UPCOMING SHOWS

CORPUS OFFAL with MEPHITIC CORPSE and PENETRATION
May
29
9:00 PM21:00

CORPUS OFFAL with MEPHITIC CORPSE and PENETRATION

HOLY HELL at HOLY DIVER!! CORPUS OFFAL with MEPHITIC CORPSE and PENETRATION

Doors at 8PM/21+ @holydiverneworleans

Cerebral Rot is DEAD. From its maggot-infested corpse an entity even more repulsively loathsome has emerged, CORPUS OFFAL. Cerebral Rot’s lead guitarist / vocalist Ian Schwab, and guitarist Clyle Lindstrom have reconstituted in this ghastly operating theater, now with the new rhythm section (de)composed of Jesse Shreibman (Bell Witch, Autophagy) on drums and Jason Sachs (ex-Demoncy) on bass.

With the Cerebral Rot songwriting core intact CORPUS OFFAL reeks of similarly foul decrepitude and bludgeoning subterranean weight. Additionally a new more sickly goregrind presence hovers over the murk like a horrid miasma, engulfing the tunes with a cadaverous redolence.

The upcoming album, which has been recorded and mixed by Billy Anderson and mastered by Dan Lowndes, will be released in 2025.

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LECHE / GET DRESSED / T.A.C.K. /LAUGHING TORSO
May
31
8:00 PM20:00

LECHE / GET DRESSED / T.A.C.K. /LAUGHING TORSO

$10 at the door

“With a number of releases already under their belt, LECHE from Austin, TX returns with a new six-song cassette EP. A band that is rather difficult to pinpoint with a specific sound, LECHE meanders around many subgenres contained within the greater, all-encompassing “punk” umbrella. Best I can come up with is that they are a cowpunk take on Southern rock (maybe mostly due to that wildly long “Freebird”-type guitar solo to end one song, yeesh) with a peppering of noise rock and speed metal, all tied together by the satirical stream-of-consciousness style ramblings of the vocalist—that last part is most prevalent on the song “Premium Suffrage,” written from the perspective of a country club member kicking non-members off the basketball court that has been reserved for his company two-on-two basketball tournament.” Bif Biafra, Maximum RocknRoll (https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/band/leche/)

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ZORN / SATANIK HEAVY DRINKER / RADE
Jun
14
8:00 PM20:00

ZORN / SATANIK HEAVY DRINKER / RADE

This will be a ripper! Doors at 8PM / $15 in ADV or at the door / 21+

While Zorn’s theatrical, (literally) scorching live shows are the stuff of legend, it would be a grave mistake to think the chaos they summon is all about the flaming swords, makeup, and leather corsets. Like Alice Cooper and David Bowie before them, Zorn knows you gotta have the songs to back up the image. Zorn’s metal-punk draws on death rock melody, intricate thrash riffing, and the bulldozing power of Discharge-inspired hardcore bands, but the songs are as infectious as they are intense. As with early Metallica, tracks like “Already Dead” and “Delco Devil Mosh” are built on memorable melodies that, in another time and place, might have formed the backbone of a killer glam rock single. I’m happy with my current reality, though, where Zorn is the kind of band who puts a devil standing atop a pile of flaming skulls on the cover of their album.

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MORTA SKULD with METAPHOBIC
Jul
7
8:00 PM20:00

MORTA SKULD with METAPHOBIC

JUST ANNOUNCED!! TICKETS ARE ONSALE NOW!! For MORTA SKULD with METAPHOBIC

At HOLY DIVER on MONDAY, JULY 7TH! $15 in advance! Doors at 8PM 21+

Formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1990, Morta Skuld has been in the American Death Metal scene for 25 years, and has played with such bands as Death, Obituary, Slayer, and Napalm Death. Morta Skuld went on to sign with England's Peaceville Records. After breaking up for number of years, the band reformed with a new breed and take on their genre. The current line up consists of founding member Dave Gregor (vocals and guitar), plus Scott Willecke (guitar), AJ Lewandowski (bass), and former Jungle Rot drummer Eric House.

