Three band members pose in the middle of a grocery store. The subject on the left is reaching for a beverage, and the person on the right is holding an orange juice container, both wearing denim. All three subjects have visible tattoos on their arms.
Whores, c. 2014 Credit: whrsband / Facebook

Fourteen years after announcing itself with the Ruiner EP, Atlanta noise-rock favorite Whores (stylized in all-caps) still leaves fans with ears ringing.

The live shows are just as cathartic, and Christian Lembach continues to bring it to fans even after a gnarly ACL injury in 2017. Lembach & co. are on the road supporting War..

The outing was recorded right here in Tampa at Ryan Boesch’s Candor Recording and landed at No. 15 on Rolling Stone’s list of 2024’s best metal albums, with critic David Fear calling the record the band’s “tightest, toughest, most satisfying album to date.”

Tickets to see Whores play Tampa Orpheum on Thursday, Dec. 18 are still available and start at $28.69.

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This article appears in Dec. 04 – 10, 2025.

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...