Eight Gigs: King Woman

Sacramento is King Woman’s home away from home. It’s not incidental that her Relapse debut, Created tn the Image of Suffering, is being unveiled here. And this album is immense. The murky dirge of “Shame” and “Deny” build black monoliths atop the foundation laid on the Doubt EP, only to have “Hierophant” lay ruin to all preconceptions. We’ll find out if doom rock fans have light in their black hearts when King Woman, in a hushed croon, beckons “If you’re the sacred script / I am the hierophant / I’ve got to be the one, I’ve got to be.” 1517 21st Street, www.facebook.com/KNGWMN.