# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Howling Giant, Insomniac
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 am
- **Event Description**: Nashville’s Howling Giant has nothing to prove. Music City’s preeminent heavy jamming

psych-wizards formed a decade ago and have been on an enviously productive upswing ever

since. With four EPs, a split LP and two full-length records under their belts, not to mention a

relentless touring ethos that finds them spreading the riff gospel far and wide, Howling Giant

transfix with gorgeous, harmony-laden vocal hooks while hitting listeners square in the gut with

snaking, progressive grooves no one saw coming.

Since the 2023 release of their exquisite and widely acclaimed album Glass Future, Howling

Giant has taken to the open road over and over, co-headlining a European odyssey with fellow

Magnetic Eye Records vibe-hounds Heavy Temple and entrancing North America in support of

heavyweights like Elder, The Obsessed, Black Tusk and Mars Red Sky. The solidified trio of

Sebastian Baltes (bass/vocals), Tom Polzine (guitar/vocals) and Zach Wheeler (drums/vocals)

have honed their craft to a diamond-hard point, still bringing fiery fervor like every show is their

first and intensity as it if might be the last.

Now expanded to a four-piece with the permanent addition of Adrian Zambrano on guitar and

synths, the band is poised to unleash their third album Crucible & Ruin. Electrified by a dual-axe

attack and an absurd wealth of hook-driven, hard-driving melodies, the record is massive,

mercurial, and ready to meet the moment.

Crucible & Ruin finds Howling Giant embracing more ethereal textures and wide-open spaces,

which makes the hammer-drop of each churning riff and whip-crack drum fill hit that much

harder. The mellow sections are smoothly psychedelic sailing, like the pensive restraint that

opens “The Archivist” or the contemplative instrumental “Lesser Gods,” but then they turn out a

stuttering bruiser like “Beholder I - Downfall” that’s built around such a toweringly heavy groove

that it might have its own weather system. More importantly, at the core are such impeccable

songwriting chops that listeners will almost instantly feel they’ve known these songs forever.

Having brought the thunder to hundreds of audiences, each player lays down his licks in

generous, sympathetic lockstep. Baltes’s bass lurks and lashes with swooping swings, while

Wheeler’s drumming lands in a perfect sweet spot between Dave Grohl and Neil Peart.

Polzine’s and Zambrano’s guitars paint a widescreen palette of laser-focused hooks and

beautiful atmospherics, from the heaving bounce of “Melchor’s Bones” and the nervy dual-guitar

overlay of “Scepter & Scythe” to the mile-wide grin of a groove that pops up toward the end of

“Hunter’s Mark.” Across the album, multiple voices mingle in golden harmonies that float atop

the earthbound pummel of the instrumentation.

Howling Giant has nothing to prove, yet they’re still out there doing the damn thing. Crucible &

Ruin is heavy music in pursuit of lightness, and points toward a better world by staying deeply

present in every tricky fill, every songbird riff, every canyon-deep groove, every desperate

refrain. Like daybreak poised to crest the horizon, the world waits for Howling Giant’s twisting,

searching, soaring new album with fervent hope.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kansas-city/howling-giant-insomniac/200029355288431
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 41

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Kansas City
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1520 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States
- **lat**: 39.09493
- **long**: -94.58154
- **full address**: 1520 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Howling Giant, Insomniac being held?
  - **A:** Howling Giant, Insomniac takes place on Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 am at 1520 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Howling Giant, Insomniac?
  - **A:** Howling Giant, Insomniac is organized by recordBar.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at recordBar's events?
  - **A:** recordBar has 112+ followers on AllEvents, reflecting a trusted and active community of event-goers who follow their events. recordBar has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Howling Giant, Insomniac is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Kansas City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Howling Giant, Insomniac sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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