Grinding, sludgy punk-metal with a decent sense of melody. Noteworthy aspect: Intermittently, a singer rasps it up like a Captain Beefheart/lost-at-sea-pirate hybrid. The Wisconsinites head the lineup for Bloodbath Part VII, a biannual Madison event that makes a Double Down odyssey on Friday.

The Details

Brainerd: Animal Mother

From the Calendar

Brainerd with Pigasus, 29th Street Disciples, The Hitchhikers, Holley 750

February 20, 10 p.m.

Free

Double Down Saloon, 791-5775.

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