Dead Fest: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th March @ Subway Cowgate, Edinburgh

Kingmob · 23rd January 2006, 09:01 PM

Cold Dead Hands present:

Saturday 11th March:

Burial Year (USA)
Brutal hardcore from the USA, formed from the ashes of Takaru- in fact, contains more or less their final line up, with a new singer, (the guy from A Light In The Attic and Suicide Nation, if I'm not mistaken). If you liked Takaru, you'll not be disappointed as they've picked up where they left off, only they've upped the heaviness. For the uninitiated- blast beats, hoarse vocals and riffs that'll have your eye out, like the mutant offspring of His Hero Is Gone, Acme and Chokehold. Record out soon on Alone.
www.myspace.com/burialyear

Zann (Germany)
Face shredding heaviness from Germany. Think typical German brutality given a twist by the addition of screamo influences, they've been compared to a mix of Acrid and Neil Perry (or Born Against meets Slayer- take your pick!), or even older Converge. Raw metallic riffing, screamed vocals, with the occasional discordant melody in the guitars. They've done spilts in the past with the likes of Racebannon and Funeral Diner.
www.adagio830.de/zann.html
www.myspace.com/zann

Among The Missing (London)
Upbeat sludge/rock from down South, like a mix of Eyehategod, Black Flag and Motorhead. Have toured anywhere and everywhere over the past few years, turning out splits with the likes of Red Stars Parade, Bumsnogger and Blood Island Raiders. If this lot don't give you the urge to head bang, then you're clinically dead. Features Tim of Naked Shit on vocals.
www.tenpoundsoffuck.com
www.myspace.com/tenpoundsoffuck

The Nothing (Leeds)
Pitch black metal-core, features ex/current members of Send More Paramedics, Labrat etc. Described as, "Slayer sexually abusing Himsa while the Misfits look on". Dark melody stabbed with spooky mosh. On Thirty Days Of Night Records( home to Azriel etc) and In At The Deep End Records., they have also done a split with Send More Paramedics called "North Of England, South Of Heaven"
www.thenothingonline.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thenothingmetal

Friday Night Gun Fight (Edinburgh)
Local boys returning with their own brand of Converge/Cave In influenced metalcore. Expect brutal attacks, innovative riffs, aggression, technicality, fast, mosh, chug, smash, melody, insane vocals and Magners, and those all important epic parts. New line up, new danger.
www.mypsace.com/fridaynightgunfight

Was A Fighter (Edinburgh)
New to the local scene and still finding their feet, yet already more exciting than most. Was A Fighter take dark Orchid style screamo influences and filter it through their love of Mono esque post rock. The end result makes for intricate little concertos of chaos, split into several movements, like Circle Takes the Squares boisterous younger bretheren.
www.myspace.com/wasafighter

+More to be announced shortly.

Sunday 12th March:

The Holy Mountain (USA)
Blistering hardcore in the vein of Tragedy, Born Against, and From Ashes Rise (with a tip of the hat to Eighties punk & Japanese thrash). Features former members of Combatwoundedveteran & The Black Out Terror. On No Idea Records.
“gruff, burly hardcore and sounding much like the larval stage between His Hero Is Gone and Tragedy. It’s dense, heavy and impeccably well-played, laden with the kind of twiddling melodies that should keep fans of the more tuneful end of this spectrum happy, if not those more inclined towards the raw brutality of Skitsystem et al. Rounding it off are some smart, well-written lyrics that come across as thoughtful and informed without being overbearing; boiling from the page to engulf the usual suspects (war, debt, religion…) with a righteous, eye-gouging zeal for justice and betterment that matches the ferocity of their music blow for pummelling blow.”-Alex Deller Collective-zine
www.theholymtn.com/

Glass and Ashes (USA)
Hailing from Ventura, California, Glass and Ashes soak every possible ounce of spirit and passion from a full-velocity scream! Musically dynamic and compelling, Glass and Ashes is comparable to Torches To Rome, Planes Mistaken for Stars and Yaphet Kotto, with a touch of harDCore for good measure. Full length on No Idea Records, split 7” with Science of Yabra out now on Code Of Ethics Records.
www.glassandashes.cjb.net/

