All of us at CTV were all ‘ZOMGZ!!1!’ when we found out we were going to Andrew WK’s recent sold out party at the tiny Den and Centro. We came, we saw, we partied and we also presented him with a 5 foot inflatable banana.

He provided an amazing Party Tip especially for us that we’ve all been adhering to strictly. I can’t talk for the others but my ears are disgusting.

It’s shit weather outside so knowing England that’s Summer pretty much done so do yourself a favour and let AWK shine a little light in your life because as well as chatting to him we recorded the whole set for your viewing pleasure.

More party tips are available from his Twitter stream!

www.twitter.com/ANDREWWK

We managed to force our way into the ‘Thrash and Burn’ tour when it rolled into the Underworld and stole some time from the guys in Dying Fetus, Origin and Revocation. All of our interviews are now up on the site for your viewing pleasure.

We were gutted that we missed Revocation’s set as we were busy regulating but we just can’t stop listening to ‘Existence is Futile’ and if you haven’t heard it yet you should definitely make it a priority! Dying Fetus absolutely slayed and Origin were just ridiculous.

Check out the interviews, tell us what you think and keep your eyes peeled for even more awesomeness!

Keep up with all of the bands:

www.twitter.com/originband – www.myspace.com/origin666

www.twitter.com/dyingfetusband – www.myspace.com/dyingfetus

www.twitter.com/revocation – www.myspace.com/revocation

We saw BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME last night and they were amazing. It was the sweatiest gig I think I’ve ever been to but BTBAM must be used to that sort of thing because it didn’t stop them conducting a master class on how to be tighter than a gnat’s chuff.

ASTROHENGEwere up first and the fact they were the only support didn’t seem to faze them one iota. Launching straight into their unique brand of bassless, instrumental, prog/sludge they managed to get the majority of the crowd moving. It definitely seemed like the right gig and the right crowd for them and hopefully they managed to win themselves some new converts by the time they unplugged their gear.

This was one of the first opportunities BTBAM have had to play more than about 20 minutes in the UK and it was easy to tell that both the crowd and the band were going to relish every second. The time BTBAM hit the stage to the time they left was 90 minutes in all and that honestly didn’t feel like long enough. They were by far one of the tightest live bands I think I’ve ever seen but then I suppose that’s what nearly 10 years experience will do for you. I won’t bore you with the details of how amazingly slick the transitions from sheer metallic brutality to the most beautiful, sweeping guitar lines were or even how, for some reason, a couple of bars of polka accordion crowbar’d into a prog epic somehow just works because if you know the songs you’ll already know all about that. Instead I’ll just say that seeing them pull it all off so effortlessly live was something else. There was a definite atmosphere in the Underworld which I can’t help thinking was only enahnced by the cloud of perspiration hovering above everyone. At the end of the set they promised they’d be back and in my opinion, that return visit can’t come soon enough.

If you weren’t there you missed out, big time. We’ll have a video up soon so you can pretend you were there, but if you really want to recreate the evening you’ll have to surround yourself with electric heaters and wrap yourself in a duvet while holding a hot water bottle… It was THAT hot.

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Keep up with all things BTBAM:

www.twitter.com/btbamofficial

www.myspace.com/betweentheburiedandme

SETLIST

The Decade Of Statues

Obfuscation

Disease, Injury, Madness

Selkies: The Endless Obsession

Lost Perfection

Fossil Genera – A Feed From Cloud Mountain

Mordecai

Encore:

Prequel To The Sequel

Viridian

White Walls

We’ve trained hard this past weekend psyching ourselves up for another year at the spiritual home of metal, Castle Donington. It seems like only yesterday that we were screaming along with Faith No More and we’re pretty sure we’ll be screaming even louder when AC/DC hit their own, purpose built, stage.

We’ll be catching up with old friends and making new ones so be sure to keep up with us on Twitter and Facebook and get your friends to follow us as well!

Peace
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Some fool gave me access to this here page so I’m going to try and make the most of it before they get wise to the horrible mistake they’ve made.

I’ll be posting gig related stuff, upcoming gigs and generally things I’m excited about. Watch this space…

“Ahh, here goes…”

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