Photos and video from Earthling, Demon Eye and Corpse Mountain

(Earthling)

(Demon Eye)

On Monday (April 28), one of my favorite regional bands, Earthling (from Harrisonburg, Va.) returned to the area for the first time in several months. I had to miss them in September because of Hopscotch, so I think the last time I saw them was about a year ago with Inter Arma at Slims. They played a few new songs that sounded killer. Looking forward to hearing them on record. For the video, I went back to my old camera (decided the audio problems with the G15 were too much for me to deal with). Still debating options for good video. 

Opening were Demon Eye, who always sound great, and Corpse Mountain. This was only my second time seeing Corpse Mountain, and this time around they seemed much doomier. This is definitely a local band to watch.  See more photos here. 

Photos of Demon Eye, Sinister Haze and Corpse Mountain

 (Demon Eye)

(Sinister Haze)

(Corpse Mountain)

Demon Eye has been playing like crazy lately, leading up to the release of their debut album, which will be out early next year on  Soulseller Records. I was pretty stoked to find out that one of my images (the Instagram from a show with Sinister Haze at the Maywood) will actually be on the inside cover. 

Like that Maywood show, Demon Eye teamed up with Sinister Haze on Wednesday for a show at Slim's. Actually they played at least three shows together during Sinister Haze's swing through North Carolina on their tour. I was very interested to see Sinister Haze again now that they are a trio. I liked the vocal interplay they had between the guitarist and singer. I've also been listening to their just-released demo, which will be on my top 20 releases of the year (I'll have that list out next week). With the singer no longer in the band, the bass player took over many of the vocal duties, and honestly they were even better than before. They still have a few more dates on their tour, including tonight in Asheville, so check them out live if you can. 

The night's big surprise was the new local band Corpse Mountain, which includes members of Church of Wolves. They describe themselves as "aggressive sludge/doom," which pretty much sums it up, especially the aggressive part. Looking forward to hearing them again. See more photos here.