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Brilliant festival all round. Very well ran and no hassles at all throughout the day. Pharmacia is a cool venue.

Here's a few clips of our set from the day for anyone interested:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL4ZfXsi5C6/?igsh=cG15YTNndDVycjNn

Full set: https://youtu.be/pKQMUTZWVGI?feature=shared

Pulled the trigger on the EVH 5150 Stealth.  Every demo with any guitar or cab used with it just sounded great.  Any review online was basically "it works and sounds unreal".  Should have it in the next week or two so I'll let ye know how I get on.

You really can't go wrong with the EVHs for heavier music. They're definitely tighter and more refined than the original 5150/6505 which some people don't like. But I find they work great for lower tuning especially. You can always turn up the resonance and mids to get them closer to the 5150/6505.

The stealth is meant to be a little tighter and have a bit more gain than the standard one. But tbh I've not noticed that much difference.

That was a fantastic night all round. The stage is an absolutely sweat box, but it sounds great both on stage and out front. Would love to see more shows on there.

Currently using an Orange Rocker 32, plenty loud and works great as a pedal platform.

Have been looking at the 20w JCM 800's Marshall have been making though, would be mostly using the low input as a sort of edge of breakup 'clean' platform but would need to look into how much headroom it has.

I've got one of the SC20 heads and it's a fantastic head. They really got it right with those - it does the full 800 tone/vibe but at much more manageable volumes. I've not used the low input much, but I recorded the intro to "Sublimated Misanthropy" off our last album with the Marshall on the low input. I think I might have used a moose battlehammer on it as well. They have plenty of headroom and volume for their size.

For Fraught I'm currently running two 5150iii 50w heads with a TC Mimiq to get a thicker tone since we've become a one guitar band. IMO those heads are hard to beat. However I've recently been thinking about adding an Engl Powerball to the mix. Has anyone any experience with them and how they compare to the 5150iii?

At home I'm lucky enough to have a few different heads (Mesa Dual Rec, Marshall SC20, Matamp Gt2 and a Fryette Deliverance) that I run through a Two Notes Captor X for demoing and just messing about.

Unfortunately Molekh have pulled out of tomorrow night's show due to a serious injury in the band. Saint Slaughter and Raum Kingdom will play slightly longer sets to compensate.

Doors: 7.30pm | Admission €10
Saint Slaughter: 8.10 - 8.50pm
Raum Kingdom: 9.05 - 9.50pm
Fraught: 10.05 - 11.15pm

[Dublin Show]

Saint Slaughter have been added to the Dublin show and Nomadic Rituals complete the lineup for Cavan.

Dublin Show
https://forum.metalwarfare.com/index.php?topic=2521.0
https://fb.me/e/19c36Y1Dx

Cavan Show
https://forum.metalwarfare.com/index.php?topic=2522.0
https://fb.me/e/X389wF7d

Fraught "Transfixed on Dying Light" Album Launch show.

Saturday 20th Jan
McGinnitys Bar, Cavan Town
Doors 7.30pm
Admission €10

Joining Fraught will be:
Okus
Nomadic Rituals
Void Revenant

Fraught "Transfixed on Dying Light" Album Launch show.

Saturday 13th Jan
Fibber Magees Basement Venue
Doors 7.30pm
Admission €10

Joining Fraught will be:
Raum Kingdom
Saint Slaughter

We're delighted to announce two release shows in January in support of the new album! We will have vinyl copies for sale on both nights along with other new merch.

Dublin, Saturday Jan 13th: Fibber Magees Basement w/ Raum Kingdom, Molekh & more to be announced.
Cavan, Saturday Jan 20th: McGinnitys Bar w/ Okus & Void Revenant (formerly Astral Tomb).

Doors for both shows is 7.30pm and €10 admission.

For anyone that has ordered a vinyl directly from Argonauta, thank you. We believe the vinyls have now been shipped from the pressing plant after a short delay and should be with you shortly.

Thanks to everyone who has checked it out so far. The digital only version is now up on our bandcamp page and comes with a bonus track entitled "Prey".
https://fraughtband.bandcamp.com/album/transfixed-on-dying-light

Unfortunately our physical copies of the vinyl are delayed slightly due to unexpected delays at the pressing plant but will be available once they ship. For now the label is hosting the pre-orders of this version.

"In all the songs the band show how adept they are at the interweaving mentioned above, bringing together the hard-hitting heaviness, the drilling riffs, and the beastly gutturals of death metal and death/doom; the blasting, the cold blizzard-like riffing, and the cauterizing screams of black metal; and the suffocating oppressiveness and bruising misery of sludge and doom.

But those references still don't exhaust the ingredients in play here, nor capture the way the album ebbs and flows."

On the eve of its release by Argonauta Records,  NO CLEAN SINGING present the full streaming premiere of "Transfixed on Dying Light," along with a wordy review. You can give it a listen in full at the following link:
https://www.nocleansinging.com/2023/11/23/an-ncs-album-premiere-and-a-review-fraught-transfixed-on-dying-light/

Vinyl Pre-orders are now live and will ship circa 15th Dec due to unforeseen manufacturing delays.
https://www.argonautarecords.com/shop/vinyl/123-fraught-transfixed-on-dying-light.html?fbclid=IwAR2jcNiaYM86Koe09CEjHBToTSspbvwPD6JHYlN6X9p6w0x-8dyz5dGn3Ns

"Transfixed on Dying Light" is out this Friday on all streaming platforms, with coloured vinyl edition to follow via Argonauta Records. Full pre-sale links for the vinyl will be launched in the coming days but you can pre-save the digital version here: https://ingrv.es/transfixed-on-dying-b7j-p

Read the first review of the album here: https://flyingfiddlesticks.com/2023/11/20/fraught-transfixed-on-dying-light-argonauta-2023/

As well as two interviews we have done talking about the band's formation, the new album and our plans for the coming year:

https://antichristmagazine.com/interview-with-fraught/?fbclid=IwAR0_Qm6ubLKVhqN2g7G5OGUTs-ly_doTEnK7nKCyhK_bca6YVQr2sFfwfxA

https://ironbackstage.blogspot.com/2023/11/fraught-interview.html

Cheers to everyone that's checked it out so far!

We're pleased to announce the release of our new video for "The Hunt" which you can watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB2MiUZvN5U

Taken from Fraught's upcoming album "Transfixed on Dying Light," which is set to be released on November 24th, 2023, via Argonauta Records. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Shaun Cadogan at Last Light Recordings in Dublin, Ireland, during the winter of 2022. It contains 7 tracks that showcase Fraught's vision for extreme music from the slowest depths of sludge to the cathartic rage of death metal and the dismal atmosphere of black metal. All artwork was created by Black Fever Art with album layout by Fraught.

Tracklisting:
The Hunt
Crimson Trail
Indignities of Decay
Increments of Humiliation
Sublimated Misanthropy
Atrocities of Sin
Transfixed on Dying Light
Prey (Digital Download Bonus Track)

For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/Fraughtband/
https://www.instagram.com/fraught_official/
https://www.argonautarecords.com/

Cheers to everyone that took a listen so far. The track is now up on Spotify and all usual streaming services.

More info to come soon.