DEATH ENGINE, BANNERMAN'S, EDINBURGH, APRIL 21 2018

There's not a lot happening right now, so I thought I'd dig back into the archives for a bit. First up, some noisy Frenchmen.

Line-up:

SAPIEN: Local stoner/doom veterans. Riffy, spacey, beardy. I think they're STILL wearing those same shorts to this very day.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Ng3MDUivRXs   https://www.facebook.com/hailsapien

HAAR: Atmospheric black metal/drone. Featuring guest guitarist Gerald from GENDO IKARI. Uncharacteristic lack of smoke. Now no longer a thing, sadly.

VIDEO:     https://youtu.be/xKCDZEPLSkM        https://www.facebook.com/haarsounds

WREN: Enigmatic sludgy post-metal from somewhere in that England. They wanted all of the lights switched off, the cheeky monkeys.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/7iHTrKt9yEo  https://www.facebook.com/disciplesofwren

DEATH ENGINE: French post-metal/post-hardcore/sludge. Very very good indeed. Research reveals that they are still going, which is nice to know.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/yiV1M083G6A   https://www.facebook.com/deathengine.net

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

PRIMITIVE MAN, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, APRIL 16 2022

 Line-up:

PRIMITIVE MAN: Colossally heavy drone/doom. Massive in every sense.

SAPIEN:  Sludgy stoner/doom from Edinburgh

OF SPIRE AND THRONE: Crushing doom. And, yes, she IS hitting that cymbal with a hammer.

PRIMITIVE MAN   https://youtu.be/h4jI6VBmu9c   https://www.facebook.com/primitivemandoom

SAPIEN  https://youtu.be/NBxT-fRUwtY   https://www.facebook.com/hailsapien

OF SPIRE AND THRONE   https://youtu.be/iK3xyQ74VKY   https://www.facebook.com/ofspireandthrone