DREICH, WEE RED BAR, EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 30 2026

It's nearly Hallowe'en, so what better than a night of black metal?

Tonight's headliners were originally supposed to be HORRENDA, but they can't make it, so...

Line-up:

FEINMHARU: Glaswegian duo, drums and guitar/vocals. Very raw. The sort of black metal you might expect from a demented raven. Also tonight's promoter.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/n1L35omVfgs  https://www.instagram.com/feinmharu666/

GRIEF INCARNATE: Late addition to the bill, after HORRENDA's pull-out. Not really 'black metal', more slam/death. Missing one guitarist tonight, due to the sickness. They seem a tad disappointed by the lack of 'throwdowns', but maybe it's not quite the right audience for that sort of thing.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/mLjY8dUI3Vw   https://www.instagram.com/grief_incarnateband/

DREICH: Aberdeen's kings of DSBM. Boosted up to headliners tonight. Sludgy and grim, the bleakest of metal. Fond of knotted ropes. Not, it seems, very fond of people.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/uJDWTOUbJak   https://www.facebook.com/dreichscotland

That's enough of the metal for now. Next post will feature something entirely different, and then it's a couple o' weeks off before the CORE fest. I've seen that hill in Glasgow, and I'm going to need the time to build up some strength...

EXIST IMMORTAL, LEGENDS, EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 27 2023

 Red Crust brings some fancy technical metal to Legends. Fancy technical metal brings its own lights. 

When I get there, it turns out that the local wi-fi service is down and none of the card readers are working, so it's cash only. I'm old, and can remember when it was cash only ALL the time, but 'the Kids' don't understand.

Line-up:

SCRAMBLE: Local progressive metal instrumental duo. Come on not long after the doors opened, before the audience arrived. Hence the somewhat cavernous sound.

Video:  https://youtu.be/satsEoJprm4       https://www.facebook.com/ScrambleBandOfficial

ARTIFICIAL PATHOGEN: Glasgow deathcore/slam veterans, back in action after some time away it seems. Sounding like a couple of bears fighting in a bin full of spoons, rolling down a hill, whilst somebody slaughters a herd of pigs. So, they're doing it right.

Actually, I thought their name might be a conspiracy theorist's reference to a certain virus, but they're older than Covid. So it isn't.

Video:  https://youtu.be/T0efMm1ukv0   https://www.facebook.com/Artificialpathogenuk

GLASS GRAVE: 'Modern metal from Brighton, out on tour with Exist Immortal. Includes high kicking man in boiler suit and bucket hat. And hostile lighting.

Video:  https://youtu.be/1K9mhww1bQE   https://www.facebook.com/glassgraveuk

EXIST IMMORTAL:Tour headliners, from London, tech-metallers Exist Immortal bring their own lights, just to make taking pictures even more difficult.

Video:  https://youtu.be/xb6RTzPAAqc    https://www.facebook.com/existimmortal

PARTY CANNON, RED CRUST WINTER WARMER, LA BELLE ANGELE, EDINBURGH, FEBRUARY 5 2022

Kicking off the 2022 gig season with the Red Crust Winter Warmer at La Belle Angele with

Line-up:

PARTY CANNON: Dunfermline death/slam.Glorious brutal fun.

DOG TIRED: Hefty Edinburgh metal

WE MAKE MAMMOTHS: New metal (NOT Nu-metal, oh no. Definitely not.) from Edinburgh

IRON ALTAR: Edinburgh metal scene stalwarts.

A bunch of other bands played too,but I didn't get there until late, so I missed them. Also,We Make Mammoths were clearly a late addition to the bill. Seems Disposable and Anomos were harbouring the dreaded Covid and had to stay at home in bed with a mug of Horlicks.

PARTY CANNON  https://youtu.be/CXDmzhKsPWk    https://www.facebook.com/PartyCannonUK

DOG TIRED   https://youtu.be/8uKG9LRrtEA   https://www.facebook.com/dogtiredmetal

WE MAKE MAMMOTHS   https://youtu.be/gQVyMr-JGpg   https://www.facebook.com/WeMakeMammoths

IRON ALTAR  https://youtu.be/CiFPEa6uvC4   https://www.facebook.com/IronAltarBand