UPDATE: For more information on the bands at the concert and footage from the venue, see our latest post here.

LOS ANGELES — Eagles of Death Metal, the California-based band founded by Josh Homme and Jesse Hughes, reportedly escaped offstage when the Paris venue they were playing was caught in a wave of attacks throughout the city.

At least 100 people were killed inside the concert hall, a French police official said. Witnesses inside Le Bataclan described a frantic, bloody scene on social media. Police raided the historic venue in Paris' 11th arrondissement at 50 boulevard Voltaire around 1 a.m. Saturday, killing two attackers and freeing dozens of hostages, according to French media reports.

Automatic gunfire was heard outside the concert hall during the attack, according to the Associated Press.

The Paris police prefect said the attackers at the Bataclan blew themselves up with suicide belts as police closed in. He said the gunmen first sprayed cafes outside the venue with machine gunfire, then went inside the concert hall and killed more before the assaullt by security forces.

The prefect, Michel Cadot, said the one set of attackers was at the stadium and at nearly the same time the second group attacked within the city.

Built in 1864, the Chinese architecture-inspired venue holds a wide variety of events, from rock concerts to comedy shows and café-théâtre. Le Bataclan was one of multiple sites targeted by attackers.

The band was on the first stop of its 25-date tour of Europe and Scandinavia to support their new release "Zipper Down." The Washington Post reported that they escaped as the shooting began. The wife of drummer Julian Dorio told the Post she had spoken to her husband briefly, who said the band was safe. However, the band posted on Facebook that they were still trying to account for the whereabouts of all members and crew.

We are still currently trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and crew. Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation. Posted by Eagles Of Death Metal on Friday, November 13, 2015

Eagles of Death Metal had played there before, in 2009:

Eagles of Death Metal is just one of many bands to feature Homme, whose main gig is Queens of the Stone Age, but he also founded supergroup Them Crooked Vultures with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. Because he's so spread around, Homme doesn't always tour with Eagles of Death Metal, and it's unclear at the moment if he was in Paris. However, it seems likely that he was at Le Bataclan since it was the first show for "Zipper Down," which was released Oct. 2.

Homme co-founded Eagles of Death Metal with friend Hughes in 1998, and "Zipper Down" was their fourth studio record, after "Peace, Love, Death Metal" in 2004, "Death by Sexy" in 2006 and "Heart On" in 2008. Despite their name, the band is not considered a "death metal" band — but rather the moniker was cooked up after a member mused aloud that their sound would be what the Eagles sounded like if they attempted to play death metal.

Additional reporting by the Associated Press.

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