Himsa To Play Farewell Show

Seattle's Himsa has decided to call it a day. Bassist Derek Harn says, “After 10 plus years, four releases, countless tours and almost incomprehensible (yet constant) upheaval, the last three years of the band have been relatively stable. Having sacrificed everything we had in order to ensure the band's survival, it's time to let it go. We made a great CD (Summon in Thunder); reportedly, our best. We've got a great label. We're getting along, we've toured and we’re fine. It's all good. We're leaving it at that."

“A relatively unremarkable closing to Himsa's gi-normously dramatic career, there appears to be no acrimony or unpleasantness, simply the end of a blistering, phenomenal, tumultuous era of the metal that Himsa permeated into the modern musical landscape. References have been made to the band's evolving difficulties with the relentless touring schedules that have been the hallmark of Himsa's career. If we can't tour, and our reality is we can't tour as we have in the past, then it's not Himsa. Better to hang it up than fade away.”

Himsa will play one final show at the El Corazon on August 16, the club they've all called home, for better and for worse, for many years.