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upsidedowncross
presents
Speed of Darkness
(female-fronted melodic black metal from Whale Gulch)
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Aranya
(female-fronted pagan metal from Portland)
@The Alibi, Arcata
Saturday, July 9th
21+ / 10:30pm doors / 11:15pm bands / $5 cover
Speed of Darkness
Speed of Darkness formed in 2008 on the redwood cliffs overlooking the pacific in northern California. With roots deeply embedded in the punk and metal scenes from the east coast to the west, they combine many styles of music into a dynamic aural force of nature.
Aranya
A friend recently complained to me how todays doom metalwith its common characteristics of punishing low end, monotony, and harsh vocalsmakes him feel this small. He described it in ways I might describe power electronics or brass-knuckle industrial music: unrelenting, unnerving, impossible to enjoy. I dont share the feeling, but his impression has been hard to shake. Good, then, that local female-fronted heathen metal band Aranya is a clear deviation from what could be considered the grating status quo in Doomtown. Multi-instrumentalist frontwoman Uta Plotkin locks into vocal trances more reminiscent of mid-90s Sky Cries Mary than Portlands caricature-worthy Southern Lord worshippers. Her tribal wail soars outside the proper metallic grit of a band that bravely tries Tomahawk-like American Indian music and European folk metal as well. Listening to Aranya, it is impossible to feel small.
-- Mike Meyer, Portland Mercury
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