The FudBlog: Maraigh

Sunday, February 22, 2026

DREICH, BANSHEE LABYRINTH, EDINBURGH, FEBRUARY 21 2026

METAL MAYHEM, Vol. 7: IN ETREMIS. Apparently.

It's good to see a metal show featuring a wide range of humans - male, female, non-binary, trans, etc - on stage and in the crowd with NOBODY being a dick about it. We need more of this.

Line-up:

THE BLEACHED: Blackened death from Dundee, not to be confused with other bands/artists of the same name. That singer will be back later.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Rny87fZkPDY https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574675222812

MARAIGH: Blackened crusty gothy alt-metal from (mostly) Glasgow. Playing tonight with JENNY, sitting in on drums at short notice.

VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/Maraighband

MISOPHONIA: Glaswegian progressive melodeath metal. Last time I saw these folks they were having a really bad time. They were missing a guitarist, they hated the venue and they were having endless tech issues. Tonight, they are in a much happier place, although the gremlins are not entirely absent.

VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/Misophoniauk

DREKAVAC: Black metal, masked and leathery, from 'the cold north of the UK', AKA Scotland. Impractical teeth on that lad with the guitar.

VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/Drekavacmusic

DREICH: I have seen DREICH before, but I'm not convinced that that's the same singer. This one seems smaller, and has less beard. Still quality atmospheric black metal, still from Aberdeen. Joined for a song by the lad from THE BLEACHED, as you will be able to see from the video below.

VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/dreich.doom

Sunday, October 15, 2023

OFNUS/BA'AL, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH OCTOBER 14 2023

A busy weekend in Legends starts with an evening of Black Metal, and black metal adjacent stuff.

Filth. Pure filth.

Nice poster.

Line-up:

MARAIGH: Brand new band from Glasgow. Tonight is their first ever gig, and their bass player's birthday. I think he's 12.

They're a bit raw, but they've got an interesting punky take on black metal. Oddly, their best and worst songs were both covers. The former is something by the French band MUTIILATION, and the latter an unfortunate version of ALICE IN CHAINS' 'Them Bones'. Bonus points for trying, but no.

Apologies for the terrible pics, but they're fully in the spirit of Black Metal.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/8k4WSU46oD0 https://www.facebook.com/Maraighband

OPHANIM: Local progressive black metallers, currently the go-to support for any extreme metal gig in Edinburgh, and getting better with every gig. They do some new stuff (see video below), which is nice, and the ever-evolving old(er) stuff feels fresher. No guitars are broken tonight, but Joplin's monitor falls over. It's not an Ophanim show unless something goes awry.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/zLkal-d2k1s https://www.facebook.com/OphanimBand

BA'AL: Blackened post-metal from Sheffield, out on tour with Ofnus. They put a new album out not long ago- 'Ellipsism' - and they play a lot of it tonight. The song in the attached video isn't on it.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Qvap5T3lj4Y https://www.facebook.com/baalbanduk

OFNUS: Atmospheric black metal from South Wales, out on tour with Ba'al. Nice to see a band with a dress code - black shirt(buttons and everything!), black jeans, black boots, nice hair.