Great Falls

Credit: Hugues De Castillo

Booking Agent : Marie Leclère

Great Falls are a Seattle-based noise-rock and sludge/hardcore trio built around vocalist/guitarist Demian Johnston (Kiss It Goodbye, Undertow, Playing Enemy), bassist Shane Mehling (Playing Enemy), and drummer/vocalist Nickolis Parks (Gaytheist, Bastard Feast). For more than a decade, the band have developed a singular form of extreme music where crushing heaviness, dissonance, noise, and emotional intensity collide.

Their sound is difficult to contain within a single genre. Drawing from noise-rock, sludge, hardcore, post-metal, and the more abrasive edges of experimental music, Great Falls create songs that are physically overwhelming without sacrificing complexity or emotional depth. Johnston’s twisted guitar work and raw vocals, Mehling’s massive low-end, and Parks’ volatile and highly technical drumming combine into a sound that can move from hypnotic tension to complete sonic destruction within seconds.

Great Falls have built their reputation not only through their recordings but through an intensely confrontational live presence. Their performances are visceral, unpredictable, and physically demanding, with the band treating the stage less as a place to simply perform songs than as an environment for complete sonic immersion. That intensity has taken them across North America and Europe, including appearances at Roadburn Festival and Northwest Terror Fest, as well as tours and shows alongside bands such as Botch, Primitive Man, and other major names from the underground heavy music scene.

Following their acclaimed 2023 album Objects Without Pain, released by Neurot Recordings, Great Falls return in 2026 with their new full-length, The Bite That Grows Up. The record marks another step in the band’s ongoing evolution, combining the overwhelming physicality that has always defined Great Falls with an increasingly personal and human approach to songwriting.

With The Bite That Grows Up, Great Falls enter a new phase of the band’s history while remaining committed to the same uncompromising intensity that has defined them from the beginning.

Great Falls are currently preparing extensive touring in support of The Bite That Grows Up, with U.S. dates planned alongside Kowloon Walled City, followed by European dates. After years of developing their sound and reputation on stages across the underground, the band are bringing their most visceral material yet back to both sides of the Atlantic.

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