The Contortionist Concert History

Bottom heavy open chords that resonate strong enough to shake the core of the earth. Skyrocketing bursts of oscillating guitar leads layer an ominous and dark undercurrent of rhythm. While hardcore punk may be the sound that rules the day in The Contortionist hometown of Indianapolis, it is the band’s signature brand of forward thinking heavy metal that has made them stick out as hometown favorites. The band worked hard to amass a following beyond Indiana through consistent regional shows, coastal touring, and two self-released EPs.

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 15, 2019
Coheed and Cambria / Astronoid / The Contortionist
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The Ritz Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Oct 14, 2019
Coheed and Cambria / The Contortionist / Astronoid
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The Underground, The Fillmore Charlotte, AvidXchange Music Factory Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Aug 22, 2019
The Contortionist
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Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aug 20, 2019
The Contortionist Speakeasy Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Aug 19, 2019
The Contortionist
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Voodoo Lounge Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Aug 15, 2019 –
Aug 17, 2019
ArcTanGent 2019
Coheed and Cambria / Battles / Meshuggah / Russian Circles / 65daysofstatic / Polyphia / Carpenter Brut / Caspian / And So I Watch You from Afar / Cult of Luna / Daughters / TTNG / The Contortionist / The Ocean / Zeal & Ardor / Covet / The Algorithm / Sleep Token / Three Trapped Tigers / Brutus / Yvette Young / Gost / Sithu Aye / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs / Black Peaks / Elephant Gym / Car Bomb / GNOD / The Physics House Band / Birds In Row / Toska / Zu / Floral / Puppy / Nordic Giants / Employed To Serve / Bossk / Invalids / Raketkanon / Conjurer / Standards / Gender Roles / Palm Reader / Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard / SLOW CRUSH / Frontierer / Theo / AK/DK / A.A. Williams / Pijn / Aiming for Enrike / Ithaca / St Pierre Snake Invasion / Cocaine Piss / Soeur / Midas Fall / LLNN / We Never Learned to Live / Charlie Barnes / Haunt the Woods / VLMV / Lost in the Riots / Azusa / CLT DRP / Oxygen Thief / Good Game / Cattle / Letters From The Colony / Cultdreams / Big Lad / Colossal Squid / Dags! / Matt Calvert / Wild Cat Strike / No Violet / Dj Perro / DobleCapa / Memory of Elephants / Howard James Kenny / a-tota-so / Kaguu / Sugar Horse / Rad Pitt / Puerto Austral / Møl (DK) / Steve Strong / All the Best Tapes / Voronoi / Pave / Hexcut / Too Piste / BATS (Dublin) / Ogives Big Band / Curse These Metal Hands / Ogives / Kinlaw & Franco Franco / Twin Siblings (UK) / AMNT Show all bands
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Fernhill Farm Compton Martin, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 10, 2019
The Contortionist
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Musik und Frieden Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Aug 07, 2019 –
Aug 10, 2019
Brutal Assault 2019
Anathema / Soilwork / Electric Wizard / Carcass / Thy Art Is Murder / Caspian / After the Burial / Combichrist / Sick of It All / Ensiferum / Deicide / Decapitated / Emperor / Carpenter Brut / Cult of Luna / Prong / Therion / Sodom / The Contortionist / The Ocean / Eyehategod / Hypocrisy / Rotting Christ / Destruction / Godflesh / Discharge / Daughters / Raised Fist / Windhand / Aborted / Walls of Jericho / Voivod / Diablo Swing Orchestra / Anaal Nathrakh / Primordial / Violator / Immolation / Jinjer / Taake / Sacred Reich / Tankard / Krisiun / Iron Reagan / Omnium Gatherum / Coven / Lionheart / Incantation / Batushka / Gost / Slapshot / Ektomorf / Jungle Rot / Gorod / Car Bomb / The Obsessed / Deluge / Hellhammer / Exumer / Alien Weaponry / Toska / Wolfbrigade / Oceans of Slumber / Vulvodynia / Saor / Wormed / Antaeus / Demolition Hammer / Kraanium / Shape of Despair / Get the Shot / VUUR / Venom Prison / vampillia / Manes / Dr. Living Dead / Cytotoxin / SKELETAL REMAINS / Higher Power / Hexis / Nordjevel / Gutalax / Unfathomable Ruination / Au-Dessus / THE ARSON PROJECT / Letters From The Colony / Crystal Lake - Official / Azusa / Zuriaake / TAPHOS / Frog Leap / PERFECITIZEN / Violent Magic Orchestra / Decultivate / Meat Spreader / Parkway Drive / Anthrax Show all bands
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Pevnov Josefov / Josefov Fortress Jaroměř, Czech Republic
Jul 28, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist / Nick Johnston / Renovare
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Reverb Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Jul 26, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist / Quan Aqua Faust / Nick Johnston
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Fête Music Hall Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Jul 25, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist
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Toad's Place New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Jul 24, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist / Nick Johnston
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Upstate Concert Hall Clifton Park, New York, United States
Jul 23, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / Nick Johnston / The Contortionist
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Rex Theater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Jul 20, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist
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Thompson House Newport, Kentucky, United States
Jul 19, 2019
The Contortionist / Nick Johnston
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Lafayette Theater Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Jul 17, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / Nick Johnston / The Contortionist
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Varsity Theater Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Jul 11, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist / Nick Johnston
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Elevation at The Intersection Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Jul 07, 2019
Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist / Nick Johnston
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Barrymore's Music Hall Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
May 25, 2019
Animals as Leaders / The Contortionist Newport Music Hall Columbus, Ohio, United States
May 24, 2019
Animals as Leaders / The Contortionist Cannery Ballroom Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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The Contortionist / Rivers of Nihil
Oct 6, 2022
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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The Contortionist / Rivers of Nihil
Oct 6, 2022
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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The Contortionist / Rivers of Nihil
Oct 6, 2022
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON on May 26, 2015 [983-small]