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HOPELESS OTIS / THE PAUSE / CODE BLACK
Jul
28
8:00 PM20:00

HOPELESS OTIS / THE PAUSE / CODE BLACK

DOORS AT 8PM 21+ $10 AT THE DOOR! @holydiverneworleans

Hopeless Otis is a punk band from New York City that writes songs about positivity, perseverance, and solutions. Hopeless Otis formed in 2009 with Joe Dorane on guitar and lead vocals, Larry Spahn playing bass and also doing some vocals, and Eddie Kalinowski on drums. With the original lineup, Hopeless Otis released two albums and one EP; A Better Place to Be (2011), Blueprints for Victory EP (2014), and Dangerfield (2016). At the end of 2016, Eddie Kalinowski left the band and was replaced by Mike Paladino on drums and in 2017 Joe Dorane left Hopeless Otis with Mac McInerney replacing him on guitar and Larry Spahn taking over lead vocals. Larry Spahn co-founded Knuckle Down Records in 2017 and the following year Hopeless Otis would release the album, Still Out Here (2018), on the label. In 2020 Mac McInerney would depart Hopeless Otis to be replaced by Oscar Arias on guitar. The band would release their fourth full-length album, Until the Floor Caves In (2021), on Knuckle Down Records in 2021. Hopeless Otis followed up in just a year, releasing Leave It All Behind (2022) also on Knuckle Down Records. In 2023, Oscar Arias would leave the band to be replaced by Matt Liester on guitar.

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CHEF MENTEUR / NITE NURSE / SHINING FIELDS
May
23
8:00 PM20:00

CHEF MENTEUR / NITE NURSE / SHINING FIELDS

8PM doors, 9PM show, $10 cover at the door

A night of live, local rock n roll at your neighborhood dark bar! @holydiverneworleans

Sprawling, ambitious, cerebral, essential … those are just a few words used when talking about Chef Menteur’s intoxicating cosmic brew of space and psych rock, drone, kosmische, ambient … Chef Menteur positioned themselves ‘upriver’ from other music in their home-base of New Orleans and have proceeded to keep moving not only up, but out in every direction. Admitted ‘compulsive tapers in the practice room,’ Chef Menteur excel in texture and mood. Incorporating vintage, modern, and analog instruments with improvisation as well as field recordings, Chef Menteur are baffling to nail down. And wholly their own.

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SAMVEGA / BIPOLAROID / CALDWELL
May
10
8:00 PM20:00

SAMVEGA / BIPOLAROID / CALDWELL

Doors at 8pm, show at 930pm, $10 cover at the door!

Upending common perceptions of psychedelic music, Samvega pushes forward from tradition to forge a sound uniquely their own. It is difficult to detail their power, beauty, and transcendent nature. An arsenal of underground influences, Samvega is a band that is best experienced live.  The hypnotic, hard hitting rhythms, surrounded by synthesized atmospheres and sub bass frequencies, crushing guitar, soaring swells and unsettling pulses all pulled together by the band’s powerful vocals. Samvega connects people to an uncharted musical realm that remains both tangible and familiar. 

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007
May
2
8:00 PM20:00

007

007 has been rocking steady in New Orleans since 2000. The brainchild of G Love and
Special Sauce drummer Jeffrey "Houseman" Clemens, 007 is a forum for playing great
Jamaican music from the 60's by such artists as Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley and
Toots Hibbert (Toots and the Maytals). 007's members also play in some of the area's
best bands. Bassist Joe Cabral fronts The Iguanas on Bajo Sexto and tenor saxophone.
Composer and guitarist Jonathan Freilich founded the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars
and plays guitar in many styles from jazz to folk. Alex McMurray plays guitar and sings
with Tin Men and the Happy Talk Band. Infectious dance grooves combined with three
part harmony singing and brilliant guitar improvisation are the hallmarks of this New
Orleans Party Institution. They have released three records, most recently “The Return
Of Ben Downlow” in 2024.

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HEAD CANNON / DIE WITH NATURE / THE PAUSE
Apr
27
8:00 PM20:00

HEAD CANNON / DIE WITH NATURE / THE PAUSE

Doors at 8PM / $10 at the door / 21+

HEADCANNON is a punk adjacent band from Jackson, MS. This punk/grunge outfit consist of three members JD Bass on drums, Gage King on bass and vocals, and Isaac Smith on guitar and vocals. This trio has been playing together since 2023, and has quickly built a reputation for their energetic live performances, light hearted banter with the audience, and the sheer volume that is produced when they are on stage.

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THE UNNATURALS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW w/MY NEPTUNE
Apr
19
8:00 PM20:00

THE UNNATURALS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW w/MY NEPTUNE

Join THE UNNATURALS on SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH to celebrate their release of “SLEAZY LISTENING!” Joined by locals MY NEPTUNE and with a closing 1980’s KISS tribute performance featuring local rockers JESSE TRIPP & BRUISER BROUSSARD!

THE UNNATURALS: New Orleans instrumental surf rock, with a hint of swing & rockabilly, a punk & metal twist, and a whole lotta alcohol & attitude.

$10 at the door/21+ Doors at 8PM

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HAPPY TALK BAND
Apr
17
8:00 PM20:00

HAPPY TALK BAND

Doors at 8PM / 21+/ $10 at the door!

