Blackbraid
Blackbraid is a one-man project whose Mohawk-language pseudonym honors the Adirondack land the music is built from. Rather than black metal's usual Satanic and anti-Christian tropes, the music turns entirely toward nature, folk instrumentation, and Native American history and identity; its creator describes the project as being about “existing outside of the realm of society and outside of modern culture” rather than making a political statement, even as he's found that simply existing as an Indigenous artist in this genre gets read as one anyway. Blackbraid III (2025) continues that same raw, field-recorded blend of black metal and personal history.
“The only chance to see Blackbraid in the US this year.”
- Fri, Oct 23, 2026Saint Vitus Bar, Brooklyn, NY
Blackbraid's only confirmed US show of 2026, with High Command and Gudsforladt.
Sources (5)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbraid
Background on Sgah'gahsowáh and the project's origins. - https://www.brooklynvegan.com/saint-vitus-announces-more-shows-blackbraid-king-woman-a-2nd-night-of-immolation-rivers-of-nihil-more/
Confirms this as Blackbraid's single 2026 US show. - https://chaoszine.net/blackbraid-to-tour-uk-in-april-2026/
The UK/Ireland tour this NYC date is the exception to. - https://dice.fm/event/6a6962a599f561000110fbfb
Date, venue, and full bill. - https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-sgahgahsowah-on-blackbraid-iii/
Source of the direct quotes on the project's philosophy and its relationship to politics.