VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 9)

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Charleroi VFW (Charleroi, PA), 16 March 2013

 
Annakarina – “Five Dings and a Clack” and “Cock Eyed Cock Guide”

 
Annakarina – “Moms Love Mallcore” and “Nightmares”

 
Flesh Addict – “It Can Always Get Worse”, “Sludge Surf”, and “Brain Dead”

 
Flesh Addict – “Unbalanced” and “Power Struggle”

 
Flesh Addict – “Brake a Deal” plus an improvised jam session

 
Meaning in the Static – “Nightmare of Skull and Crossbones” and “Hide and Seek”

 
The Lady and the Monsters – “Without You”

 
Parking Lot Whiskey – “That Pissed-Off Cookie Monster Shit” and “The Return (Part 1)”

 
Parking Lot Whiskey – “Vader” and “When Zombies Fill the Earth I’d Better Take It As a Sign”

 
Parking Lot Whiskey – “Anchovy” and “The Henchman Handbook”

 
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 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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 8)

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The Smiling Moose (South Side / Pittsburgh, PA), 14 March 2013

 
Promethean Horde – “Unknown Corpses”

 
Liquified Guts – “Back in Black Metal” (New Song)

 
Liquified Guts – “The Simple Machine” (New Song)

 
Liquified Guts – “Heavy Dudey”

 
Grisly Amputation – “Scraping the Resin from Your Lungs”

 
Grisly Amputation – “Birthed from Defecation”

 
Grisly Amputation – “Serrated Suffering” (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 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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 7)

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Mr. Smalls Theatre (Millvale, PA), 10 March 2013

 
Today is the Day – “The Man Who Loves to Hurt Himself”

 
Today is the Day – “If You Want Peace Prepare for War” and “Pinnacle”

 
Today is the Day – “Going to Hell”

 
Today is the Day – “The Kick Inside”, “Feel Like Makin’ Love” (Bad Company cover), and “6 Dementia Satyr”

 
Black Tusk – “Set the Dial to Your Doom”

 
Black Tusk – “Unchanged” and “Fixed in the Ice”

 
KEN mode – “No; I’m in Control”

 
Fight Amp – “Shallow Grave”

 
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 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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 6)

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Kopec’s (Lawrenceville / Pittsburgh, PA), 02 March 2013

 
Diamondbreaker – “Fish Chum”

 
Slaves BC – “Armageddon”

 
Originally there was a third band scheduled to play at this show, but it seems they forgot to show up, or to tell anybody that they weren’t going to show up. But there happened to be some members of Meth Quarry and Liquified Guts in the audience, so somebody grabbed a couple extra guitars and they threw together an impromptu jam session — which is captured here in its entirety (in two sections):

 

 

 

Howlers Coyote Cafe (Bloomfield / Pittsburgh, PA), 09 March 2013

 
VEGA – “Children of the Fright”

 
VEGA – “Fall Upon the Sword” (New Song)

 
World’s Scariest Police Chases – “Robocop”, “Cannabusted”, and “You’re Only Punk Once”

 
Asphyxian – “A Sophisticated Insult”

 
Asphyxian – “Black Coffee”

 
Asphyxian – “700 Miles til Graceland”

 
Invader – “BDR 529”

 
Invader – “Tools of God”

 
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 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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 5)

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6119 (East Liberty / Pittsburgh, PA), 23 February 2013

 
These videos are from Saturday’s Winter’s Wake performances.

 
The Gates of Slumber – “Bastards Born”

 
Occultation – “The Sea of Snakes and Souls”

 
Derkéta – “Rest in Peace”

 
Vattnet Viskar – Untitled (New Song) and “Intention Oblivion”

 
Molasses Barge – “Crux Influx” (New Song!)

 
Molasses Barge – “Bone Chills” (New Song!)

 
Vulture – “Coming Storm” and “Dead Sea”

 
NAVIGATION
 
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 February)
Part 4 (22 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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 4)

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6119 (East Liberty / Pittsburgh, PA), 22 February 2013

 
This year, Allure of the Earth‘s Winter’s Wake Festival was expanded to a two-day affair. Here are some videos from the performances on Friday.

