SKEPTIC, BANNERMAN'S, EDINBURGH, AUGUST 19 2026

If FLESHTIVAL wasn't enough metal for one week, here's some more. Anyway, got nowt better to do on a Tuesday night...

Line-up:

THE TV CASUALTIES: Chaotic horror-punks, Skeletons, blood, theatrics... you'd think it was a Fringe show...

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/VlfINJLVWYs   https://www.facebook.com/thetvcasualties

ROBOT DEATH MONKEY:  Rowdy stoners. Fond of aliens, cats, and beer.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/3VltRtBreDA   https://www.facebook.com/RobotDeathMonkey

SKEPTIC: Young lads from Fife, doing that there thrash metal. Playing here to celebrate the release of their debut EP. Too cool for Facebook.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/35MAT4ie8uM   https://www.instagram.com/skeptic_band

INTREPID, BANSHEE LABYRINTH, EDINBURGH, MAY 5 2026

 Death metal. From Estonia. And the return of RED CRUST!

And it's dead busy in here, for a Tuesday.

Line-up:

SPIRIT WARDEN: New kids from Glasgow, doing 'death metal sludge', and doing it very well indeed. Interesting use of a baritone guitar instead of bass.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/rZfqKcAyKqc  https://www.instagram.com/spiritwarden_band

HAMMER: Popular local beat combo, performing a fine set of 'extreme metal' classics. Whatever THAT is.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/uEjcbBJwyU0  https://www.facebook.com/HammerTheBand

DISPOSABLE: Local 'thrash/groove energy ball'. Very fast, very furious.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/pBSphLWL_Ic    https://www.facebook.com/DisposableMetal

INTREPID: Proper death metal from Estonia, and owners of that enormous drum kit that everybody's been using.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/y82KCJCqYtA             https://www.facebook.com/IntrepidEST

 

RIFFS'N'SPLIFFS, BANNERMAN'S, EDINBURGH, APRIL 20 2026

I will have just returned from StrangeForms in Leeds, only to head out again for this. I think that my wife will be questioning my sanity but It needs to be done.

Interesting choice of date, by the way. 4:20... Heh!

Line-up:

TELEOST: Glasgow based doom duo. Very, very loud. Guitarist driving 3 amps with one instrument. Showing off, really.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/oXcmWa05Lvc   https://www.facebook.com/teleostband

SKRAP: Thrash/punk combo from Falkirk, wherever THAT is. First broken string of the evening.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Eg4DExsL49w  https://www.instagram.com/pureskrap

HIGH NOON: Cowboy doom. Yes, really. Yee-haw. Also, the second string break of the evening. Same side of the stage, too.

VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Hh8Cas0zX1s  https://www.facebook.com/highnoondoom

ROBOT DEATH MONKEY: There's nothing I can say about RDM that you don't know already.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/noBVso9rrKk  https://www.facebook.com/RobotDeathMonkey

FROGLORD:  Swampy amphibious doom. With masks.

VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/hc43rNlUPOQ   https://www.facebook.com/Froglordband