Saturday 31 December 2011

Gigs in 2011

 1) Rager, Doctor Death, Adrenincide @ The Unicorn - 4/02/11

2) Collapse, Die Hard, Sodom @ The Underworld - 6/02/11

3) Basement Torture Killings, Demental, Surrounded by Disgust @ The Scream Lounge - 10/02/11

4) Enos, Groan, Serpent Venom @ The Unicorn - 11/02/11

5) Bloodshot Dawn, Flayed Disciple, Lordaeron @ The Scream Lounge - 24/2/11

6) Heathen, Destruction, Overkill @ O2 Academy - 3/3/11

7) Crypsis, Necrosadistic Goat Torture, Decrepid @ The Unicorn - 5/3/11

8) Kemakil, Parramon, Greg(o)rian, Consecration @ Nambucca - 13/3/11

9) Circle of Fear @ The Old Tiger's Head, Lee - 19/3/11

10) Toad in the Tree, Unfathomable Ruination, Surrounded by Disgust, Trenchhead, Oblivionized, Bloodshot Dawn, Ageless Oblivion, Cythraul, Dead Beyond Buried, Cerebral Bore @ The Purple Turtle - 27/3/11

11) Ethernel, Haar, Necro Ritual @ The Unicorn - 31/3/11

12) Thrash Thursday I: XXXX, Citizen Death, Shrapnel @ The Unicorn - 7/4/11

13) Neuroma, Diachronia, Basement Torture Killings, Malevolent Creation @ The Underworld - 10/4/11

14) Infernal Damnation 2011 :- Old Corpse Road, Crom Dubh, Primitive Graven Image, De Profundis, Eastern Front, Wodensthrone, Dornenreich, Alcest @ The Underworld - 23/4/11

15) F.S.I., Eyes of Munity, Seed of Detest @ The Scream Lounge - 5/5/11

16) Abadden, The Way of Purity, Mutant, Gama Bomb @ The Underworld - 8/5/11

17) Sectioned, Gloria Morti, Aroganz, Feral, Demonical @ The Purple Turtle - 9/5/11

18) Parasitic Earth, Mask of Judas, Seed of Detest, Kemakil, Obzerter @ Nambucca - 15/5/11

19) Fist Chivalry @ O'Neils, Leytonstone - 19/5/11

20) Squad 7, Diverse Unity @ The Albany Empire, Deptford - 20/5/11

21) Dead Existence, Astrohenge, El Schlong @ The Unicorn - 28/5/11

22) Pure Negative, Kemakil, Karybdis @ Nambucca - 5/6/11

23) Thrash Thursday II:Mutant Zombie Foetus, Crypsis, Necroriser, Virus @ The Unicorn - 9/6/11

24) Pantheist, Mael Mordha @ Upstairs at The Garage - 10/6/11

25) Death Fest: Fractured Insanity, Serial Butcher, Basement Torture Killings, Amputated, The Amenta, Hour of Penance, Belphegor, Deicide @ The Underworld - 25/6/11

26) Crypsis, Deceptor @ The Unicorn - 2/7/11

27) Thrash Thursday III: Desolator, XXXX, Parasitic Earth, Abadden @ The Unicorn - 21/7/11

28) Dead Resurrected, Solstice, Slough Feg @ Upstairs at The Garage - 4/08/11

29) Bloodstock - Day 1 - Beholder @ Catton Hall, Derbyshire - 11/08/11

30) Bloodstock - Day 2 - Wolf, Mortad, Forbidden, Cerebral Bore, Triptykon, Coroner, Byfrost, Kreator, Lawnmower Deth, Wasp - 12/08/11

31) Bloodstock - Day 3 - Bludvera, Skeleton Witch, Grave Digger, Tarot, Dripback, Finntroll, Therion, The Rotted, Rhapsody of Fire, Angel Witch, Immortal - 13/08/11

32) Bloodstock - Day 4 - Hell, 1349, Primordial, Evil Scarecrow, Napalm Death, Hammerfall, Hellish Outcast, Exodus, At The Gates, Morbid Angel, Motorhead - 14/08/11

33) Thrash Thursday IV: Deathrow, Mutually Assured Destruction, Kemakil @ The Unicorn - 1/9/11

34) The Cradle Will Rock: Black Magic, Reflection in Exile, Cambion, Black Rose, Nightvision, Holosade, Huron, Fallen Fate, Anihilated @ Shildon Civic Hall - 3/9/11

35) Nightlord, Gama Bomb, Onslaught @ The Garage - 23/9/11

36) Beyond The Pain, Rosicrucian, De Profundis, Netherbird @ The Unicorn - 8/10/11

37) Burial @ The Dev (Hobgoblin) - 15/10/11

38) Desert Storm, Sons of Merrick @ The Unicorn - 15/10/11

39) Engorgement, Unfathomable Ruination, Oblivionized, Cerebral Bore, Severe Torture @ The Purple Turtle - 20/10/11

