- hailing from Sheffield, the first date of a 5 day mini tour with Tree Of Sores. Their album "Mamallian" was described in Rocksound like this-
"Beautiful, just beautiful.
...Naisian's (sic) latest self-release steals from the best to create something new. 'Mammalian' opens with 'Fletcher-munson', a deceptive little number that veers from epic sludge to isis chill-out before revealing its true form: feral, stripped-down, 'Remission' - era Mastodon. 'Take me to the mountain dew mountain' introduces long spacey interludes and proggy bass solos, while the tittle track falls into a black hole halfway through only to crawl out as the monster spawn of Sunn O))). 'I am Eustache Dauger' goes off on an ominous post-rock voyage and erupts into a mighty bang-thy-head ending. Beautiful, just beautiful. - 9/10 "
Iron Witch
- Liverpool's finest The foundation of their rotten sludge, is the riff worship of bands like Black Sabbath, Sleep and St Vitus, but with the influence of Black Flag sitting underneath.
""Since Eyehategod came belching out of our speakers nearly 20 years with their thuggish take on Sabbath riffs, feedback and psychotic vocals there has been no shortage of bands vying for their crown. Liverpool's Iron Witch are the latest to weigh in with some mountainous riffing and thundersome drums....." -The Sleeping Shaman Webzine
Tree Of Sores
- Leeds' own dark heavy 3 piece playing some new stuff to lose yourself to
"Every track is laced with the finest thread of melody, a tightrope walk between the jaws of aggression and unrelenting pity. At times we witness the three piece shed their metallic carapace to reveal a formless, sprawling inclination to breach out beyond the frozen walls of the bands youth into new territory. Tree of Sores are ascending beyond the brittle charities that comparisons to Neurosis and Amebix allow, into a monument all their own. The Tree of Sores EP is as cathartic and honest as expansive sludge can get, amalgamating the cornerstone truths bands like Neurosis and Isis uncovered. Inspired and tumultuous in its ascent to grapple with your attention, this is music that will haunt the daydreamers and soothe the insomniacs among you."
-www.lurkerspath.com
Bastard Sons Of Abraham
-Awesome heavy hardcore/thrash all the way from darkest Manchester, in Leeds for the first (i think)
- www.myspace.com/bastardsonsofabraham
£3.50 on the door and it's a bank holiday Monday the next day so you can get pissed and stay up late.