Show Review: Samothrace and Bell Witch at Køpi 17/05/13

Strolling through the gates Køpi this past weekend, one might have seen a building with a crumbling facade, dreadlocked masses drinking beer and chainsmoking cigarettes, and artists welding creative bicycle mutants for the Bike Wars that would take place during the weekend’s Karneval der Kulturen. The atmosphere was a bit surreal, but oddly suitable for the lineup of the evening: doom metal acts Samothrace and Bell Witch. Both bands hail from Seattle, Wash., and create a wall of aggressive sound with their own crafted brand of sludgy and churning doom metal. However, the real action doesn’t happen in the courtyard of the legalized squat; the audience must walk down the dimly lit staircase and into the stone cellar to have their eardrums pleasantly assaulted by this Pacific Northwest lineup. Read the rest of this entry »