr
Presale starts on September 25th at 10am
In our human minds, according to the Law of Contagious Magic as described in The Golden Bough by anthropologist James Frazer, contact between two objects creates an inseparable thread between them. A gift from a dead friend forever holds this magic like a scar reflecting a wound. Similarly, a piece of food that touches the floor is suddenly abject and rotten. Pairing this notion with the Law of Similarity Magic, as described by Frazer, where an object resembling another can share its power, a musical notion can be understood to serve as an unbodied conduit of such magics; an emotional contact between the music and audience wherein such sorcery threads an inseparable seam that, for a time, resemble each other.
Aptly named in reference to the aforementioned book, Stygian Bough, the collaboration between Bell Witch (Dylan Desmond, Jesse Shreibman) and Aerial Ruin (Erik Moggridge) enlivens its unbodied presence resembling both projects as a conduit in its own separate entity.
The partnership at the center of Stygian Bough is over in a decade in the making, growing from Moggridge’s recurring contributions to the Bell Witch catalog. Their initial collusion occurring on the debut Bell Witch album Longing (2012) following which, Moggridge would return to guest on both Four Phantoms (2015) and Mirror Reaper (2017). Stygian Bough Volume I was released in 2020, Volume II is imminent.
https://bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygian-bough-volume-i

Following their latest, much-acclaimed album, Sphere (2019), instrumental psych rock frontrunners Monkey3 will herald 2024 with a true album highlight of the new year: The Lausanne-based four-piece has announced a brand new, cosmic studio offering, entitled Welcome To The Machine, set for release on February 23, 2024 via Napalm Records!
Once again, Monkey3 envelops listeners in their unique, cosmic auditory haze. Welcome To The Machine not only marks their seventh and most epic, dark and captivating record to date, but will also clearly prove why they are one of the most exciting instrumental rock bands in the modern stoner and psychedelic rock scene.
Welcome To The Machine’s musical themes are inspired by movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Matrix, Sunshine, Solaris and 1984, while unveiling an intense mankind vs. machines story that instantly launches the listener into deep space. Right from its first tones, the album immediately emerges as a perfect soundtrack to a journey into the unknown. Tracks such as "Rackman" perfectly showcase how Monkey3, who formed in 2001, are one of only a few instrumental bands that know how to tell an enthralling story. Welcome To The Machine explores as much as it poses questions. It is dark and menacing; evoking melancholic destruction while somehow bursting with hope at the same time, moving between haunting passages and progressive breaks, mesmerizing grooves and colossal riffs.
https://monkey3official.com/

Vorverkauf/Presale Arena Shop € 28,- (+ € 3,- Fee)
Abendkassa/Doors tba.
Veranstaltungsort:
Arena Wien - Große Halle
Baumgasse 80
1030 Wien