another catching up/recap post aka yup, i'm still here!

columbus DIY is raging hard into the summertime now. the basements are steamy and the shows are many. every band is on tour this summer and columbus happens to be one of the treasured staples of tour. (let's try not to mention how spoiled our scene is currently.) lots of new bands bubbling up, and things are surprisingly staying fresh and interesting. here's some of my recent flicks from a couple of shows, please follow the links to see more!!


painkiller @ crackhouse 05.12.09



defiance, ohio @ skylab 05.04.09
http://defianceohio.terrorware.com/



the effort @ LOD 05.20.09
http://xeffortx.blogspot.com/



heath deadger @ monster house 05.23.09
http://myspace.com/heathdeadger



nukkehammer @ 15th house 06.05.09

photos: boom boom kid, samothrace, an albatross, and more!

too many amazing shows this week, so you get one post instead of a flurry of smaller individual posts.


boom boom kid, samothrace, empire, lose the tude @ lod 10.08.08



click here for the slideshow.


an albatross @ summit station 10.07.08

click here for the slideshow.


heath deadger, ignorant motherfucker @ lod 10.06.08

click here for the slideshow.

and now having said all that, i'm off to catch lemuria, gordon gano's army, and the sidekicks at the monster house! cheers!

screaming females, cop on fire, nukkehammer, night of pleasure, reflect @ lod 09.30.08

 

click here to view the slideshow on flickr.

fantastic show with a largely varied bill at the legion of doom.  nice turnout with lots of new faces.
click some links!
screaming females | night of pleasure | cop on fire | reflect

dissystema, nukkehammer, nightfall, pancreatectomie @ lod 09.22.08

nukkehammer	pancreatectomie
nightfall	dissystema

click each photo for more on flickr.  or click here for the slideshow.

pancreatectomie opened the show with a killer set of disgusting medical/gore grind rounded out with a few (maybe too short) mosh parts, too bad it was their last show for a while.  demo and other releases coming soon!  nightfall were up next and fucking set the tank on steamroller.  ripping three piece dis-crust, all three members also of dissystema, who (+1) were up next and thrashed through a similar set of epic metallic crust.  nukkehammer closed the show with their scandi-bulldoze style of hardcore.

   nukkehammer recorded a face-melter of a demo, which will be released on cassette sometime soon.  in the meantime, get your fix in the mp3 format here.

photo roundup: cult ritual, dangerbird, reflect, lose the 'tude and more!

lose the tude	lose the tude	pancreatectomie
cult ritual	cult ritual	dangerbird
reflect	vile gash	couch forts

 each picture links to its own flickr page, you can click to the sets from there.

a few more photosets, playing catch-up

click each photo to go to the set's page.

 

abiku, hulk smash, dragtown @ lod 07.26.08	overated @ lod 07.22.08
shot baker, overated, wishyouweres @ lod 07.19.08	surroundings, harold kunkle, drought @ lod 07.18.08

 
outclassed, le vansona @ monster house 07.17.08

devil makes three, ripshit, lose the tude, dylan bredeau, brown sugar, rational animals @ lod 07.09.08

view it on flickr

epic show at the legion of doom. seven bands tore it up in less than four hours!! check the links!!

devil makes three | ripshit | lose the tude | dylan bredeau | brown sugar | rational animals | john walsh

born bad, search and destroy, reflect, vegetative state @ LOD 06.23.08

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two canadian bands shredded the legion of doom last nite, born bad and search and destroy. born bad stealing the show with their intensely raw energy. both bands sharing most members and other bands' equipment. reflect also debuted some new material, and there are talks of a new demo coming up. long overdue, but better late than never. i'm pretty excited about it. vegetative state opened up the show with their youthful brand of spazzo weirdcore, hope they'll play more legion shows sometime soon!!

