Abysmal Lord, which plays American Legion Seminole Post 111 in Tampa, Florida on December 11, 2017. Credit: Abysmal Lord

Abysmal Lord, which plays American Legion Seminole Post 111 in Tampa, Florida on December 11, 2017. Credit: Abysmal Lord

✔️ = Critic's Pick

✔️ Abysmal Lord w/Caveman Cult/Ululatum Tollunt A triumvirate of Southern black metal will coalesce at Seminole Heights’ American Legion hall, where the Sunshine State’s own Caveman Cult will play host to Tennessee’s Ululatum Tollunt and Crescent City death metal dementors Abysmal Lord, who will bring its ear-splitting love of Satan (2015’s Disciples of the Inferno) to the hall, meaning shockwaves of noise will assault anyone brave enough to step inside the room and take the hellride. (American Legion-Seminole Post 111, Tampa) INFO

Handel’s Messiah, Christmas Portion w/Tampa Oratorio Singers This performance of a holiday staple is just one of many holiday-themed performances that we couldn’t jam onto the printed page (rock and roll is always going to trump gift-wrapping music, no matter how good the latter is). (Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church, Tampa) INFO

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Suncoast Singers of Florida Concert: Holiday Spectacular w/Second Winds Community Band/Palm Harbor United Methodist Church Choir/Pasadena Community Church Choir/Tarpon Springs United Methodist Church Choir (Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg) INFO

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...