Night Demon/Visigoth/Vandallus

A heavy metal act outta California, Night Demon started back in 2011 when it recorded its first EP. It played its first-ever live show in 2012 and then has relentlessly toured for seven to eight months a year ever since. The band has adopted Cleveland as its second home because of the great support it has received, and its latest album, Curse of the Damned, won the No. 1 spot for Best Albums of 2015 on WJCU's "Metal on Metal" radio program. The band's latest effort, Curse of the Damned, centers on a series of murders that plague a small suburban town. On "Screams in the Night," the album's opening track, the band channels old-school metal with gang-style chants. On the current tour, the band performs the album in its entirety, though don't expect to hear the songs in order as the group plays them in reverse order Simply because they translate better that way. (Niesel)