November 13, 2009

Report & all Photos by: Peter

Berbatis Pan
231 SW Ankeny St.
Portland, OR,  97204 USA

BANDS AND SHOW TIMES:

Thurs. - Oct. 29, 2009 -  8:30 p.m.
Makoto Kawabata
Acid Mother's Temple
SubArachnoid Space
& Earth

Fri. - Oct. 30, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
Fauna, Soriah, Amber
Asylum, & Agalloch

Sat. - Oct. 31, 2009 - 8:30 p.m.
Atriarch, Saviors,
Witch Mountain,
Ludicra, & YOB

Fall into Darkness Festival: Day 3 - 2009

TO THE TOP

There is nothing like Halloween in Portland, OR. This year, however, Halloween was much more special.  After having been disbanded for a few years, the doom metal trio known as Yob is back with not only a new album in The Great Cessation, but also an appearance on the Fall into Darkness festival in Portland. They headlined the Saturday show that also featured the likes of Ludicra, Witch Mountain, Saviors, and Atriarch. Of course, because Agalloch had played a day earlier on the festival, there was much pressure to have a strong follow-up.

The first band to hit the stage was Atriarch.  They played a fairly standard blend of black and doom metal.  While the music was okay, they still have some rough edges to work through, such as developing their own identity on stage.  That can be fixed with a few more shows under their belt, as it seemed that the band hadn’t really played live too many times. Next to hit the stage was Saviors, who were a last minute addition to the evening’s festivities. The band was an anomaly to the entire Fall into Darkness festival in that their style of music sounds more along the lines of thrash metal than the black, doom, and/or folk that many of the bands participated in dressing up while playing.  In the case of Saviors, the entire band dressed as Campbell’s Soup Tomato cans. While their music is far from original, the band was genuinely excited to be playing in front of the crowd. Witch Mountain was next and the vocalist dressed up as a zombie.  Their style of music was a combination of sludge and doom metal and they did a fairly admirable job on stage in working the two styles. 

Atriarch

Ludicra hit the stage next, and for their performance, four-fifths of the members donned the KISS makeup.  This was one of the highlights of the entire weekend, as the band whipped the crowd into a frenzy to the point where there was a mosh pit induced during the set.

Ludicra

Finishing off the night’s festivities was Yob, who had reformed after a three year exile of sorts.  With a new album in The Great Cessation in tow, the band proved that the time off wasn’t a factor in their live performance.  A 90-minute set of Eugene, Oregon’s finest doom metal left the people in attendance in a figurative puddle from being melted by the rich, yet slow rhythms and the trance inducing roars of Mike Scheidt.  By the end of the set, Yob had officially announced their return not only from a studio perspective, but also in a live setting point of view.  The entire evening provided a fitting end to a rather gloomy Halloween weekend from a weather point of view.

YOB

Check out Jesse's report of Fall into Darkness Day 2 - 2009 here

Saviors

Witch
Mountain

Ludicra

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