Graham

I'm in the market for a simple stereo USB interface, the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen seems like the obvious one, but is there anything else in the same price bracket I should consider?

We have the guitarist form Asylum Affair dep for us quite often, lovely chap and a very good player

Some couples don't like being in the spotlight for their first dance, I think my wife would have appreciated the brevity afforded by having Napalm Death

I'm looking forward to seeing Green Lung at Damnation next weekend, they and Boss Keloid are both on the stage I'm working (though I think I'm watching someone else when Boss Keloid are on)

Opened a wedding with that last weekend, works really well

The new Electric Wizard track is sounding great https://witchfinderrecords.bandcamp.com/track/l-s-d Another new bassist and drummer though, Oborn must be pure murder to work with

I'm assuming it's a first dance type affair? That's always tricky as couples tend to pick a song that means something to them. If it helps, when we got married we nearly went with the acoustic version of Everlong by the Foo Fighters, but in the end decided on Muse's cover of I Can't Take My Eyes Off You, mostly because it's fun.

You can find a metal workers who could do it for you without too much issue, however they'd have a minimum order quantity and they'll need an engineering drawing to work off. The suggestion of bolting it to a rack shelf sounds like a good one

These things seem related 😆

I find there's a distinct difference in playing songs to listening to them. I'm not sure there's anything in our setlist I would choose to listen to normally, but playing them to a receptive audience is an enjoyable experience.

Is there a list of mods? I'm after one who covers the sale forums in particular, thanks very much

I'm very much enjoying the new Carcass album at the moment, took a couple of listens to get it, but now it really hits home.

Son Of Sam - Songs From The Earth Spooky season is here 🎃

I bought a pedal from Tim, great communication, fast and easy to buy from. Looking forward to making daft noises with the flanger he sold me, going by the photos it's been well packed.

Quick question - are these cabs stackable?

Ra Diaz's purple Spector Coda 5 is lovely

He's the fella from Shellac isn't he? Love his playing and tone

Have you seen that he's joined Mutoid Man as well now? I love the black Gibson Ripper Caleb Scofield played in the Antenna era of Cave In, I can't find a photo of it, so here's him playing it on the Anchor video

One of my all time favourite records

Same, I love Electric Wizard for example but don't touch anything stronger than cocodamol

Pub gig last night, it was dead - I think it being mid-month, the weather being decent and that the venue have changed their name recently all didn't help. I didn't really want to be there and to be honest made more mistakes than usual, partly as it was with a (very good) dep guitarist, so the set-list was a some of our less performed songs. It didn't seem to be an issue with the punters who were there though.

Resurrecting this thread as I've been checking out Cryptic Shift after they were announced for Damantion Festival this year. If you like spacey-death metal with some very good, prominent fretless work, this is well worth checking out - I'm really looking forward to seeing them in November. Plus they're from Leeds, so it's always nice to support home grown talent https://open.spotify.com/album/7cGu80ia5OvMQlxIqTLMA1?si=kcVwj6jwTi2kSQLopOJrUg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

Bought a couple of bits on Bandcamp today: Dreamwell - Modern Grotesque https://dreamwell.bandcamp.com/album/modern-grotesque Post hardcore, basically the band I had on my head to start - think a mathier/heavier Touché Amoré Chamber - Cost Of Sacrifice https://chambertn.bandcamp.com/album/cost-of-sacrifice Dissonant math/metal-core, I saw one of Hate5six's live videos and loved it Kowloon Walled City - Container Ships https://kowloonwalledcity.bandcamp.com/album/container-ships Kinda doomy post-metal, the first ISIS record is the closest touch point I can hear, some lovely Alembic bass tone too.

When I used to live closer to most of our gigs, when I got home I'd have a candle lit bath with bath salts, beef jerky, scotch, listen to post-rock and read my book. That really helped, now we have an en-suite I might resurrect that for local gigs again.