Words by Death Metal Dr. Gonzo
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM YOU HAVE THIS FRIDAY
Is which awesome metal show are you going to hit – because there’s two going down as can only be expected of our mighty Seattle scene.
So, here are some brief notes from the desk of Death Metal Dr. Gonzo himself:
Friday, June 25th… yes, day will turn to night and the metal goons shall unearth themselves from their shallow graves or betwixt the legs of women of ill repute and take to the dens of evil in the Emerald city…
…The Comet Tavern is tapping some of the best local shit. Helms Alee, everyone’s favorite loud as crap Seattle band, ever present at the right time so frequently one begins to wonder if they are in possession of some kind of crystal ball or other heavy metal tool of divination… also from the fine city of Bellingham, Dog Shredder will be playing their virtuosic blend of angst and grace… Bellingham… yes, I spent a drunken few days there in the cold November of 2007 at a curious venue called the Night Light but ANYWAY… also at the Comet will be Giant Squid, a proggy little act that I have yet to see live and therefore will withhold comment for the time being.
Ah! But the plot thickens!
…A few exits South on the piss and semen soaked urethra that is I-5… at El Corazon nee The Graceland nee The Offramp is a metal show of unmatched and epic girth. Saint Vitus, the band featuring Scott "Wino" Weinrich in all of his awesomeness, who held down doom metal during it’s dormant years in the 1980’s and thus kept the soil fertile for the bumper crop of awesome shit that we now reap will be killing shit! SAINT FUCKING VITUS! In true legendary fashion, the heavens have parted… or perhaps the steaming death fissures of the Earth opened wide and spewed forth… none other than everyone’s favorite underdog, the hardest workin’ fuckin’ most underrated act in Seattle… AKIMBO! These two, in tandem, make the show worth the ticket… plus there’s some other bands that no one has heard of or gives a shit about.
There will be metal about indeed. You must ask yourself… SELF: what flavor of metal do I want? Longer songs and a little more ambiance? Hit the Comet. Legendary doom and bombast? El Corazon.
But don’t let me dare catch you sitting at home or by god I will broomstick you in a way that can only be described as inhumane.
Don’t test me.
-DMDG
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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