more bodies for Coffins

On our way to Los Angeles we stopped in San Francisco to see Coffins, Stormcrow, Samothrace, and Laudanum. The show was at Annie's Social Club on 5/08/09.

LAUDANUM

Laudanum is awesome, eclectic, and fucking heavy. This was Nathan's (Graves at Sea) first show as vocalist and I think he fit well

STORMCROW

there was a guy up front that kept telling Jason he was hot, we all tend to agree

COFFINS

I love this band

mess with the best, die like the rest

This was probably one of the most fun nights ever for various reasons. My friend Casey who plays in a new band called CRIME MACHINE (check em out) and I took a drive out to Eugene to check out the Coffins/Stormcrow/Yob show.

in the photo above the man is wearing a leather duster with a huge skull. surrounding the skull were these words of true tough guy wisdom. "mess with the best, die like the rest". which makes me wonder if he really kills people who mess with him.

STORMCROW

This time the vocals were back and these guys had a great set, cant wait to see them at Murderfest!

COFFINS

I cant say enough about this band. Fucking brutal will suffice for now

YOB

I finally got to see Yob! My good friend Zac bought me one of their albums a couple years back and I was really diggin it. When they broke up I was bummed because I never thought I would get to see them live, luckily they reformed. This is their 1st show in their hometown of Eugene,OR in around 5 years

the return of the Nutty Nuggets

Last time Stormcrow came to Portland they stayed at my house. The next morning one of my neighbors thought it would be a great idea to be an asshole and leave this awesome note (above) on their windshield. If it wasnt so hilarious we probably would have been pissed. We were puzzled by one line in particular, the one that said "nutty nuggets!". Apparently it is a generic version of Grape Nuts, and there was a random box littered in the street which they were blamed for. With memories like that, I knew I was in for a good time this weekend. Stormcrow rolled into Portland for the second time since October this time with Japanese cult metallers Coffins. te show took place 5/2/09 at Satyricon and was supported by Aldebaran and Thrones. This was also my first show that I recorded with an actual camcorder!!! the quality is waaaaay better than anything I have ever shot, I'm still new too it and working out the kinks so give me a little time.

ALDEBARAN

I showed up too late to get video of their set but got a way too far snapshot of this great Portland doom band.

THRONES

Thrones is Joe Preston, which is a good indicator that it is awesome. A guy with a great resume of bands doing his own thing, and doing it well.

STORMCROW

I likely have more video of Stormcrow than most any other band. Unfortunately Brian pretty much lost his voice so he is struggling a bit, but the band still sounds great.

COFFINS

I had missed a lot of their set at Maryland Death Fest last year (2008) so I was stoked these guys were coming. They have that perfect mix of old school death with a little sludge. Super excited to see them 2 more times!