I-Farm (USA)
Starting in Ithaca, NY in the mid-90's and then relocating to NYC's rock mecca of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ripping fast melodic punk in the I Spy early Propagandhi vein,complete with snotty vocals and biting lyrics. Their fourth coming album “IV” will be released through Go-Kart records and was produced by Bill Stevenson (descendents/all)
“There used to be a lot of bands like I Farm in NYC.. Rampant professionalism and careerism has all but killed New York City's punk scene, but happily, I Farm are still around… accompanied by furious guitars, breakneck drums, and jackhammer bass” - Jersey Beat
www.ifarmrock.com/

Take A Worm For A Walk Week (Glasgow)
Never has an email been so well timed as the one we received from these guys. Scratching our heads for something suitably mental to inject life and a bit white noise into proceedings: Take A Worm dropped us a line to ask if their was any room for some Arab On Radar/Jenny Piccolo/Locust style ludicrously fast thrash. But of course said we. Features former members of Fighting Red Adair and Julia Thirteen.
www.myspace.com/takeaworm

Ben Cozine (Edinburgh)
Ben Cozine have got plenty giggin experience under their belts in the last year and its definetly starting to show. The shredding guitar work balances out against nicely varied vocals, the tempo switching between full on head down thrash and stomping mosh friendly hardcore. There’s a diverse spread of modern hardcore influences at work here, separating them from many of their one trick contemporaries.
www.myspace.com/bencozine

Black Ark (Glasgow/Edinburgh)
Band whores affiliated with the likes of Snowblood, Friday Night Gunfight and Santo Caserio to name but a few; try, yet probably fail, to live up to the high standards their previous projects have set them. Debut Edinburgh performance.

+more to be announced

Doors Both Days 5pm
Entrance £5 per day or £8 for both.

Further details to be announced.

Baz · 24th January 2006, 10:46 AM

this is awesome. if anyone wants to continue the weekend party onto monday we will be hosting I Farm and Glass and Ashes in Dundee on monday night, i`ll confirm full details when i`ve sorted it all. this is gonna be some crazy shit

Pacomari · 24th January 2006, 10:58 AM

this weekend is going to blow my mind

jonas · 24th January 2006, 02:44 PM

think I might fire through for one or maybe 2 days of this shizzle.

jonas · 24th January 2006, 02:46 PM

black arc eh? interesting.

defo be up in that piece

Gusstav · 24th January 2006, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonas

think I might fire through for one or maybe 2 days of this shizzle.

You'll be at both days. Or there will be trouble.

TNF · 24th January 2006, 03:02 PM

I'll be there. Probably very wasted.

CivilD · 24th January 2006, 03:02 PM

Holy shit, I didn't realise that I-FARM are playing this! Yaaas

DaveRowlands · 24th January 2006, 03:35 PM

I heard rumours of Jinn and AOFR playing this?
Take a worm for a walk week were awesome on Friday past in Aberdeen.

LordSummerisle · 24th January 2006, 05:44 PM

AOFR were booked but had to pull out a couple of weeks ago, Jinn were asked but couldn't do it, unfortunately. We'll definitely have to get them both up at some point though.

DaveRowlands · 24th January 2006, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordSummerisle

AOFR were booked but had to pull out a couple of weeks ago, Jinn were asked but couldn't do it, unfortunately. We'll definitely have to get them both up at some point though.

Damn, hopefully catch them soon. Weekend looks great!

Bikerboy · 25th January 2006, 03:52 PM

Holy Mountain, Zann, Burial Year are all awesome, I pray to gahddd i can get the weekend off for this, should be good!

MotioN · 25th January 2006, 03:56 PM

i'll never get the weekend off but i'll be finnished by 5:30 on both days so i can make the most of the nights.

TGO · 25th January 2006, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LordSummerisle

AOFR were booked but had to pull out a couple of weeks ago, Jinn were asked but couldn't do it, unfortunately. We'll definitely have to get them both up at some point though.

