When Emma Boster, singer of Portland-grown metalcore giants Dying Wish, told her family she would be talking to the Mercury, her grandmother responded, “Tell them you’re a fifth-generation Portlander!” Though she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, three years ago, the pull of Rip City is inescapable—an inevitable fact when your family has been part of it for so long. “I’m actively trying to make my way back, but we're so busy, so it's hard to find a sliver of time to move across the country again.”

She might not be with us in the flesh anymore, but for the second year in a row, Dying Wish’s holiday heaviness extravaganza, Dying Wishmas, will be taking over the Roseland Theater. Born of the fact that bands often skimp hometown shows when on tour (and a strong love for Christmas itself), the mi

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