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It was Maysfield Leisure Centre and despite being a massive Maiden fan I just hung around outside with a carry out after drinking in the bar all day to see who'd turn up when.. after everyone had gone I was woken up by someone who worked in the place saying are you the one looking into the gig who showed me through an emergency exit at the side of the venue. So ended up seeing it yeah about 300 people. Wasn't bad to be fair, it just wasn't Maiden epic. I remember drunkenly seeing McKeegan out of Therapy? head nodding in the audience and going yeoow it's Patrick Keilty. I also remember Baggy from War Iron/LessHelp getting up for the woah bit in 'Heaven Can wait'.

'Sacrificial Lamb' is the best song losing half of it's length after it's great versebridgechorus X2. That pinch harmonic in the second chorus though, whallop. The album is trippy catchy though. This is what a great band is capable of in their later years simply what Coroner have did. 'Sacrificial Lamb' and 'Trinity' are just such rifftastic class and I'm reminded of Death's song 'Flesh and The Power It Holds' in 'Transparent Eye'. Some of the tech metal dark side has a smoothed out ambience and has been shed for thrashy catchiness but this comeback is as successful as fellow Swiss band Celtic Frost's 'Monotheist'. The Keith Emerson style keyboard solo in closing jam 'Prolonging' is the perfect outro.

Clutch,  the modern day status quo,

Wooooo

Enjoyed the three piece Sijjin. Early Vader vibe. I'd agree OP were a bit ott with the jc poses and the air guitaring pedal stomping keyboard parts. Still captivating though not hitting the highs they did supporting Sólstafir earlier this year in my opinion. Blood Incantation seemed like a retro experience altogether nailing the prog floyd meets DM thing as expected and I loved it. Can't say much more. Great line up and good atmosphere.

Bruce has a go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5BMI88QO_w

Great. Thought you had quit. Nice one.

Pestilence - Land Of Tears

https://youtu.be/vRHs2cJQYeM?si=7b2MEffxuMJj0nJJ&t=175

Just released our first recording. Some folk might like it here. FFO: ZZ Top, Led Zep, Robin Trower, Mountain, UFO, The Cult, Soundgarden, Danzig....

https://hardfortune.bandcamp.com/album/fortunes

Been a long while since their last album 'Fleshforged Columns of Deceit'. Obviously the tragic death of their drummer Mirko Virdis had an impact. Glad they're back though.

Advanced track "Unresilient Congeries of Affliction" by Unbirth taken from the full-length "Asomatous Besmirchment."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmroyd_CjCA

I remember playing support to them in Belfast for one of James DP gigs. Maybe he got a promo copy of it?

Long formed Belfast band seeks 2nd guitarist and a drummer. New album already waiting. Retro Heavy Metal/Doom/Blues/Punk stuff. PM if interested.
Rehearsal of some potential new album stuff sans vox as I was playin guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tdpOFeEPk0

Not sure what you mean there with the 'Some users work better than others'. Thanks for giving it an ear anyways.

edit: Oh I get it now. You probably meant 'Parts' not users.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fr8vqIiUxw

Another one recorded over the Covid period at our rehearsal room at Westlink Enterprise Centre, Belfast and at Earthmusic NI by Vic Bronzini-Fulton.

This is the first song we recorded for the Enshrine album/project.

Uilleann pipes by Cormac 'Buzz' Ó Brian.

Been listening to this all week. Good value considering it includes the demo compilation and their three albums. With the exception of their first record 'Equal In Death' it's all great. 'Incarnate' was the only record I had back in the day and I remember it taking me ages to get into it. It's definitely one I've heard in the past described as just noise even by metalheads. I used to wonder if this sound was intentional and now reviewing it all there's no doubt it was. It was retro even back then. Just crusty Possessed type riffage and screeching squealing solos a la Slayer/Morb and hammering snare and crash like Terrorizer or Merciless most the way through. I'd say they were one of a kind in the UK at least. Proper double Jewl case too just like the Holy Terror - Total Terror box set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CB-9SUQhZA

Cheers for your ears and words. Yeah vocally I guess there are Americanisms in there. Just the way it ended up. They were broadened up between doom blues, a bit of hardcore crust and a narrative noir type thing I guess.