countess shazula Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 just helping Donny out here by posting this...End of Everything have had to pull out of tonights show but as luck may have it epic american doom metallers ASVA are able and willing to step in and play instead! they played Stereo in glasgow last night...and they crushed!!here's a bit of info on them...The Tunnels wont know whats hit them!!'As heavy music pedigrees go, Asva's is hard to top. The band's growing list of contributors includes veterans of dirge-metal titans Earth as well as rock experimentalists Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, and the Master Musicians of Bukkake, and that's only scratching the surface of their resums. (Geographically they're spread along the West Coast). Then again, all-star bands are a dime a dozen in this era of underground avant-gardists, and Asva aren't just some ad hoc vanity project. Core members G. Stuart Dahlquist and B.R.A.D. Mowen, on bass and drums, respectively, have been playing together for nearly a decade, going back to their days in the fearsome cult-creators Burning Witch. They've called the remaining Asva members--who on this tour include guitarists John Schuller, Dan LaRochelle, and Trey Spruance; organist Troy Swanson; and vocalist Jessika Kenney--to flesh out their gaping, skeletal song structures, and so far, their casting has been impeccable. Asva's music is not your run-of-the-mill doom metal, with Spruance's Morricone-style guitar twang, Swanson's woozy organ, and Kenney's wordless vocals adding a ghostly Old West feel to the sludge-and-trudge foundation, an unexpected mix that works. Not that anyone was expecting rehashed Black Sabbath riffs from Dahlquist and Mowen, whose old bandmate, guitarist Stephen O'Malley, went on to cofound Khanate and Sunn O)))--two acts that have helped drag doom metal into the realm of pure sound. Consider Asva the more cinematic counterpart to Khanate's agonizing, claustrophobic aesthetic. And remember to bring earplugs to the show: Just because they're "cinematic" doesn't mean that their sheer heft is movie-theater appropriate. DOORS 8PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul G Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Shocking! I'll see you all there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 WHAT?!!! I can't believe that Trey Spruance will be playing at the tunnels tonight, and I can't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydoll Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 WHAT?!!! I can't believe that Trey Spruance will be playing at the tunnels tonight' date=' and I can't go.[/quote']I'll be DJing in the Bassment! :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve corps Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 indeed, we heard the initial rumblings of this last night, so happy its confirmed.ASVA are the veritable shit, such a line up improvement.woohooo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 OH my God. I have to go now. But all my clothes are in the washing machine. What to DO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 go in a big coat and don't take it off. unless you want to, but you know, it's up to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Elvis Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Would love to go to this, but won't manage......bastardo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marn Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 OH my God. I have to go now. But all my clothes are in the washing machine. What to DO!Wait a minute, ALL your clothes?....forum pervert I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marn Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I won't be able to go to this either, really gutting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.M Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Is the supports still the same?Or is there a possibility of a full length set?I really have no clue what the relevence of that question is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I thought ASVA were shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Well, i got there in the end. With clothes. Asva were not/are not shite. Not too keen on the other bands though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Page 99 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 ASVA were fucking gods!!! My ears a still ringing from it... fucking YASS!!Donny, that was a fucking immense gig, just for ASVA alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 asva were awesome, a total physical experience and crushingly relentless. it was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchPact Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 After an intense weekend ASVA crushed what little soul i had left, well done to Donny on pulling it all off, roll on next month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Good gig, cheers Donny.Unfortunatly, after 12 years, my BC Rich is going into retirement.*Ringing ears* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 It was a good night, really enjoyed E106 and Bencozine, however, as cool as it was that Trey Spruance was in the Tunnels, call me a traditionalist, but playing three notes really loud for fortyfive minutes does not a great gig make. Maybe I just didn't get it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 ...call me a traditionalist' date=' but playing three notes really loud for fortyfive minutes does not a great gig make. Maybe I just didn't get it.....[/quote']made a great gig for me i get the point but i think it was much more than just 3 loud notes, it was a physical and mental experience and there was riffage there. only problem was the riffs were stretched out over 5 minutes, but it sounded awesome. i doubt i'll ever see a band blow up a pint just through the power of their bass ever again. anyone will have to admit that is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 It can be as good as when i travelled into the past and helped Mayhem Record De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 made a great gig for me i get the point but i think it was much more than just 3 loud notes' date=' it was a physical and mental experience and there was riffage there. only problem was the riffs were stretched out over 5 minutes, but it sounded awesome. i doubt i'll ever see a band blow up a pint just through the power of their bass ever again. anyone will have to admit that is cool.[/quote']That was pretty cool, I dunno, I was always just waiting for them to break into some awesomely heavy riff. I'm still glad I went, they just didn't do much for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 That was pretty cool' date=' I dunno, I was always just waiting for them to break into some awesomely heavy riff. I'm still glad I went, they just didn't do much for me.[/quote']yeah I thought at first, "this sounds cool" and after a few minutes fair enough, I was expecting them to break into something really good but it never went anywere and 15 minutes later they were still doing the same thing at which point i decided "I've had enough of this" and went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve corps Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 yeah I thought at first' date=' "this sounds cool" and after a few minutes fair enough, I was expecting them to break into something really good but it never went anywere and 15 minutes later they were still doing the same thing at which point i decided "I've had enough of this" and went.[/quote']thing is, it was going somewhere, you just didnt have the patience to find out, like dave said, that wasnt 45 minutes of the same thing....outstanding set, fucking loved every minute of that.well done donny, totally saved the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Gutted I missed this - was out of town & only found out about it on the day of the gig. Nae luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzHines Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 There was an ex-member of Melt Banana at the tunnels and i didnt hear about this until now?FOR FUCK SAKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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