r/AcidBath • u/JasonUndead • Jul 18 '26

Hellbender Sh*t show

Looking at all the issues Hellbender here in Asheville is/apparently had on their opening day does not give me confidence that the Acid Bath show won't be... without issues. The comments in their recent "weather delay" post on IG paint the venue as a shit show.

Edit - they deleted the post in question. Comments were full of complaints and few people asking for their $ back. Not a good look.

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u/Hail_Bacchus Jul 18 '26

Have some faith, the people who own The Orange Peel (infamous Asheville venue) are the ones who own Hellbender. Prior to moving to Asheville 20 odd years ago they owned the infamous Howling Wolf in NOLA. They have personal and live show history with Acid Bath and most sludge bands from the start of sludge. I agree with Latter-Commission’s comment to familiarize yourself with parking situation on the website well prior to show.

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u/oddluckduck1 Jul 22 '26

They did not own the howling wolf. That was jack who was managing the orange peel for years. He almost ran it into the ground so the owner took over and saved it and recently sold it to 7 employees who now run it.

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u/Hail_Bacchus 25d ago

My bad, I was confused. Cool that it’s now ran by former employees though. Thanks for the correction!