Doc Ascension

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ah yeah Black Atom are a good metal band but I wouldn't say they were a Power Metal band - infact they themselves would say "god damn it we ain't power metal" haha...

With Everwicked down Ascension are lonely power metallers in the Aberdeen scene...

That's cool... I love Hammerfall, Strato, etc - whereas Gregor (other guitarist) preferes heavier prog stuff like BG, SymphonyX, Nevermore, etc which makes for a really cool clash of styles in our writing!

hey bass dude didn't know you guys were still going about!!!

Still no luck finding another drummer? :S if you do let me know and we'll stick on a gig together!

actually Fraser I'm very tempted by your idea but I am already in a band so that would be my first priority... also I'd only really be interested if you found more people to play in the band! Ascension currently play quite heavy power metal (Blind Guardian/Iced Earth kindaish) so a cheesy power metal band (Hammerfall, Gamma Ray, Strato) would be an awesome contrast for the scene!

i love bands bitching... sounchecks never run on time!

see here:

I know that soundchecks never happen on time... buuutt i also know that bands that are late for soundcheck are really FKIN annoying lol so I always make an effort to be somewhere when I'm told to - just why can't they tell you to be there at a proper time??

I know that soundchecks never happen on time... buuutt i also know that bands that are late for soundcheck are really FKIN annoying lol so I always make an effort to be somewhere when I'm told to - just why can't they tell you to be there at a proper time??

well plugged ben my man ... lets leave it at that and look forward to the tunnels gig! :)

ok thats fair enough... but please remember that we were told one more song - now why would they tell us 1 more song if we had been on for 35minutes??

surely "get the **** offstage" would have been coming?

well hello there... I will say good luck to you finding anyone to fill the slots man - took us ages to find rikki and theo (singer and drummer)...

have you heard of Ascension? *plug*

www.myspace.com/ascensionbanduk

Another power metal band would be awesome!

Ascension are always up for a gig... maybe we can bring in the Heavy element for you?

www.myspace.com/ascensionbanduk

Dream Evil??? awesome!!!!!!!!

yep but looking for another one...

hurrah indeed I cannae wait!

Helloooo all... Ascension won't have much time for gigs in September (maybe the last week) so is there anything going between now and the 7th???

Check our myspace for the credentials if you don't know us:

www.myspace.com/ascensionbanduk

PMs, emails, myspce me - all good! Thanks in advance!!

asscension played for just over 40 minutes...

Thats seems odd since we only played these songs:

1) Against The Flame

2) Hannibal

3) Durin's Bane

4) Fortress

and Durin's Bane was cut down by 3 minutes by losing the clean section...

So unless those 4 songs are 10 minute monsters then you must be counting set up time aswell? IIRC we started at 8:30 as instructed... so even if we played 40mins that makes us off at 9:10 - so how was it possible that ToG had only a 20 minute set like reject said?

...nobody likes a bastard or nobody likes excessive use of passing the buck when it comes to what went right or wrong.

I would say that's a bit harsh? Didn't you read my post before?? How many bands do you know would offer to pass a soundcheck for the sake of keeping things running smoothl? Not many...

Anyway let this be the last word... regardless of anything else the only thing that matters are the people who were there and once again everyone of you totally ruled... there was some seriously awesome effort put in by the crowd and everyone in Ascension appreciates that first and foremost...

Without him' date=' there would have been no Ascension. So shut it![/quote']

No without him there wouldn't have been Ascension BACK THEN. We would have looked for a singer...

Seriously I had thought you would have had the sense to stay well clear of this

fucking amatuer. air your laundry in public then if you will' date=' but atleast theo can count to 4.[/quote']

Spot on...

I'd be interested if they weren't stupidly expensive! And if they were good enough quality...

30 mins is standard across the board. It's that simple. If it's not enough then arrange your own gigs and set your own stage times.

Bands that over-run their set times don't deserve to get gigs. It's selfish and just takes stage time away from everyone on after you.

I used to get really pissed off at being told we'd ran out of time 1 or 2 songs before the end of our set just because the band before us had decided they wanted to play 10 mins more than they'd been allocated.

Well it seems we really need to get the full story out since everyone is claiming we are the "bad guys" or whatever....

Firstly, we were TOLD to be in Kef at 5pm on the dot for soundcheck - I had to leave work early AND drive through the rush hour with roadworks to make it... not only that we get there and find soundchecks nowhere near ready to start... Then the speaker was blown (this is noones fault) but did significantly cut soundcheck time...

Then Tears of Grace had a soundcheck which was (no offence) very long... because of this we offered to go without a soundcheck as it was 7:00pm and doors were open...

Novacaine then took their soundcheck and went on stage 10 minutes late from what I was told their start time was.... No problem as they finished not too bad...

We then went onstage and weren't even Line checked... we played our first song with the drums not coming out the PA for some reason... nothing in our monitors and Gregor's guitar WAY too quiet... We played 3 songs then were told we had one more so played it... only to be told after that we ran for 35minutes... well our last song is not even 6 minutes so that must have meant that at 29 minutes we were told we could play another song...

All other gigs we have played up til now we have had a full set, even in support band role... and Kef usually closes at 10:30 for becoming a nightclub at 11pm so I do not understand the early close.

I don't mean to offend people and rant but I am simply telling what happened for all these people quick to jump the gun and attack us for running 5 minutes over...

yeh we must apologise as even though we cut 2 songs we ran to 35 minutes instead of 30... when will Kef learn that 30minues aint enough for a band to play! what was the deal in having every1 out at 10?

The blown speaker during the soundchecks wasn't great - we offered to go without a soundcheck to get things moving which as it turned out meant our sound was really lacking ... so I guess that gets us off with the 5 minutes over?

lollerskates...

tog dates:

with Ascension!! 29th - tunnels

with Ascension!! december 12th - drummonds

Updated

what a cracker that was....

To every single person in the mosh for our set - you guys OWN. That was some crazy shit so thankyou so much for devastating yourselfs to our music!! Much respect... and I shall be down there joining you at the Tunnels gig if there's space for me to make it off stage lmao!!

Nice one to Nova, was a shame all the guys booed but i guess you weren't their thing!

And big up to Tears for putting us on and hosting, champions! Well looking forward to Tunnels on the 29th that will be a beast!

err.... you could just go here:

www.myspace,com/ascensionbanduk

same as always on here ain't it?

SM57s really are great mics for guitar amps... I can't fault mine - although I would definately consider getting another mic to compliment it next.... So I could mix both together...

good to hear man ... if those other bands are playing it would be a fookin AWESOME gig for sure... I look forward to it!

If you are sorting dates then anywhere between Sept 8th - 23rd is no good for Ascension as I am away in the Alps but any other date shouldn't be a problem at all!