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Alunah - Strange Machine (Heavy Psych Sounds, 2022)

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Good morning to everyone except @allofthebarks who went on a work trip and drunk dialed my ass multiple times at 1 AM when I was in prescription sleeping pill dreamland so I didn’t answer and woke up this morning to ALL OF THESE MISSED CALLS and a bizarre voicemail that I took to mean she had surely been murdered so I messaged her husband and was like “Hi have you heard from your wife? because I am concerned that there is something unsavory going on”

But no. Just hammered.

#v’s song of the day #alunah #I love my wife #I am grateful she’s alive #I hope her hangover is terrible though

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Alunah - Awakening The Forest (2014)

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DAMNATION FESTIVAL 2019 Review

Words: Tim Finch and Matt D

Photos: Tim Finch Photography

Another rotation of the Earth around the Sun has occurred meaning it’s time to return to the land of Leeds for this year’s gathering of the Damnation Festival hitting it’s 15th year with it’s biggest headliner since the mighty Bolt Thrower in Opeth... and after grabbing a couple of great sausage rolls from the pasty/pizza etc cafe inside the Reflectory we begin by heading to the Eyesore Merch stage...

Brummie doom merchants Alunah kick the festival off in style. Their take on the genre differs to the norm, it’s vibrant and engrossing allowing the vocal abilities of Sian to add layers of depth to the bands already rich sound. The half hour opening set, featuring material from new album Violet Hour, is a masterclass in doom and the fans who came in early to catch it lapped it up.

With it being fifteen years of the acclaimed Damnation festival it was only right to bring back one of the bands that were there at the very beginning back at Jilly’s Rockworld – in fact they were the main stage headliners! Raging Speedhorn are the opener this time but that doesn’t stop them from essentially coming very close to being the show stealers right off the bat – Dan Cook joining as second vocalist since the last time they were here has fitted right in since finding his feet at their Stoke headline show prior to Bloodstock earlier this year and the relentless party vibes give us our first crowd surfers and wall of death of the day starting it off strong and it always feels good to hear The Hate Song and Fuck The Voodooman back to back.

The Cult Never Dies stage is in the ‘Mine’ room in the bowels of Leeds University. The small room is packed to full as Dawn Ray’d come on. The politically inspired black metal trio use their music to great effect enthralling the fans with the combination of drums, guitar and violin. They provide a unique take on the genre and are proving incredibly popular. We expect big things from these lads and on the basis of this set they are delivering to expectations.

As Dark Horse Of The Wind hits the Jagermeister stage’s PA it can only mean that Primordial make their return to the Damnation world but whereas in the past it felt like they could win band of the day there’s something that feels weird about it – while it’s good to hear The Gathering Wilderness among the set it comes after the beginning of the tech gremlins start to hit the stage – a deal that would continue later on with Mayhem – during Nail Their Tongues causing a loss of momentum that never quite fully picks up again so on this occasion what normally is great just feels… there. Hopefully as well we have some new material when they return next.

Nine years after their last appearance at Damnation – in a room that for those annoyed by how packed the Cult Never Dies stage got at points this year , think of a room that is slightly smaller than that – Alcest bring their ethereal goodness to the Reflectory in a performance that while not touching anything off Shelter – their brilliant shoegaze record – is the emotional experience that has become the gold standard with Autre temps being a particular highlight as eyes suddenly caught a bit of dust around the room…

To say The Vintage Caravan were the surprise of the day would be to do the band an injustice. It was fully expected that they would blow the bloody doors off the place, and that’s exactly what they did. The Icelandic trio melded their trade mark hard rock licks, with a hint of stoner rock to produce a cacophony of awesomeness. Mixing humour in between songs with outright energetic showmanship they were the shot in the arm the festival needed as the evening started to draw in. Their upbeat extravaganza won over many a new fan, and if it wasn’t for Raging Speedhorn they would be band of the day!

Thankfully we’re able to catch Venom Prison as the Tone MGMT stage becomes packed for a set that shows how far they’ve come since their mid-afternoon set three years ago with them touring with bands such as Trivium in that time and to celebrate not only do they give an absolutely powerful set including a wonderful speech by Larissa condemning those that want to show hate to others - they also bring out Jo Quail to open the set to add another layer of greatness to proceedings and close the main programme on that stage in style.

Festival Headliners Opeth were quite the booking coup for Gavin and his team. You could argue they are too a little big for the festival and the main room was certainly full as they took to the stage. Their set a cut down version of the one they are touring Europe with at the moment, cutting three songs from the set list to focus on older numbers the festival crowd are likely more familiar with.

However, they opened with new track ‘Svekets Prins’ a progressive masterpiece somewhat different from their original material. But that does not put off the fans as they enjoy every minute of this set. For an hour and a half they regale us long past the midnight hour and keep the 3000 fans fully engrossed in their world. Opeth are possibly the biggest band the festival will be able to book without upgrading to a larger venue but the 2019 edition headliners showed that both they and the festival have what it takes to take this music scene by storm!