The first live performance Blake Judd & Nachtmystium performed after the infamous heroin years / PR disaster the band experienced in the early 2010's. After spending most of late 2013 through late 2016 homeless, in rehabs (multiple attempts), nearly losing both hands due to infections from IV drug use, surviving being shot at a drug deal in September, 2016 in Chicago and all kinds of other madness...to say this performance was cathartic one would be an understatement.

I'd have bet all I had in an instant on the fact that this would've never happened if you'd asked me back any time between late 2012 and the beginning of 2017 after I'd moved / relocated to California.

This show was at 5 Star Bar, Downtown Los Angeles, California in early June, 2017.

Line up consisted of: - Blake Judd (lead guitars & vocals) - COLDVOID ex-guitarist Jacob Dye (rhythm guitars) - COLDVOID ex-vocalist / bassist Austin Pumphrey - Current ENGORGE drummer (and previous Nachtmystium member from the "Worldfall"-era and who did most of the touring for 'Instinct; Decay' between 2005 and 2007) Jean Graffio on drums.

Promoted by Church of the 8th Day & Elegy Ensemble (cheers to you both!)

The band performed the entire "Eulogy IV" EP (except for outro track 'You Get Nothing), most of 'Instinct: Decay', the Nachtmystium half of the split 7" with XASTTHUR from 2003, and a Twilight cover. 12 songs, tighter than the band had sounded for most of our careers. This recording is quite good considering it's pulled from a couple iPhone videos and had a basic mastering done to its audio by Blake Judd at The House in the Desert in April, 2026.