Portland, OR metalcore band Dying Wish just released their third album, Flesh Stays Together, on SharpTone Records. It’s their most melodic album yet, but it also has some of their most bleak subject matter. “We didn’t want it to feel like a solution-oriented record,” vocalist Emma Boster said. “We wanted it to feel hopeless. Like, we’re so fucked. There’s hardly a positive message, if any at all, on the record.”
In conjunction with the release of the album, Emma and guitarist Pedro Carrillo told us about five albums you need to know by bands from their hometown, including a couple nationally-known names and a few smaller ones like asthelifeleavesyoureyes, Misery Whip, and Slime. Emma and Pedro had a lot of cool stuff to say about each pick, as you can see and hear for yourself by watching the video embedded below.
Dying Wish also have an upcoming headlining tour tour with support from the very cool lineup of Static Dress, Gouge Away, Orthodox, and Boltcutter. That hits the NYC-area on November 20 at Warsaw and November 21 at Amityville Music Hall. All upcoming dates are listed below.
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Dying Wish — 2025 Tour Dates
Sep 27 – House of Blues Anaheim – Anaheim, CA^
Sep 28 – The Majestic Ventura Theater – Ventura, CA^
Sep 30 – The Observatory North Park – San Diego, CA^
Oct 02 – House of Blues Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV^
Oct 04 – Aftershock Festival – Sacramento, CA*
Oct 06 – House of Blues – Dallas, Dallas, TX^
Oct 27 – Le Bikini – Toulouse, France~
Oct 28 – Élysée-Montmartre – Paris, France~
Oct 30 – Backstage Werk – Munich, Germany~
Oct 31 – Felsenkeller – Leipzig, Germany~
Nov 01 – Huxleys Neue Welt – Berlin, Germany~
Nov 02 – Gruenspan – Hamburg, Germany~
Nov 04 – 013 Poppodium – Tilburg, Netherlands~
Nov 05 – Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany~
Nov 06 – Vooruit, Ghent – Belgium~
Nov 08 – O2 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester, England~
Nov 09 – O2 Academy Brixton – London, England~
Nov 14 – Eastside Bowl – Nashville, TN #
Nov 15 – The Masquerade – Hell – Atlanta, GA #
Nov 16 – The Underground – Charlotte, NC #
Nov 17 – The Canal Club – Richmond, VA #
Nov 18 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD #
Nov 20 – Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY #
Nov 21 – AMH – Amityville, NY #
Nov 22 – TLA – Philadelphia, PA #
Nov 23 – Royale – Boston, MA #
Nov 25 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY #
Nov 26 – The Roxy – Lakewood, OH #
Nov 28 – The Shelter – Detroit, MI #
Nov 29 – Metro – Chicago, IL #
Nov 30 – Delmar Hall – St. Louis, MO #
Dec 03 – Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO #
Dec 05 – The Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ #
Dec 09 – The Regent Theater – Los Angeles, CA #
Dec 10 – 924 Gilman – Berkeley, CA #
Dec 12 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR %
# The “Flesh Stays Together 2025” tour with Static Dress, Gouge Away, Orthodox, & Boltcutter
% Dying Wishmas with Static Dress, Big Boy, Gridirion, Gouge Away, Orthodox, Boltcutter, & End Of Dayz
^ with Poppy and MSPAINT
~ with Malevolence, Speed, and PSYCHO-FRAME
* Festival Date
$ Headline Date