Shame, that would have been amazing.

Looking forward to this. Will be there for both days methinks.

23rd January 2006, 09:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kingmob Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Auld Reekie. Posts: 502	Dead Fest: Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th March @ Subway Cowgate, Edinburgh Cold Dead Hands present: Saturday 11th March: Burial Year (USA) Brutal hardcore from the USA, formed from the ashes of Takaru- in fact, contains more or less their final line up, with a new singer, (the guy from A Light In The Attic and Suicide Nation, if I'm not mistaken). If you liked Takaru, you'll not be disappointed as they've picked up where they left off, only they've upped the heaviness. For the uninitiated- blast beats, hoarse vocals and riffs that'll have your eye out, like the mutant offspring of His Hero Is Gone, Acme and Chokehold. Record out soon on Alone. www.myspace.com/burialyear Zann (Germany) Face shredding heaviness from Germany. Think typical German brutality given a twist by the addition of screamo influences, they've been compared to a mix of Acrid and Neil Perry (or Born Against meets Slayer- take your pick!), or even older Converge. Raw metallic riffing, screamed vocals, with the occasional discordant melody in the guitars. They've done spilts in the past with the likes of Racebannon and Funeral Diner. www.adagio830.de/zann.html www.myspace.com/zann Among The Missing (London) Upbeat sludge/rock from down South, like a mix of Eyehategod, Black Flag and Motorhead. Have toured anywhere and everywhere over the past few years, turning out splits with the likes of Red Stars Parade, Bumsnogger and Blood Island Raiders. If this lot don't give you the urge to head bang, then you're clinically dead. Features Tim of Naked Shit on vocals. www.tenpoundsoffuck.com www.myspace.com/tenpoundsoffuck The Nothing (Leeds) Pitch black metal-core, features ex/current members of Send More Paramedics, Labrat etc. Described as, "Slayer sexually abusing Himsa while the Misfits look on". Dark melody stabbed with spooky mosh. On Thirty Days Of Night Records( home to Azriel etc) and In At The Deep End Records., they have also done a split with Send More Paramedics called "North Of England, South Of Heaven" www.thenothingonline.co.uk www.myspace.com/thenothingmetal Friday Night Gun Fight (Edinburgh) Local boys returning with their own brand of Converge/Cave In influenced metalcore. Expect brutal attacks, innovative riffs, aggression, technicality, fast, mosh, chug, smash, melody, insane vocals and Magners, and those all important epic parts. New line up, new danger. www.mypsace.com/fridaynightgunfight Was A Fighter (Edinburgh) New to the local scene and still finding their feet, yet already more exciting than most. Was A Fighter take dark Orchid style screamo influences and filter it through their love of Mono esque post rock. The end result makes for intricate little concertos of chaos, split into several movements, like Circle Takes the Squares boisterous younger bretheren. www.myspace.com/wasafighter +More to be announced shortly. Sunday 12th March: The Holy Mountain (USA) Blistering hardcore in the vein of Tragedy, Born Against, and From Ashes Rise (with a tip of the hat to Eighties punk & Japanese thrash). Features former members of Combatwoundedveteran & The Black Out Terror. On No Idea Records. “gruff, burly hardcore and sounding much like the larval stage between His Hero Is Gone and Tragedy. It’s dense, heavy and impeccably well-played, laden with the kind of twiddling melodies that should keep fans of the more tuneful end of this spectrum happy, if not those more inclined towards the raw brutality of Skitsystem et al. Rounding it off are some smart, well-written lyrics that come across as thoughtful and informed without being overbearing; boiling from the page to engulf the usual suspects (war, debt, religion…) with a righteous, eye-gouging zeal for justice and betterment that matches the ferocity of their music blow for pummelling blow.”-Alex Deller Collective-zine www.theholymtn.com/ Glass and Ashes (USA) Hailing from Ventura, California, Glass and Ashes soak every possible ounce of spirit and passion from a full-velocity scream! Musically dynamic and compelling, Glass and Ashes is comparable to Torches To Rome, Planes Mistaken for Stars and Yaphet Kotto, with a touch of harDCore for good measure. Full length on No Idea Records, split 7” with Science of Yabra out now on Code Of Ethics Records. www.glassandashes.cjb.net/ I-Farm (USA) Starting in Ithaca, NY in the mid-90's and then relocating to NYC's rock mecca of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ripping fast melodic punk in the I Spy early Propagandhi vein,complete with snotty vocals and biting lyrics. Their fourth coming album “IV” will be released through Go-Kart records and was produced by Bill Stevenson (descendents/all) “There used to be a lot of bands like I Farm in NYC.. Rampant professionalism and careerism has all but killed New York City's punk scene, but happily, I Farm are still around… accompanied by furious guitars, breakneck drums, and jackhammer bass” - Jersey Beat www.ifarmrock.com/ Take A Worm For A Walk Week (Glasgow) Never has an email been so well timed as the one we received from these guys. Scratching our heads for something suitably mental to inject life and a bit white noise into proceedings: Take A Worm dropped us a line to ask if their was any room for some Arab On Radar/Jenny Piccolo/Locust style ludicrously fast thrash. But of course said we. Features former members of Fighting Red Adair and Julia Thirteen. www.myspace.com/takeaworm Ben Cozine (Edinburgh) Ben Cozine have got plenty giggin experience under their belts in the last year and its definetly starting to show. The shredding guitar work balances out against nicely varied vocals, the tempo switching between full on head down thrash and stomping mosh friendly hardcore. There’s a diverse spread of modern hardcore influences at work here, separating them from many of their one trick contemporaries. www.myspace.com/bencozine Black Ark (Glasgow/Edinburgh) Band whores affiliated with the likes of Snowblood, Friday Night Gunfight and Santo Caserio to name but a few; try, yet probably fail, to live up to the high standards their previous projects have set them. Debut Edinburgh performance. +more to be announced Doors Both Days 5pm Entrance £5 per day or £8 for both. Further details to be announced.

