Specifically, the Finnish masters of “humppa” style folk metal, Finntroll, and the originators of “True Norwegian Balkan Metal”, TrollfesT, are both coming to North America later this year — separately, although each of them will be part of a tour package that will surely have any fan of folk/pagan metal salivating with anticipation! Even better, both bands will be making a stop in Pittsburgh!!
Kopec’s (Lawrenceville / Pittsburgh, PA), 23 June 2013
Storm King – “Aura of Failure”
Storm King – “Backfill”
Slaves BC – “The Four Horsemen: Wild Hunt”
Slaves BC – “Armageddon”
The Rock Room (Polish Hill / Pittsburgh, PA), 29 June 2013
DeathCrawl – “Kill or Be Killed”
DeathCrawl – “Dead is Dead”
The Osedax – “Time Unveiled”
Meth Quarry – “Afterlife Daggers”
Slaves BC featuring Meth Quarry vocalist Adam Bailey – “Armageddon”
Sluggers (Charleroi, PA), 30 June 2013
Flesh Addict – “Sludge Surf” and “Brain Dead”
Stay tuned, because there will be lots more of these, as more shows take place throughout the second half of this year! Just keep checking back, or better yet, subscribe to the channel and you can get notifications whenever there’s something new for you to watch.
As an added bonus for making it ALL the way to the end of this lengthy retrospective, here is the full-sized version of the photo collage that was posted on Facebook. (Click to enlarge).
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
The Smiling Moose (South Side / Pittsburgh, PA), 31 May 2013
Dethlehem – “Valley of the Blades” and “Oathbound” (New Song)
The week of this show marked the birthdays of two of the band’s members (drummer Overlord Brom and guitarist Hildor), so the audience joined in singing to them. Here’s a video of that, plus the song “Sky Palace of the Dragonriders” (with a guest appearance by former vocalist Lord Bonecrush, currently a member of Supervoid):
Save Us from the Archon – “3b. So you had a dream about this place.”
Invader – “A.C.R.R.”
Gooski’s (Polish Hill / Pittsburgh, PA), 01 June 2013
Iron Gavel – “Song Three”
Falcifer
Wrought Iron also played at this show, and I swear I got video of one, maybe two, of their songs. But apparently those haven’t been uploaded to YouTube. I’ll have to search for them and make sure they didn’t just disappear into the ether or something…
Valley of Steel private picnic event (South Park, PA), 08 June 2013
Reflections – “Forest of Whispers”
Gooski’s (Polish Hill / Pittsburgh, PA), 20 June 2013
Low Man – “Migraine”
Low Man – “Snake Farmer”
Cultivator – “I Can Relate”, “You Bring Me Down”, and “Where You Been”
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Garfield Artworks (Garfield / Pittsburgh, PA), 11 May 2013
Order of the Owl – “Wraith”
Order of the Owl – “In the Noon of the After Day”
Red Sun – “Pale Horse”
Sistered – “Get it Out”
“An Evening of Regret”
Trio Lounge (Washington, PA), 17 May 2013
Dope Lake – “Catheter”
Dope Lake – “Backyard Rodeo”
Lycosa – “24 Becomes 0”
Lycosa – “Burn in Hell” (Twisted Sister cover)
Lycosa – “Aroused Chaos and Vanity” (New Song) and “Seek & Destroy” (Metallica Cover)
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Now That’s Class (Cleveland, Ohio), 04 May 2013
3 Inches of Blood – “Metal Woman”
3 Inches of Blood – “The Goatriders Horde”
Ichabod Crane – “Hail!”
Ichabod Crane – “Nudes for Satan” (New Song)
Solarburn rehearsal space (Allentown / Pittsburgh, PA), 05 May 2013
Solarburn and Pipewrench were playing another show together this evening. We were just on our way home from Ohio (from the Cleveland show the night before), but we’d been invited to go hand out with Solarburn before the show. At their practice space, we caught the following video of a brand new song they’d been working on…
“O.P.H.A.F.O.” (“Our Pets’ Heads are Falling Off”)
The Smiling Moose (South Side / Pittsburgh, PA), 05 May 2013
Pipewrench – “Neurosurgery” (New Song)
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Cafe Bourbon Street and The Summit (Columbus, Ohio)
Red Sun were celebrating the tenth anniversary of their band’s formation, so they invited a whole bunch of their friends to come play with them at two neighboring venues in Columbus. Here are videos of most of the bands that were there.
Red Sun – “Highway Sniper”
Mockingbird – “Burdens”
Biipiigwan – “Rodentia”
Before the Eyewall – “Euxine Currents”
Gator’s Lounge (Jeannette, PA), 26 April 2013
Pipewrench – “The Deer Slayer (I: The Long Road to Recovery)”
Pipewrench – “Zombie Walk”
Solarburn also played at this show, but unfortunately due to an equipment issue, we ended up losing the recording of their performance.