The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON on May 26, 2015 [984-small]

The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON on May 26, 2015 [985-small]

The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON on May 26, 2015 [986-small]

The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON on May 26, 2015 [987-small]

The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON on May 26, 2015 [988-small]

The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON on May 26, 2015 [989-small]

The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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The Contortionist / Auras / CHON
May 26, 2015
 Portland, Maine, United States
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Protest the Hero / The Safety Fire / The Contortionist / Palm Reader (UK) on Dec 2, 2014 [288-small]

Protest the Hero / The Safety Fire / The Contortionist / Palm Reader (UK)
Dec 2, 2014
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Animals as Leaders / The Contortionist / Between The Buried And Me on Aug 1, 2015 [583-small]

Animals as Leaders / The Contortionist / Between The Buried And Me
Aug 1, 2015
 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
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Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist / Polyphia / Toothgrinder on Sep 28, 2017 [410-small]

Between The Buried And Me / The Contortionist / Polyphia / Toothgrinder
Sep 28, 2017
 Pontiac, Michigan, United States
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Graspop Metal Meeting 2018 on Jun 21, 2018 [069-small]

Graspop Metal Meeting 2018
Jun 21 - 24, 2018
 Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Experimental
Progressive Metal
Deathcore
Progressive
Djent
Progressive Deathcore
Progressive Post-Hardcore
British Choir
Sci-Fi Metal
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2022 25 concerts
2021 1 concert
2020 10 concerts
2019 42 concerts
2018 78 concerts
2017 54 concerts
2016 93 concerts
2015 94 concerts
2014 45 concerts
2013 107 concerts
2012 74 concerts
2011 109 concerts
2010 63 concerts
2009 8 concerts
2008 1 concert
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Contortionist had?

The Contortionist has had 804 concerts.

What genre is The Contortionist?

The Contortionist is most often considered to be Experimental, Progressive Metal, Deathcore, Progressive, Djent, Progressive Deathcore, Progressive Post-Hardcore, British Choir, and Sci-Fi Metal.

When was the last The Contortionist concert?

The last The Contortionist concert was on October 15, 2022 at Deluxe in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

What setlist does The Contortionist play live?

The songs that The Contortionist performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 15, 2022 concert at Deluxe in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States:

  1. The Source
  2. Language I: Intuition
  3. Language II: Conspire
  4. Integration
  5. Thrive
  6. Primordial Sound
  7. Arise
  8. Ebb & Flow
  9. The Parable
  10. Primal Directive
  11. Flourish
  12. Expire
  13. Contact
  14. Advent
  15. Vessel
  16. Oscillator
  17. Axiom
  18. Exoplanet I: Egress
  19. Exoplanet II: Void
  20. Exoplanet III: Light

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