{"id":328347,"date":"2026-07-03T12:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328347\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:27:29","slug":"melvins-loving-stoner-rock-band-iron-buddha-plays-beer-metal-fourth-of-july-show-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328347\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvins-loving stoner-rock band Iron Buddha plays &#8216;Beer &#038; Metal&#8217; Fourth of July show in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"363579\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/iron_buddha_promo_photo_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Iron_Buddha_Promo_Photo_1-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1671107106&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Iron_Buddha_Promo_Photo_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Iron Buddha&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Iron_Buddha_Promo_Photo_1-scaled.jpeg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Iron_Buddha_Promo_Photo_1.jpeg\" alt=\"Iron Buddha\" class=\"wp-image-363579\"  \/>Iron Buddha<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a stint in the stoner-rock and Melvins-worship realm, Coral Springs metal trio Iron Buddha loosened up even more, and got heavier and darker, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proof is all over a 2023 EP, Raze\/\/Repose, a majestic five-track outing that sprawls across 30 minutes, giving Iron Buddha lots of room to mix clean vocals with growls and sludgy, technical arrangements for fans of Conan, Gojira and Mastodon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A black metal quartet from South Florida (Burned At The Stake) also visits Ybor Heights Deviant Libation brewery and distillery for what happens to be just one of two ridiculous Tampa metal bills going down on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/july-4-beer-and-metal-iron-buddha-burned-at-the-stake-the-path-of-increased-indifference-send-all-21396724\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Iron Buddha play Deviant Libation in Tampa on Saturday, July 4 are still available for $15. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ironbuddha.bandcamp.com\/album\/raze-repose\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raze\/\/Repose by Iron Buddha<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/june-25-july-01-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 25 \u2013 July 01, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iron Buddha After a stint in the stoner-rock and Melvins-worship realm, Coral Springs metal trio Iron Buddha loosened&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8839,135,1865,137,136],"class_list":["post-328347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-deviant-libation","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-concerts","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}