On December 12, New York's own avant-death metal visionaries Imperial Triumphant will headline the Jazz From Hell Festival, bringing their gilded brand of dissonance to Le Poisson Rouge. But this won't be just another night of metallic mayhem — the trio will be joined onstage by the Goldstar Metropole Orchestra, transforming the venue into a big-band inferno where free-jazz decadence collides with brutalist chaos.
Expect a setlist that dives across Imperial Triumphant's entire catalogue, reshaped and expanded with horns, brass, and the orchestra's sweeping arrangements. For a band whose DNA has always twisted together the grime of New York's underbelly with operatic grandeur, this collaboration feels like destiny manifesting in molten gold.
Bassist and keyboardist Steve Blanco captures the mood perfectly: "Imperial Triumphant drags the city's underbelly into Le Poisson Rouge for Jazz From Hell — horns ablaze, brass dripping in decadence, a golden chaos where dissonance swings and the city trembles. This is Jazz from Hell dressed in gold and filth!"
Tickets are on sale now for what promises to be one of the most singular nights in extreme music this year. The event kicks off at 7pm at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street, New York. Secure your place at the altar of chaos via this link, or head to the official event page for more details. You can also catch Imperial Triumphant at one of their European tour dates with Igorrr below.
10/1 Bordeaux, France Le Rocher de Palmer
10/2 Toulouse, France Le Bikini
10/3 Bilbao, Spain Santana 27
10/4 Barcelona, Spain Apolo 1
10/5 Madrid, Spain La Riviera
10/7 Istres, France L'Usine
10/8 Lausanne, Switzerland Les Docks
10/9 Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp
10/10 Nijmegen, Netherlands Soulcrusher Festival
10/11 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgique
10/12 Cologne, Germany Live Music Hall
10/14 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle
10/15 Nancy, France Nancy Jazz Pulsation
10/16 Lyon, France Le Transbordeur
10/17 Paris, France L'Olympia
10/19 Nantes, France Stereolux
10/21 Bristol, United Kingdom Crane Bristol
10/22 London, United Kingdom Shepherd's Bush Empire
10/23 Manchester, United Kingdom O2 Ritz