40) Sonance, Pombagira, Monarch @ The Unicorn - 29/10/11

41) Aeternum, Cythraul, Phyrexia, Void @ The Unicorn - 10/11/11

42) The Prophecy, Northern Oak, Old Corpse Road, Eibon La Furies @ The Unicorn - 26/11/11

43) Absolute Filth II - Self Loathing, Meadows, Koresh, Diet Pills, Tree of Sores, Dead Existence, Lazarus Blackstar @ The Purple Turtle - 27/11/11

44) Bloodcell, Crypsis, Kemakil, Necroriser @ The Unicorn - 1/12/11

45) Gentleman's Pistols, Cressida(?), Grand Magus, Cathedral (Last ever show) @ HMV Forum - 3/12/11

46) Sarpanitum, Basement Torture Killings, Scythian, Winterfylleth @ The Purple Turtle - 15/12/11

Saturday 3 December 2011

Grand Magus & Cathedral (Farewell Show) @ The Forum - 3.12.11

CATHEDRAL ANNOUNCE FINAL SHOW.



As announced earlier this year, 2011 will be the final year of underground UK metal mainstays Cathedral as a live band. Having recently reunited with former bassist Scott Carlson (Repulsion/Death Breath), they’ve just finished a busy schedule that took in Japan, America, Brazil, Greece, Czech Republic and Finland.


The band is now preparing for their last EVER live appearance in the Northern Hemisphere at London’s The Forum in Kentish Town on Saturday 3rd December 2011. Sharing the bill will be very special guests and friends of the band; Grand Magus, Comus and Gentleman’s Pistols.

When asked at the possibility of a future reunion, vocalist Lee Dorrian stated, “well we’ve been doing this for over twenty-one years now and I think it’s a bit of a cop out when bands get back together. I never-say-never, but I honestly can’t see it ever happening. The music means more to us than that and it’s not as though people haven’t had enough chances to see us over the years. I would say it’s very unlikely.”

Since forming in 1990 the band have released nine studio albums and several EP's. A large part of their career was spent recording for Earache Records, debuting with the landmark 1991 Doom Metal classic Forest of Equilibrium. This was followed by the seminal 1993 Ethereal Mirror album, which was released by Columbia records in America to large critical acclaim.

More recently Cathedral continued to expand on their overall sound, releasing two albums for the Nuclear Blast label. Dorrian continues; "Our latest album The Guessing Game is exactly where we wanted to be after all this time. Staying in one place, being repetitive and predictable is something we wanted to avoid right from the off." He adds; “When we first formed Cathedral, we were playing the most unfashionable form of metal that was around. You could almost say the same today, despite the fact that we sound quite a bit different now. With this in mind, it’s amazing that we managed to maintain our status, whilst many trends and bands have since come and gone”.

Cathedral’s uncompromising individual style has gained them a large cult-following around the world. They recently reunited with the original line-up for their twentieth anniversary concert to perform the aforementioned Forest of Equilibrium debut in its entirety. This event was recorded, as well as a main set, containing a plethora of favourites spanning their illustrious career. The fruits of this recording have just been released as a deluxe CD box set through Rise Above Records and is simply titled Anniversary.

Before bowing out altogether, the band will record one final studio album in 2012 to be titled The Last Spire. Following its recording the band will be over for good and there will be no shows to back it up. Dorrian concludes; "It's just time to move on and leave our recorded legacy to linger. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to those special people who have supported Cathedral over the years. It may sound like a cliché but it's certainly true - we simply wouldn't have been able to do it without you, thanks!"

Various limited items will be on sale exclusively at the show, including a limited edition 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, limited event screenprint, shirt and special edition of their forthcoming 12" EP titled A New Ice Age. The show editions will be white vinyl (100 copies) and transparent blue (200 copies) both come with Dave Patchett art poster, not available elsewhere.

Comus had to cancel playing this show and I didn't film any of Gentleman's Pistols



Just after filming this I was approached by security and threatened with ejection from the gig, so I never filmed anymore, wicked gig though :)

Thanks for all the memories Cathedral you never failed to entertain



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Thursday 1 December 2011

Bloodcell, Crypsis, Kemakil & Necroriser @ The Unicorn - 1.12.11


This gig didn't work out too well for me filming wise. I think I missed Bloodcell, then my camera cut out during Crypsis and I just wasn't in the mood, plus Heavy Metal Muppets had their big posh camera there and my piddling little vidcam looked tame in comparison haha camera envy again ;)

Kemakil had line-up probs, Chris wasn't able to make it and Haydn had to pull out after actually getting to the venue so Rob & Aaron just blasted away and ruled the stage anyway :D

For some reason I didn't even film Necroriser this night! I think it was quite packed and I couldn't be arsed to find a spot to film from :( and then it seems that the Muppets never posted any footage from this gig up!! Oh well.




There is a great write up about this gig on the Heavy Metal Muppets blog, go read it HERE



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