Arcane Sun

[0ricky7]

Was in a band with Mark back in the day in Dublin. Hadn't two words to say to me for the first few weeks we rehearsed.
Then I said the magic line "Have you ever heard Gorguts Considered Dead?", best mates after that.
RIP Mark Higgins. Miss you and love ya big man.

Marc.

Beautiful mate and what away to become best mates,I'm sure you've a few stories to tell hahahaha 🤘

[Diabolic98]

Haha any time you hung about with him you'd have a story. Like the time he was teaching me to do Frank Mullen growls while we staggered down O'Connell St. A nice cop following us begging us to settle down while Mark climbed the Anna Livia howling. We got to Fibbers and he climbed the phone box and howled some more before a Paddy Wagon came and the guards dragged him down and took him to Store St. I ran to Store St just in time to see him wrestling two guards at the counter. A few months later I asked if anything came of it and he said "Aye bhoy, I was in court and the guard told the judge I was howlin' on top of the phone box. The whole court was laughin' at me bhoy'. He'd say that with a straight face too, I was on the floor laughing. Hilarious bloke altogether.

[0ricky7]

Haha any time you hung about with him you'd have a story. Like the time he was teaching me to do Frank Mullen growls while we staggered down O'Connell St. A nice cop following us begging us to settle down while Mark climbed the Anna Livia howling. We got to Fibbers and he climbed the phone box and howled some more before a Paddy Wagon came and the guards dragged him down and took him to Store St. I ran to Store St just in time to see him wrestling two guards at the counter. A few months later I asked if anything came of it and he said "Aye bhoy, I was in court and the guard told the judge I was howlin' on top of the phone box. The whole court was laughin' at me bhoy'. He'd say that with a straight face too, I was on the floor laughing. Hilarious bloke altogether.

Now that's a fuckin story hahahaha,he was a bear of a man I can see the 2 cops hang of him like burbles on a Christmas tree,years ago we went to see morbid angel at the Rosetta bar in Belfast and he was still a young buck he decided he wanted to crowd surf,now considering the Rosetta wasn't a big venue he ran from the bar to jump on top of the crowd but the floor was soaking wet with spilled beer,he slipped as he jumped and done a slide tackle Roy Keane would of been proud off and took out about 5 lads I fuckin buckled laughing,what a lifer that man was

[Diabolic98]

Dublin Metal Events had some pictures online of Mark in action in the pit at one or two gigs back in the day. I have some floating around on a drive somewhere. I remember when MA came to Dublin, Jared Anderson was front man. Mark and H went and picked up Trey from some internet cafe where he'd been playing DOOM for fucken 12 hours or something. Mark was disgusted at that haha. This guitar legend playing DOOM for 12 hours instead of jamming all day.

[0ricky7]

Dublin Metal Events had some pictures online of Mark in action in the pit at one or two gigs back in the day. I have some floating around on a drive somewhere. I remember when MA came to Dublin, Jared Anderson was front man. Mark and H went and picked up Trey from some internet cafe where he'd been playing DOOM for fucken 12 hours or something. Mark was disgusted at that haha. This guitar legend playing DOOM for 12 hours instead of jamming all day.

We met morbid angel after the Rosetta show in the bar,David was playing a fruit machine and wouldn't sign anything until he had finished even back then mark was pissed off at bands who didn't or wouldn't meet or sign stuff for fans,he called Mike Patton a wanker because he wouldn't sign his t shirt when we seen them in the Ulster hall the rest of fath no more were dead on,Roddy talked to us for ages and mark loved that,we met Vinnie Paul and Rex after pantera supported megadeth in Belfast and that was one of the best memories I have of mark and myself being at shows he was a bit star struck like myself hahahaha

[Shitstirrer]

Met mark a few times in Dublin and was at wacken a couple of times as well when he was there ,he was on the hunt for necrophagia shirts at the metal market if remember correctly at wacken.

Nice lad ,sad to hear about his passing.

[Paul keohane]

Dublin Metal Events had some pictures online of Mark in action in the pit at one or two gigs back in the day. I have some floating around on a drive somewhere. I remember when MA came to Dublin, Jared Anderson was front man. Mark and H went and picked up Trey from some internet cafe where he'd been playing DOOM for fucken 12 hours or something. Mark was disgusted at that haha. This guitar legend playing DOOM for 12 hours instead of jamming all day.

ah man dig out them photos!

[Seán]

Me and mark were in same class in high school we hung out together in first year and he was the one who got me into heavy metal and to this day I'm a big fan off Metallica, I was listening to arcane sun today man he was a brilliant drummer truly did master his trade. RIP Higgy.

[Thorn]

Fair play , Nice tribute 

[Eoin McLove]

This debut album just gets better with time. Even though I can hear little similarities here and there to other bands, they really had such a unique sound. The diversity within the guitar playing is incredible- Flannery had a wonderful touch. Harsh, sinister and aggressive when needed, as delicate and light as running water at other times. Mark's drumming is spot on too, switching up and down through the gears with ease. And of course, Kearns's vocal dexterity mixed with his incredibly mature lyrics tie it all together perfectly. The production might not be as lush as some other bands of their ilk were achieving at the time, but it holds up and has enough character to do the songs relative justice. I found the artwork a bit ordinary at the time, but I've grown to love it as it encapsulates that era before every underground band became completely professional and blandly perfect. Nostalgic might be the word.

[Don Gately]

Eoin you've convinced me to dig this out again after work

[Eoin McLove]

Just doing my bit, sir. God bless you now.