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 20 June)
Gopher Hole (Lawrenceville / Pittsburgh, PA), 12 April 2013
Shiff – “Biology of Fucking Kickin’ It” and “Anarchy Band”
Meth Quarry – “Selfish” (New Song) and “Crash Anthem”
The Shop (Bloomfield / Pittsburgh, PA), 19 April 2013
Biipiigwan – “Nishkaak”
Biipiigwan – “Shkweyaang”
Biipiigwan – “Nibaak”
Godstopper – “Death’s Clothes”
Godstopper – “Sick of Everything (Hollow Eyed Friends)” and “Clean House”
Solarburn – “C-Section” and “Choad”
Flesh Addict – “Socially Inactive”
Flesh Addict – “50 Cents”, “Sludge Surf”, and “Brain Dead”
Flesh Addict – “Brake a Deal” and “Choke”
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Altar Bar (Strip District / Pittsburgh, PA), 02 April 2013
Solarburn – “Titties on the Floor”
Solarburn – “B.F.Y.J.” (“Because Fuck You John”)
Solarburn – “Beard of the Wizard” and “Rumplestiltskin”
Thunderbird Cafe (Lawrenceville / Pittsburgh, PA), 05 April 2013
The Old E Allstars – “Ain’t No Party” and “No Water”
The Old E Allstars – “Warrior with a Bottle”
The Smiling Moose (South Side / Pittsburgh, PA), 11 April 2013
On this day, Slaves BC released a split record with Cousin Sleaze from New York. These videos came from the show both bands had that evening.
Cousin Sleaze – “Never Will I Forget”
Cousin Sleaze – “Begin Again”
Cousin Sleaze – “Guilty of Being White” (Minor Threat cover)
Slaves BC – “Place Axe to Root”
Slaves BC – “To My Beloved Bride”
Slaves BC – “Dust” (New Song)
Under Everything – “Smoke Wizard”
Under Everything – “Nobody’s Hero”
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Howlers Coyote Cafe (Bloomfield / Pittsburgh, PA), 28 March 2013
Low Man – “Golden Dawn”
Low Man – “Last of the Rat Kings”
Rice Cultivation Society – “Sky Burial”
Rice Cultivation Society – “Bunny in the Sun”
Dewey Marquee – the one that’s all jazzy and shit
Dewey Marquee – the corniest thing…
Howlers Coyote Cafe (Bloomfield / Pittsburgh, PA), 29 March 2013
Borracho – “Stockpile” (New Song)
Been Obscene – “Demons”
Been Obscene – “Pilot the Pirates” (New Song)
Neon Warship – “Paralyzed”
Neon Warship – “In Waves”
Supervoid – “The Bear”
Supervoid – “Ride the Snake” (B&W video)
Supervoid – “Ride the Snake” (color video)
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 10 (22 – 24 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Belvederes Ultra-Dive (Lawrenceville / Pittsburgh, PA), 22 March 2013
This was quite an interesting show: as originally conceived, they were going to set up four bands in the four corners of the room, with the audience in the center. Each band would take turns playing one song at a time. Well, once they got all the equipment in there, they realized that there wouldn’t be much room for anyone to watch, so they changed it so that two bands would set up and play, and then the other two bands. At the end, both in the original line-up and in what eventually transpired, Oh Shit They’re Going to Kill Us played a set by themselves, up on the stage.
Come Holy Spirit – “Bywater”, followed by Flora Fauna – “Ithaca”
Liebestod followed by Nomad Queen
Oh Shit They’re Going to Kill Us – “Survival is a Dying Art” and “Combat Shock”
Slaves BC rehearsal space (Bellevue / Pittsburgh, PA), 24 March 2013
These guys were supposed to play a show on this particular evening, but due to faulty communication or some such thing, that ended up falling through. Not to be discouraged, the band adjourned to its basement rehearsal space, with everyone who’d showed up to see them…
“Everything Under the Sun” (B&W video)
“Everything Under the Sun (color video)
“Lucifer Bound”
“The Four Horsemen: Wild Hunt”
“Everything is Meaningless”
NAVIGATION
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 February)
Part 5 (23 February)
Part 6 (02 – 09 March)
Part 7 (10 March)
Part 8 (14 March)
Part 9 (16 March)
Part 11 (28 – 29 March)
Part 12 (02 – 11 April)
Part 13 (12 – 19 April)
Part 14 (20 – 26 April)
Part 15 (04 – 05 May)
Part 16 (11 – 17 May)
Part 17 (18 – 27 May)
Part 18 (31 May – 20 June)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)
Valley of Steel 