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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

RED CRUST FEST, LA BELLE ANGELE/BANNERMAN'S, EDINBURGH, DAY 2, MAY 28 2022

The first full day of the Red Crust Fest 2022. Sadly I missed openers ANOMOS

Line-up:

NIGHTMARE FREQUENCY: Industrial noise terrorists, featuring Legends' incomparable soundman DEANO COOK.

https://youtu.be/oG7I02nGBL8 https://www.facebook.com/NightmareFrequency

KURO: Glaswegian electro-industrial pop/metal

https://youtu.be/tK4lFWviAe0 https://www.facebook.com/KUROMUSICOFFICIAL

Had to miss SCORDATURA and IRON ALTAR, so next up is Texas desert rockers HIGH DESERT QUEEN

https://youtu.be/5sw8V9VzVlk https://www.facebook.com/highdesertqueen

TIBERIUS: Progressive metal from Edinburgh

https://youtu.be/w90n0XxDYDY https://www.facebook.com/TiberiusUK

HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN: Post-metal. One of my personal favourites, and one of the best live experiences of that - or any - year.

https://youtu.be/81yDP2Dr9Ng https://www.facebook.com/hundredyearoldman

CONAN: Veteran ear-botherers shaking the foundations

https://youtu.be/wxJRMN3qGB8 https://www.facebook.com/hailconan

VOID OF LIGHT: An early gig from new post-metal kids in Bannerman's.

https://youtu.be/xo1HREXlAeg https://www.facebook.com/voidoflightband

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE DAY

It's odd how, since the plague, the traditional handshake has become a thing of uncertainty. Do you stick with the standard grasp? Or do you go for the fist bump, the elbow bump or even the high five? (We'll discount the manly hug for now.) How do you know what the other guy is going to do?

To illustrate this dilemma, recently I witnessed, at a gig, two chums meeting and greeting each other. Guy A went with the fist bump, but Guy B countered with an attempted high five. What we got was not any kind of handshake, but an awkward rock/paper/scissors scenario. Guy B must be declared the winner, as we all know that Paper beats Rock.

Something for you to think about. Or not.

RED CRUST FEST, LA BELLE ANGELE/BANNERMAN'S, EDINBURGH, DAY 1, MAY 27 2022

Three days, three venues. Red Crust bring an ambitious rock/metal fest to Edinburgh. It's not their first - there was one back in 2019, before the plague - but it's getting bigger...

There was a number of bands who played but I didn't see, for various reasons. Apologies to them.

A wee change of format for this post. I'm going to add the videos and Facebook links after each band instead of all together at the end. Dunno why. Just fancy trying something different.

Line-up:

EARL OF HELL: High energy rock and, indeed, roll.