 
GNAW – “Haven Vault”

 
Vit – “The Dry Season”

 
Vit – “The Ascension Ritual” and “Sixteen Bodies”

 
Liquified Guts – “976-BEEF”

 
Liquified Guts – “Pissing Woody Harrelson Off Wasn’t a Good Idea”

 
Meth Quarry – “Drug Melted”

 
Meth Quarry – “Crash Anthem”

 
NAVIGATION
 
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 February)
Part 3 (16 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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 3)

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Dead Horse Cantina (McKees Rocks, PA), 16 February 2013

 
In mid-February, Innervenus Music released a pair of CDs: a self-titled EP by Lycosa, and the full-length Cannibalistic Tendencies by Grisly Amputation. The following videos were taken from the dual CD release show, which also featured five other bands.

 
Lycosa – “Barbara”

 
Grisly Amputation – “Hoarding Human Remains”

 
Storm King – “Wipe You Out” and “Today is the Day”

 
Victims of Contagion – “Terminal Evolution”

 
Torrential Bleeding – “There Goes My Bride”

 
Lythem – Untitled (New Song)

 
Meth Quarry – “Behind Sleeping Gods”

 
NAVIGATION
 
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
Part 2 (01 – 09 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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 2)

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Mr. Smalls Theatre (Millvale, PA), 01 February 2013

 
Enslaved – “Riitiir” and “Ruun”

 
Enslaved – “Allfǫðr Oðinn” and “Immigrant Song” (Led Zeppelin cover)

 
Pallbearer – “An Offering of Grief” and “Foreigner”

 
Royal Thunder – “Shake and Shift”

 

31st Street Pub (Strip District / Pittsburgh, PA), 09 February 2013

 
Slaves BC – “Lucifer Bound”

 
This show originally included Supervoid in the line-up, but due to an emergency they had to cancel at the last minute, so some of the members of VEGA agreed to fill in. Here they are performing with their then-guitarist Lee playing drums. (For the record, this band has recently reformed as Dope Lake.)

VEGA – “Steal Your Light”

 
Meth Quarry – “Flatline Divinity”

 
NAVIGATION
 
Part 1 (28 December – 18 January)
 
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)
Part 19 (23 – 30 June)

VOS Videography 2013: A Mid-Year Retrospective (Part 1)

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Well folks, here we are on another lovely Monday morning.  Another weekend has come and gone, and consequently, I find myself back at work once more. Even though I keep crossing my fingers and checking the results at lottery.net. I always see them reporting these huge dollar amounts followed by plenty of zeroes (and not just dollar amounts, either — jackpots in pounds and euros and stuff like that, for games all over the world that I’ve never even heard of). However, what I haven’t seen — yet — is any winning numbers that correspond with my numbers. I keep hoping, and thinking about how a few hundred million dollars (or whatever) would be pretty helpful in being able to live a more leisurely lifestyle; one in which my days are spent playing in a band, attending as many shows as I want to, listening to music. I’ll tell you one thing: I’d have a lot more time to get some writing done! And not having a job to go to would definitely mean I’d get the videos from shows edited and uploaded in a much more timely fashion.

But of course, I haven’t won any huge jackpots (yet), so I still do have to be back at work today. But following that incredibly awkward transition, speaking of going to shows and uploading videos to YouTube and stuff… we’re now halfway through this year, meaning I’ve now got six months worth of incredible bands’ performances available for your viewing pleasure!  On reaching this milestone, I’ve decided to invite you to join you in taking a retrospective look at that vast collection.

 
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VOS Interview: Travesty Reunion Edition

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The past year or so has been quite an exciting time for classic Pittsburgh bands… for example, Derkéta finally got around to releasing their debut album; Dream Death had such a big response to their reunion show that they decided to do it a few more times; and hardcore/thrash legends Castle Blood followed suit last fall with a couple reunion shows of their own.

Well, here’s another one to add to the pile: after 25 years of broken-uppedness, Travesty — the hardcore/thrash band which included some of the members of Castle Blood during a couple years in which that band had gone dormant — is reassembling all of its original members for some local gigs, in addition to finally putting some of their classic material on tape!

Their first show together since 1988 is happening this Saturday — tomorrow night!! — so I had a little chat with a few of the band’s members this week, to find out more about Travesty, what they’re doing now, and what the future might bring…

 
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