Windhand | Ilsa at Songbyrd DC

Schedule

Thu Oct 16 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

540 Penn St NE, Washington, DC 20002, USA | Washington, DC

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Songbyrd x Savage Party present
Windhand
with Ilsa
Thursday, October 16
Doors - 7pm
Show - 8pm
Tickets
Advance - $25
Day of Show - $30
Richmond, VA heavyweights WINDHAND​ mark their arrival on new album, ‘Eternal Return.’ Boosted by Garrett Morris’ consistently cool riffs—forged at the crossroads of Iommi’s otherworldly import and Kurt Cobain’s spontaneous precocity—powered by Ryan Wolfe and Parker Chandler’s groove-laden rhythms, and propelled by Dorthia Cottrell’s smoky yet wistful vocals, WINDHAND’s​ new album is a two-step jump for Richmond’s finest purveyors of the psycho-actively heavy. Adorned by Arik Roper’s (Sleep, High on Fire) impressive cover art, ‘Eternal Return’ not only looks the part of WINDHAND’s ​artistic growth but sounds the part.
For the new album, ‘Eternal Return,’ WINDHAND​ wrote throughout the winter. Out of the songwriting sessions, “Halcyon,” “Grey Garden,” “Red Cloud,” and the monstrous “Eyeshine” emerged as the heaviest tracks, while “Pilgrim’s Rest,” “Diablerie,” and “Feather” embodied the more reflective side of WINDHAND​. The juxtaposition of heavy, psychedelic, and pensive is less like Black Sabbath and Sleep and more like Soundgarden and Veruca Salt. But the namedrops aren’t absolute so much as signals of WINDHAND’s​ ability to stretch beyond genre confines. ‘Eternal Return’ is a complete life-to-death journey.
Thematically, that’s exactly what WINDHAND​ were aiming for on ‘Eternal Return.’ As unplanned things go, it’s an observation of as well as a reflection on life’s ups and downs, joys and sorrows, beginnings and ends. Between ‘Grief’s Infernal Flower’ and ‘Eternal Return,’ WINDHAND​ welcomed new life, survived lineup changes, and mourned unexpected death. The songs and song ordering are the direct result of those experiences. Where “Halcyon” is assured in its opening of ‘Eternal Return,’ the closing track “Feather” is its funeral march.
For ‘Eternal Return,’ WINDHAND ​brought Endino back to the fold. Together, they spent two weeks recording at Soundhouse Recording in Seattle. Described as “smooth” and “intense,” the sessions with the famed producer were just what WINDHAND​ wanted. Endino also understood the group’s artistic progression, chiefly the admiration of and blending in late ‘80s/early ‘90s grunge. Out of it all, WINDHAND​ continued to refactor and refine their vision of heavy. A new era of psychedelic heaviness is upon us with WINDHAND’s​ genre-blurring ‘Eternal Return.’ Sweet, fuzzed-out oblivion has never been closer...
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