click it or ticket!
born bad | search and destroy | reflect | vegetative state

mountain asleep, nice people, eric ayotte, saintseneca, stringpocalypse @ LOD 06.20.08

view it on flickr

great show, but failed to get flicks of stringpocalypse since one of their members decided that his penis needed some fresh air. maybe that's grounds for taking lots more pics? i don't know, but flickr has a certain policy that i, myself, cannot dispute.

mountain asleep | nice people | eric ayotte | saintseneca

thou, deadsea, locusta @ lod 06.16.08

view it on flickr

the columbus music scene is usually most notable for all of the hip lo-fi kinda bands that become popular for a minute or two, and yeah they are well-deserving. often overlooked is the columbus metal scene. there are always a solid few top-shelf metal bands melting eardrums from basement to stage, here in columbus. two of which, deadsea and locusta, played legion of doom with louisiana swamp doom rockers, thou.  locusta impress more each time i see them, and opening this show was no exception.  thou doomed up a storm in the tradition of soylent green, eyehategod, iron monkey, etc.  punishing blows to the frontal lobe!!  last, but certainly not least, deadsea melted the walls of the legion with their tasteful brand of avant-prog-metal.  this band could very well be comprised of the most talented, positive, and nicest people on this planet. 

the links:
locusta | deadsea | thou

the ear the eye and the arm, beltone suicide @ LOD 05.27.08

 the ear, the eye, and the arm are an avant-indie/prog trio that will blow your mind, and not just for the amount of amplifiers they can carry into your basement!!  belltone suicide are a noise duo that will pretty much blow everything else.  that wasn't supposed to sound like a bad joke, but what i meant was that they also rule, too. 

tin armor and le vansona played this show as well, but i didn't get any pics either of those local yokels.

connect!  connect!
http://www.earseyesarms.com
http://www.myspace.com/belltonesuicide | http://puzzle.suchfun.net/belltone_suicide
http://www.myspace.com/tinarmor | http://www.tinarmor.com
http://www.myspace.com/levansona

billy mack collector @ legion of doom columbus ohio 05.20.08

view it on flickr

the parade of wonderful, interesting, and infinitely nice people, not to mention talented musicians to storm through the legion of doom is never-ending. i set up a last-minute show for billy mack collector and and bunch of kids from the vietcong schoolhouse came over for such a fun time. billy mack collector is a project by one, billy mack, with a bunch of others he collects to play out his acoustic jamz on all sorts of strings, accordion, marimba, ukulele, and lots of awesome toy instruments. if you are an enemy of fun, i'd strictly advise you to steer clear of this band!! check out their myspace if you are a fan of fun, or adventurous in your musical taste.
http://myspace.com/billymackcollector

suzy wong and the honkeys, biff boff barf @ LOD 05.18.08

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suzy wong and the honkeys raged legion of doom, with local ejaculators biff boff barf, mid-may and were some of the nicest people going, i surely hope they come back again real soon. check 'em out if they ever come to your town.  keep your eyes peeled to their myspace for new music and tour dates.
http://www.myspace.com/suzywongandthehonkeys

SFN @ legion of doom, columbus ohio 03.28.08

view it on flickr

SFN played the legion of doom a while back and had the photos on my camera for what seems like forever. now you get to view them, lucky you!
check out the myspace for some sick PV jams.
http://www.myspace.com/sfnwisconsin

dead serious, headacher, broke as a joke @ LOD 02.17.08

view it on flickr

dead serious | broke as a joke | headacher

prosanctus inferi @ LOD 02.10.08

brutal lo-fi midwest black metal attack!!

view it on flickr

prosanctus inferi on myspace.
alex may or may not have some of the Prosanctus Inferi - Sacreligious Desecration in Excelsis LPs left for mailorder, over at chromeleaf.org

surroundings, paralyzer, broke as a joke @ LOD 01.17.08

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surroundings | broke as a joke

screaming females, reflect, tin kitchen, snake vision @ LOD 01.09.08

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outclassed, houston we have a problem, le vansona @ LOD 01.05.08

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outclassed | houston we have a problem | le vansona

penis geyser in a minivan outside of legion of doom 01.03.08

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