Imperial Triumphant (with Gravity Well), Voodoo, Belfast, 15th August 2022

[BobbyAxelrod]

I just received their latest album, Alphaville, in the post today, was surprised to find out they were playing Belfast, and didn't see a thread here.

For anybody who doesn't know who they are, check out Alphaville. It's kinda like jazz meets black metal.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Fairly sure all their international dates for the rest of this year were cancelled a while back? Unless I saw wrong. But yeah, would love to see them.

[BobbyAxelrod]

Seems like they rescheduled:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/imperial-triumphant-tickets-131350215029?aff=aff0songkick&uid=&sk_eid=39764167

Although it's not listed on their official site. Is Eventbrite legit?

[BobbyAxelrod]

I emailed the band and they confirmed the date and listing.

[BobbyAxelrod]

Nobody else heading to this?

They're crazy good live:

https://youtu.be/ae15ZBgpSe4

Their new stuff is great too:

https://youtu.be/ywcshfrpO3A

[open face surgery]

I see they're in The Grand Social the night after. This will fuckin bomb I'm afraid given the lack of promo.

[Trev]

I see they're in The Grand Social the night after. This will fuckin bomb I'm afraid given the lack of promo.

Didn't realise they were playing Dublin, same night as Cattle Decapitation though

[open face surgery]

No interest in Cattle Decapitation.

[BobbyAxelrod]

I see they're in The Grand Social the night after. This will fuckin bomb I'm afraid given the lack of promo.

Hopefully they don't end up cancelling it. Was surprised to find them playing here and really wanna see them. I only found out by accident though, so yeah, not great promotion...

[Makeshiftatomsmasher]

Is the promoter the guy who put on Jesus Piece? He just seems to do facebook posts and nothing else....

[skuddington]

Going to see them later in the week at arctangent anyway, unless the drummer dies a la locust

[Pentagrimes]

Weirdly unnecessary comment there.

Hoping to get to this Dublin gig but yeah, had I not seen a poster in the window of the Grand Social I'd have had no idea they were playing whatsoever. if anyone from Live Free is reading, might be worth noting that we don't all have Facebook or use social media to follow every gig promoter/venue going in case they're putting on a band we like. Smacks of laziness.

Anyway, stuck on the new album this morning, not leaping out at me like the last one on first listen but they're far from an instant band. I suspect they'll be fairly marmite - incredible musicians but that doesn't always translate to an exciting performance -  live but I'm curious to see them.Lightning Bolt the next night too..busy week.

[skuddington]

I was just being childish, never got to see them, was really looking forward to it. I loved the first triumphant album, and the decibel Flexi is great, but their other stuff I've bounced off so far. Wonder what they'll do with the brass elements live, tape or a brass section or just leave it out....

[open face surgery]

I'm delighted to be proven wrong and see that tickets.ie have posted a low ticket warning.

[jpm4]

Saw these guys at a festival last week - excellent, crazy stuff well worth a look.