REGAL RODENTS: King Rat play The Caravan Lounge this week.

Taking cues from the likes of San Francisco shoegaze-death-metal act Deafheaven and noodly-progsters Porcupine Tree, this Seattle-based outfit meld pummelling growls and triumphant major-key sludge with clean vocals and mathy guitar lines on their latest album, An Outsider. They are currently on tour with Rat King. Also from the Pacific Northwest, Rat King owe a bit more to fuzzy grooves of Black Sabbath. Their new record, Garbage Island, tumbles forward, propelled by loping drums and so much overdrive, you’ll feel compelled to check your record player’s cartridge for lint. Yes: like any good stoner metal album, Garbage Island is available on vinyl.

Rhine & Rat King
Fri, 10pm, Free
The Caravan, San Jose