24th January 2006, 10:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Baz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,687 Band: 15 Minutes	this is awesome. if anyone wants to continue the weekend party onto monday we will be hosting I Farm and Glass and Ashes in Dundee on monday night, i`ll confirm full details when i`ve sorted it all. this is gonna be some crazy shit

24th January 2006, 10:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pacomari Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: glasgow. Posts: 751	this weekend is going to blow my mind

24th January 2006, 02:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
jonas Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: garnethill fleeto Posts: 547 Band: messy verde	think I might fire through for one or maybe 2 days of this shizzle.

24th January 2006, 02:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
jonas Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: garnethill fleeto Posts: 547 Band: messy verde	black arc eh? interesting. defo be up in that piece

24th January 2006, 03:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
TNF Schmako as funk! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bilston Posts: 1,139 Band: High School Anal	I'll be there. Probably very wasted.

24th January 2006, 03:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
CivilD Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: E-Burgh Posts: 288 Band: Black Ark	Holy shit, I didn't realise that I-FARM are playing this! Yaaas

24th January 2006, 03:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
DaveRowlands Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 159	I heard rumours of Jinn and AOFR playing this? Take a worm for a walk week were awesome on Friday past in Aberdeen.

24th January 2006, 05:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
LordSummerisle Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 351	AOFR were booked but had to pull out a couple of weeks ago, Jinn were asked but couldn't do it, unfortunately. We'll definitely have to get them both up at some point though.

25th January 2006, 03:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
Bikerboy I loathe my username Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Errol outside Perth Posts: 1,746 Band: Sunset Squad, Out of Fucking Spite and B.G.O.M.	Holy Mountain, Zann, Burial Year are all awesome, I pray to gahddd i can get the weekend off for this, should be good!

25th January 2006, 03:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
MotioN Listen to Void! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Perth/Abernethy Posts: 7,472 Band: Allergo, Violent Response, Nekrocircus, RatpukE, Octopope	i'll never get the weekend off but i'll be finnished by 5:30 on both days so i can make the most of the nights.