Pigstock 2012 - Annapurna
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Engine Room 2.10pm June 2nd
Describe in a tweet: The engine room purrs along nicely with Annapurna
What Happened: An assault of melodic dissonance and wailing doom in the vein of Sunn O))) and Om, with a darkness and precision to the sound-scaping. The local comparisons would be with ASIWYFA and Kasper Rosa with similar concepts on show - the swoops and soars of emotional flight and journey, but there's a dirtier, crunchier, drone-ier metal element to them. The seeming relentlessness of the assault makes the quieter moments stand out more.
Highlight: Here's another band who can hold their own in the instrumental scene locally - seriously, there must be something in the air here - and they're distinct and different enough that they can carve their own niche.
Lowlight: A lack of interaction between band and crowd, while it may be deliberate, creates a gap and leaves us unable to connect with them. They've got the chops, but seem to hide behind their music rather than present it.
Pigstock Rating: 6/10
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