SOLVENTIS, BANSHEE LABYRINTH, EDINBURGH, MARCH 8 2024

The first of two gigs in two days at the BANSHEE LABYRINTH, and an odd one from the metal specialists, RED CRUST PROMOTIONS, and one beset by unfortunate camera issues.

Line-up:

JASMINE ANGEL:

The first of tonight's solo singer/songwriters, indulging in a bit of self-therapy. My video camera ceased to function between this set and the next. Which was annoying.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/kwGw_kvFWS8  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008003869417

MÀIRI NA GRÈINE:

A former maths teacher, apparently. When I was a lad, all maths teachers were terrifying, skeletal and covered in chalk dust. How times change.

I hadn't yet discovered my technical issues, so there is audio but no video. 

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/LTZuEhukGqg   https://www.facebook.com/mairi.nagreine

SCARLET KEILLER:

More indie/folk singer/songwritering, from Glasgow this time. By now I had discovered my camera problem, but hadn't yet worked out a workaround, so there's no video at all, Which is a shame, because she is very good.

https://www.facebook.com/scarletkeillerofficial

SOLVENTIS:

French dark folk/folk-gaze duo. A bit like ALCEST without the black metal, but with added vocal harmonies. They'd been on tour, and this was the last gig of the run. Very nice indeed.

By now, I'd worked out how to use my stills camera as a substitute video camera. It's a bit fiddly, because it really needs three hands to operate the camera and hold the mic, which goes some way to explaining the shaky results.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/InFhUrd-eZU  https://www.facebook.com/solventis

POUND, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, JANUARY 27 2023

Not sure what went wrong here, but the audio recordings were well below par. The only ones that were usable in the end were the headliner and the first support. Odd, because the sound in Legends is usually pretty reliable. Maybe it was me...

Line-up:

MEGALOMATIC: Progressive heavy alt-rock from Glasgow

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/R-PETFs8juw   https://www.facebook.com/TheMegalomatic
 

SCARWORN: Glasgow metalcore

https://www.facebook.com/scarworn

KAKIHARA: Local beat-doon kings

https://www.facebook.com/kakihara.life

POUND: Unique US tech-math metal. Back in Edinburgh after only a few months away. Drummer keeps his shirt on this time.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Ucg5Ojr5bDk    https://www.facebook.com/PoundBand

OPHANIM, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, JULY 8 2023

Their first outing as headliner, local blackened prog-metal duo Ophanim at Legends in Edinburgh playing their EP release gig. 

Line-up:

SCRAMBLE: The first duo of the night. Local lads, doing a kind of instrumental technical metal

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/frj-5mPCjfE   https://www.facebook.com/ScrambleBandOfficial

ACIDSAURUS BONG: Sludgy stoner trio. Sounds pretty much exactly as their name would suggest. Fond of dinosaurs.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/saV_nq4bod0   https://www.facebook.com/acidsaurusbong

WE MAKE MAMMOTHS: Fast and furious thrash metal from West Lothian

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/GrAjE-m-cro   https://www.facebook.com/WeMakeMammoths

OPHANIM: Our hosts tonight, celebrating the release of their 'TRIPTYCH' EP. (For those who can't be bothered Googling it, a triptych is 'a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together'.) Oddly, for an EP release show, there was no sign of said EP. No CDs, no tapes. Can't even find it on Bandcamp. So, bearing in mind the description, I must assume that it contains three songs

OPHANIM, by the way, are a class of celestial beings in Judeo-Christian mythology that are known for their wisdom and thus are depicted as being angels of knowledge. Also, they look like big wheels full of eyes. Obviously.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/FBvqMEEOIlE    https://www.facebook.com/OphanimBand