PLEIADES, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 15 2023

Gig 2 of the weekend. Emo/screamo Post-hardcore, post-metal and witchy doom. No black metal.

Sorry it's taken so long to get this posted, but power supply and internet conditions have been less than ideal for the last few days.

Line-up:

CWFEN: The above-mentioned witchy doom, from that there Glasgow, playing their first Edinburgh gig. Last time I saw them, they were playing in somewhat inappropriate bright daylight. This time...

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/8zpKmcpJ8vU   https://www.facebook.com/Cwfenband

VOID OF LIGHT: FudBlog favourite smoke-loving post-metal titans. This gig is extra exciting, because they will play TWO NEW SONGS. Want to see/hear them both? Then set aside twenty-one  minutes of your day and watch the video.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/UUSxQEwNoh8   https://www.facebook.com/voidoflightband

AS LIVING ARROWS: Emo/Screamo/Post-metal from somewhere in the UK (Birmingham, apparently. Apart from Tim, who's from Woking.) These lads used to be called 'DEAD BIRD'. When they were Dead Bird they were dead good. Now that they're As Living Arrows, they're still dead good.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/JGODi0r2Er4   https://www.facebook.com/aslivingarrows.band

I'm guessing their name is derived from the quote from the Khalil Gibran poem 'You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth' but I might be wrong. Bet I'm not, though.

PLEIADES: A collision of post hardcore and post-metal from Manchester. The only band tonight I've never seen before. Very nearly didn't see much of them tonight, either, as something blew up and killed the power for ALL of the amps during their first song. Sound engineer extraordinaire Deano sorted everything, probably with a hammer and some gaffa tape, and all was well. Which was a VERY GOOD THING, as they were immense fun.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/z-55k-2mVeA   https://www.facebook.com/pleiadesuk

POUND, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, JUNE 18 2022

 Line-up

POUND: Extraordinary instrumental two-piece from Seattle. One drummer, two kits: one guitar, ten strings: two musicians, one shirt. Heavy as fuck.

https://youtu.be/gQSKG70qzIc   https://www.facebook.com/PoundBand

BOSPHORUS: Glaswegian post-metal/sludge, you should know them by now. Guitarist/singer Stuart Teager made that guitar himself, y'know.

https://youtu.be/jXJA-E-jFYQ    https://www.facebook.com/Bosphorustheband

KAKIHARA: Metallic hardcore/screamo slammers from Edinburgh

https://youtu.be/p4_PoKVrm4c    https://www.facebook.com/kakihara.life