PASCAGOULA, OPIUM, EDINBURGH, JANUARY 27 2019

Travelling band comes to Edinburgh. I'd never heard of them so, of course, I had to go. Sadly, I recall that not too many people had the same thought. Their loss.

Line-up:

VASARA: Progressive metal from fresh-faced local youngsters playing, it seems, only their second ever gig. Very 'metal' guitar. Where are they now, one wonders...

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Fpp5d-L68Ak   https://www.facebook.com/Vasaraband 

ANOMOS: 'Groove infused deathcore', whatever THAT is. 

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/R1CuBKXDD6U    https://www.facebook.com/anomosbandofficial

SAPIEN: Crusty stoner doom from local veterans. I suspect that the bass players combat troosers could stand up and play a gig by themselves...

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/BMz-q-_kFtE    https://www.facebook.com/hailsapien

PASCAGOULA: Sludgy hardcore noisy lads from Brighton and, indeed, Hove. That's real blood on the singer's chest. by the way. He bled for us.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/FQiuHYWW-wc    https://www.facebook.com/pascagoulaband

METALTECH, OPIUM, EDINBURGH, FEBRUARY 1 2019

 Industrial noises and face/body paint in Opium.

Line-up:

NIGHTMARE FREQUENCY: Harsh industrial noise, featuring Opium's regular sound engineer Deano Cook. Probably not Tories.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/KLAQegsluJ0    https://www.facebook.com/NightmareFrequency

GRAVELLE: Arty industrial goth-pop.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/6S7LxtRmvg0   https://www.facebook.com/gravelleofficial 
 

METALTECH: If Kiss and Rammstein had a baby. An orange baby. A band which really needs to be photographed in colour.

                                           

                

There's no video of Metaltech from this gig, for some reason. No idea why https://www.facebook.com/metaltech