Another feast of Black Metal from those WULFHERE folks. There may be corpse paint.
Before we go on, I'd like to point out that I LIKE black metal. I just find it very silly and can't take it seriously.
Line-up:
DREICH: DSBM from Aberdeen. (DSBM is either Depressive Suicidal Black Metal or Diploma in School Business Management. I know which sounds more fun.) 'Dreich', buy the way, is a Scots word for 'dreary, miserable. gloomy and drab'. Not entirely inaccurate, but they are more entertaining than that would imply.
MOURNING OF THE HERETIC: Black metal with hefty goth overtones from Northern Ireland, making their Scottish debut. A late replacement for ULLENWOOD, who had to pull out.
A little technical hitch with the drums spoils the dark/enigmatic effect they're aiming for right at the start, but they brush it off with a very un-black-metal cheerfulness that persists throughout their set. Great fun.
THY DYING LIGHT: To no-one's great surprise, more Black Metal. From Cumbria, it seems. I'm not sure if these lads are having a laugh or if they are dead serious. Everything about them suggests tongues firmly in cheeks: Corpse paint - check. Candles and skulls - check. BATHORY t-shirt - check. Inverted cross - check. Expressionless faces - check. It's all there, done with such a straight face that I genuinely can't tell. Well done, them.
BURIAL: A bit of trip-hop to end the evening. Just kidding. No-nonsense black metal from no-nonsense Manchester. Black metal without the corpse paint, but with LOTS of sweary words. Featuring, apparently, members of WOLFBASTARD, FOETAL JUICE, etc.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/CxiUKfRrC1Y https://www.facebook.com/burialtheband
