Jase W probably had better ideas than getting quite drunk and watching some pensioners rapping the night before a weekend show in another city. But there he was, with a splitting hangover and about to listen to a load of crushing metal – but he can deal with it because it’s his own fault innit?
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Perhaps laying in wait, below deck on a cursed coffin ship, a vampyric entity stirred and soon spread its black-leather wings in the autumn of 2021: Krvna’s debut demo, appropriately titled ‘Long Forgotten Relic’, introduced the Australian black metallers. However, that demo was but a mere two songs, and a few months later did the band’s debut album follow. Titled ‘Sempinfernus’, Krvna’s first full-length unveiled the full fathom of mainman Krvna Vatra’s vision. Now, like (cursed) clockwork, Krvna return a full year later with second album ‘For Thine is the Kingdom of the Flesh’…
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Ofdrykkja are a neofolk/post rock three piece from Sweden. Let’s start by seeing what their PR blurb says about them: “It is no secret that the music of Ofdrykkja has never sounded quite the same. As the Swedish trio strive to keep evolving on a personal level, this is naturally reflected in their music, as well. While 2019’s preceding ‘Gryningsvisor’ was more of a traditional atmospheric/ambient black metal album, the aptly titled ‘After the Storm’ ventures away, off the beaten path, and proceeds to distance itself from some of the more traditional elements that are usually prominent in metal music.”
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Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes have been announced as the first main stage headliners for the 2023 iteration of 2000Trees, who will top the bill on the Saturday night.
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Damian O’Neill is of course best known as guitarist for Derry punk legends The Undertones, as well as the work he did with That Petrol Emotion and The Everlasting Yeah. ‘an crann’ is O’Neill’s third solo album, but don’t expect any ‘Teenage Kicks’ or ‘My Perfect Cousin’s here…
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