'A night of unrestrained insanity, showcasing the best of unhinged extreme metal from the South coast of England'. Apparently.
Line-up:
VESTIA: 'Hellenic black metal' from London. That doesn't mean that they are all called Helen, but are, in fact, Greek. They're probably quite glad of those robes because it's bloody freezing in Bannerman's tonight.
MELTED MESSIAH: Long time FudBlog favourites, tonight appearing without the usual black metal face-paint, but WITH the heroic Scott, who spends the entire set sprawled on the floor stopping the kick drum from sliding away. This is their last gig for some time, as they are away to write/record some new riffs'n'stuff. It's also the LOUDEST set I've ever heard them play and they make my teeth hurt.
LAVINIA WHATELEY: These lads, from Brighton, are NOT at all what I expected. The name would suggest, to me at least, some kind of creeping and sluggish Lovecraftian doom, and tales of rubbery things with tentacles beyond human understanding. But no. We get a set of rapid-fire thrashy, grindy death metal with a singer who bellows and squeals whilst dead-flying around on the floor. Brave man, fuck knows WHAT's all down there.
CROWGOD: It's dead murky in here now, and getting a half-decent photograph is really hard. As you can see below.
Another band from that there Brighton, this time with a sludgy, witchy brand of doom and a cheerful looking bass player with a stripy shirt and oddly slender hands. Looks like he should be in the Arctic Monkeys, or something. Singer lady only slightly less unhinged (more hinged?) than him up there^.
