Frayle will end 2026 with two concerts in the American Midwest, the band has announced. The first is at Small’s in Hamtramck, Michigan on 30 October, where the Cleveland gothic doom band share the bill with the post-punk duo Bellhead and the local act Obselite. The second comes on 5 December at the Mercury Music Lounge in Lakewood, Ohio, a charity show for the Toys for Tots campaign alongside A Killer’s Confession.
Tickets for both dates are on sale, with a limited number of places at each venue. The band encourages people to come to the December show and bring a toy for the collection.
Two shows, five weeks apart
The two dates follow the release of the album “Heretics & Lullabies” and a tour the band played through the autumn. Once the Lakewood show is over, the members of Frayle return to the studio to work on new material.
The December concert is the one with the wider purpose: Toys for Tots collects toys for children during the winter holidays, and the Lakewood date is built around that collection rather than a standard club bill. A Killer’s Confession, the band led by former Mushroomhead vocalist J Mann, top the bill with Frayle.
Gwyn Strang, the voice since 2017
Gwyn Strang has been Frayle’s vocalist since the band formed in 2017, and her voice sits at the centre of the group’s sound: low, slow and deliberate, closer to a whisper than a roar. She writes the band’s lyrics, which circle around emotions, chaos, religion and sorrow. Frayle is built around her partnership with guitarist Sean Bilovecky, who has handled guitars since 2019 after playing all instruments in the group’s first two years. The current line-up also includes bassist Jason Knotek and drummer Jon Vinson.
From Cleveland, with Napalm behind them
Frayle formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 2017 and has released music at a steady pace since, including the singles “Treacle & Revenge”, “Skin & Sorrow” and “Bright Eyes” in 2022, “Head Down” in 2023 and “Walking Wounded” in 2025. The band is signed to Napalm Records, which put out “Heretics & Lullabies” in 2025. The autumn tour that has just finished was the band’s main run behind that record; the two Midwest shows are its last live appearances of the year before work on the next release begins.
