Nocturnal Fiends Gather In Grotesque Glory: Nächtlich (ON) and Zesab (Manidoo Gathering)
IT IS VERY RARE UPON THIS REALM TO EXPERIENCE THE MIGHT OF AUTHENTIC BLACK METAL, BUT ALL KINDS OF UNKNOWN GHOULS CRAWLED OUT FROM THEIR CRYPTS IN SERVICE. IT WAS A SLIGHT SURPRISE TO SEE TWO GIGS OF PREDOMINANTLY BLACK METAL MUSIC SO WELL ATTENDED.
PRESENTED BY EYE AND EAR CONTROL RECORDS (CELEBRATING HALF A CENTURY OF THE SUFFOCATING DREAD OF EXISTENCE, HBD BRAD) AND WARPED AND CREASED PODCAST.
ON THE FIRST NIGHT AT THE PARK THEATER I KEPT THE CAMERA HOLSTERED AND ELECTED TO JUST CHILL AS THIS THING DOESNT HAVE THE RANGE FOR THE BIG STAGE. WE WERE BLESSED BY THE DEBUT PERFORMANCE OF VAMPYRIC MASS, LOCAL FAVORITE METALCORE MAYHEM HOPSCOTCH BATTLE SCARS, AND A RECORD DROP GIG FROM NOCTURNAL DEPARTURE BEFORE THE PUNK FREAKS FROM NÄCHTLICH SHOCKED ME WITH THEIR UNYIELDING COMMAND OF THEIR CHAOTIC SOUND IN THE ABRASIVE ENVIRONMENT OF SUCH A MASSIVE STAGE. IT LOOKED AND SOUNDED PHENOMENAL IN THERE TO MY DELIGHT, THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE COME AS NO SURPRISE SINCE IVE SEEN MANY VERY PUNK BANDS SOUND AND LOOK GREAT THERE IN THE PAST.
ALTHOUGH I LONGED TO BE IN A CRUSTY BASEMENT THE NEXT NIGHTS GIG (PICTURED HERE) AT THE HANDSOME DAUGHTER WAS THE NEXT BEST THING. AFTER A STRING OF RELEASES FROM MANY PROJECTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THIS WAS SET TO BE THE FIRST LIVE APPEARANCE FROM A COUPLE OF THE BANDS THE MANIDOO GATHERING, ALTHOUGH IM NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. DIVIKIMITIG DIDNT END UP PLAYING BUT ZESAB CRUSHED THE STAGE WITH A VERY SHORT SET. GENEX'S SET WAS NEXT AND OBVIOUSLY WE GOT NO PHOTOS OF THAT BEFORE NACHTLICH TOOK ANOTHER STAGE BY STORM.
LAY DOWN YOUR SOUL TO THE GODS ROCK AND ROLL BABY.
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