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Akin to bands like Ulver, Swans, Xiu Xiu, Phantogram, GGGOLDDD, Chelsea Wolfe, Portishead, Cult of Luna, Depeche Mode, Darkthrone, Brutus, and others, Arms & Armour blends crushing guitars with angular drums and soaring vocals to create a kind of soundtrack of recovery, from illness, from tragedy, from the pains of contemporary politics, from motherhood and fatherhood, from the realization that aging happens, but art is forever.
The duo consists of Lauren Voss (vocals, guitar, synths) and John Panza (drum machines, acoustic drums, guitar, and synths). Self-produced and self-motivated, they have worked as Arms & Armour for 15 years and have toured the U.S. playing shows with just about any genre one can imagine, from acoustic to death metal shows, quiet to loud, direct to atmospheric. In all cases, Arms & Armour somehow fits…
Gothic sensibilities filtered through doom with elements of EDM and post-punk, Arms & Armour treats genre like a game of literary whack-a-mole, but the whacker is a cudgel covered in drill bits.
The Hunted sees release via Sweet Cheetah Records on September 4.
Catch the band live:
Saturday, July 25, 2026, Dark Current, Cleveland, Ohio (with The Burning Paris, Boeckner of Wolf Parade)
Saturday, August 1, 2026, Musica, Akron, Ohio (with A Place To Bury Strangers, Hell is Here)
Friday, August 14, 2026, FEED, Erie, Pennsylvania
Saturday, August 15, 2026, PorchRokr Fest, Akron, Ohio
Saturday, August 15, 2026, Mr. Small’s Funhouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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