KITTIE

When Kittie emerged from Ontario in the late ’90s, all-girl metal bands were virtually non-existent. The quartet’s 1999 debut, Spit, went gold and earned the group an Ozzfest invitation as well as an opening slot on a Slipknot tour. Those road experiences inspired Kittie to travel down a more darkly dense death-metal path, with downtuned guitars and vocals that alternate between soaring melodicism and fires-of-hell anguish. Over the past decade, the band has weathered plenty of turmoil, including a rotating lineup (with only siblings Morgan, who sings, and Mercedes, who drums, Lander remaining from the original band), legal threats from Kiss over Kittie’s Kiss of Infamy label (which they later changed to X of Infamy), and the death of the Landers' father, who was also their manager. They explored some new sonic territory on 2009’s In the Black, while maintaining their signature heaviness. Last year’s I’ve Failed You, their sixth LP, expands this evolution, resulting in one of Kittie’s most personal albums. With Blackguard, the Agonist, and Bonded by Blood. 7 p.m. Tickets: $16, $14 in advance. – Brian Baker