Thursday, August 23, 2018

Culture: Psycho Las Vegas 2018 - Day Four - Pure Mayhem

(Drivebycuriosity) -  In the recent days my wife and I attended  Psycho Las Vegas, a 4-days heavy metal festival, which took place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The program focused on very heavy sounds, especially black, doom, psychedelic, sludge & stoner metal. Last Sunday, day four and the finale of the festival,  played about 20 bands on three stages, an all-you-can-eat buffet. As in the days before I managed to watch about a third of them - all had a high quality.

Two bands were outstanding: I was fascinated by the doom metal band Sun O))). Even before the concert started I got impressed by a wall of massive amplifiers who filled the stage. Then the stage got covered by thick fog. Sun O)))  are two guitarists who play just very deep tuned slow accords but extremely loud. They seemed to celebrate the gods of noise. A very special experience.


                                                                 Drunk Gods



The doom band Indian was equally impressive. Their massive & extremely aggressive riffs accompanied by the maniacally shouting & hissing vocalist shook the large venue (Joint). It sounded like drunk gods making love -   pure mayhem.

The Norwegian black metal band Enslaved celebrated strong Scandinavian metal. King Buffalo , who "came all the way from Westchester, New York, opened Sunday`s program virtuously with progressive rock and a touch of psychedelics & elements of metal. 



The gothic metal band Black Mare delivered a sharp contrast with their elegant show, a bit erotic & decadent. Eight Bells performed complex & melodic rhythms. The bands Cloak, Glaare and Unearthly Trance all had strong guitars and Coven seemed to celebrate a black mass.

So much fun!



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