Fog From The Top Polluted By The Light
Anomalie, Karg, Our Survival Depends On Us, Asphagor
„Riverchild“ Albumrelease Show presented by Transcending Visions at ((szene)) Wien, Austria 20250103
Winter time is ((szene)) time. And so the very first concert of 2025 rings in with an outstanding Post Black Metal billing presented by the ‚international gathering of profound arts‘ Transcending Visions. The back of the hall is for the technicians, so the rest starts to fill itself during the first band of four already.
Asphagor (MDD Records) from Tyrol are currently working on album number five. Live, a skeleton decorates the microphone stand and a glas bottle is used as slide. Singer Morgoth is so into the music, he screams through the room without amplification and soon this first Black Metal fascination is gone with „Aurora Nocturna“.
Several visitors have been waiting on Our Survival Depends On Us (Ván Records) since VMM. They have undergone some changes, so their new line-up amongst others features Rainer Maislinger, who interviewed the band years ago at FS1, while others formed ArsGoatia.
As usual, they fumigate the stage and FoH and leafage dominates their stage design.„Gold and Silver“ is a highlight next to „The Mountains of My Home“. Interestingly, heavy clouds meanwhile cover the firmament, like this reminding of mountain weather, only colored yellow by the city’s light pollution.
The second act from Salzburg tonight is Karg. Singer V. Wahntraum is also known as J.J. in Harakiri for the sky (who just played Dome Of Rock) and has a sticker ‚FCK HMS‘ on his bass guitar. Desperate screams in dialect echoe to the melodies and riffs, that obviously reach the audience.
Like them, Anomalie are with AOP Records. Ten years after their debut, they present their new album „Riverchild“ like at Backstage with Vinsta. The live band includes Arian Rezaie (Castingcouch, Hog Meets Frog), and all of them contribute to a great modern Metal show, with own lamps setting accents.
To memorize, fraufrostwind, Matthias Kreuzer, joir.serendipity and Eclipse New Media took pictures. And ((szene)) hosts more (young) local heroes as support soon like Of Kings And Villains with Blind Petition or Cadû at Tito & Tarantula.