Local favorites, HAPPY TALK BAND, play HOLY DIVER!

Blending elements of rock, country, folk, and Americana, New Orleans based songwriter and Happy Talk Band frontman, Luke Spurr Allen, provides a dark and wry atlas for the coming times: easy listening for the dystopian funhouse on the horizon.

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MODERATE ROCK / STEW / TWIN SUGAR / KEL FELMER
Apr
11
8:00 PM20:00

MODERATE ROCK / STEW / TWIN SUGAR / KEL FELMER

Doors at 8PM/$10 at the door/21+

MODERATE ROCK: A collective of electric noise echoing through the farthest reaches of the city. Their music sounds like each instrument is trying as hard as it can to be louder than the other ones. It results in a trifecta of delectable chaos best enjoyed at high decibels. Brooklyn based; Preserving the art of the street show experience since 2018.

Guitar/Words: Nik Yilmaz | Bass: Ricky Diamond | Guitar: Aidan Oconnor | Drums: Chris Conlon

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MICHAEL HURTT AND THE NEW ORLEANS NIGHT HOWLERS W/LORETTE VELVETTE & ROCKIN' DON WAYNE
Mar
3
8:00 PM20:00

MICHAEL HURTT AND THE NEW ORLEANS NIGHT HOWLERS W/LORETTE VELVETTE & ROCKIN' DON WAYNE

LUNDI GRAS at HOLY DIVER!! 🎡 This is gonna be a good one!! 🎉 LORETTE VELVETTE with MICHAEL HURTT AND THE NEW ORLEANS NIGHT HOWLERS, ROCKIN' DON WAYNE and special guest DJ MATTY! Doors at 8PM / $15 / 21+ @holydiverneworleans

Until this past October, Lorette Velvette had not played in New Orleans since the late eighties when her mesmerizing Memphis rock 'n' roll band the Hellcats scorched the city with a still-talked about appearance with Tav Falco's Panther Burns. Since then, she's become an otherworldy chanteuse of Southern song, her deeply Delta-inflected style ignited by trailblazers like hill country blues guitarist Jessie Mae Hemphill and Moon Records' rockabilly maven Cordell Jackson. Like a 21st Century Bobbie Gentry, her music is rooted in the vaguely familiar, yet defies simple categorization, with myriads of blues, country and gospel tributaries running through its strikingly soulful rock 'n' roll spirit. Be sure to burn this upcoming Lundi Gras appearance into your brains and calendars!!

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SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE with NITE NURSE, SELMA OXOR and special guest DJ DRUGSTOREELVIS
Feb
27
10:00 PM22:00

SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE with NITE NURSE, SELMA OXOR and special guest DJ DRUGSTOREELVIS

FOLLOWING THE MUSES PARADE /10PM/ $8 ADV 21+

Ari Blaisdell and Matt Jones are System Exclusive: a Pasadena based two piece band bearing an armful of mini synths, making heart-throbbing capital P pop cut with more than a hint of post-punk. Blaisdell’s vocals hearken back to openhearted 80’s hitmakers unafraid to quaver in the name of love, and they’re buoyed by Jones’ laser-gridded synth concoctions and heavy hand on the ones and twos.

Nite Nurse is a quartet of New Orleans rock n roll malcontents, including members of Il Gruppo Fr and Luxurious Faux Furs. They have problems, and they have songs about problems.

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GNARLTONES (EODM's Dave Catching) / Rik Slave's DARK LOUNGE MINISTRIES
Feb
21
8:00 PM20:00

GNARLTONES (EODM's Dave Catching) / Rik Slave's DARK LOUNGE MINISTRIES

Rock n Roll supergroup, THE GNARLTONES, featuring Dave Catching from Eagles of Death Metal & Queens of the Stone Age take the stage at HOLY DIVER for a special Carnival show!

Rik Slave's Darklounge Ministries opens the night. Doors at 8PM! You don't wanna miss this one!

Rik Slave present DARKLOUNGE MINISTRIES — live, sexy three piece pop lounge for your aural pleasure.

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ox45 / ABUSEMENTS / CARNAGE GUISADO / WHITE PHOSPHORUS
Feb
14
9:00 PM21:00

ox45 / ABUSEMENTS / CARNAGE GUISADO / WHITE PHOSPHORUS

The night kicks off with sounds from ( in no particular order ) NOLA/FL/TX based Thrash Metal Party Kingpin underdog hoodlums - OX45, ass kicking anthemic Alabama based punk rock rhyme slingers - ABUSEMENTS, along with Texas based party punk metal head wildmen CARNAGE GUISADA, along with Florida's White Phosphorus!!!

$10 at the door

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