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Frydee Valkyrie

The plan is to head out here in a little bit, grab a bagel, stop by the camera store to pick up a lens filter, extra battery and something else I can’t remember but have written down — lens cap! — and then get my oil changed and hit the road down to Maryland for what’s undoubtedly the best festival for underground heavy on the Eastern Seaboard: Stoner Hands of Doom XI. If you’re thinking about coming down, do it. Tonight starts with Borracho at 8PM, also features Apostle of Solitude, and Negative Reaction headlines. As ever, I’m the fat guy with a black t-shirt, long hair, a beard and sandals. Pretty much the uniform.

More info on the fest is here. There are so many bands I haven’t seen before — Ancient Astronaught, Windhand, Against Nature, Acid Queen, Iron Front — and I know it’s going to be a good time. Krug’s Place in Frederick is basically the hub of the Maryland scene these days. Gotta go, gotta go.

I thought we’d cap this week withValkyrie, since Rob Levey, who puts together the SHoD fest, decided to do so once again this year after seeing them play in their native Virginia. He tells the story on SHoD‘s site, but the crux of it is that he and his wife, Cheryl, had sworn off doing fests until they saw the excitement of the crowd at this one Valkyrie show with Bible of the Devil, and couldn’t resist starting back up. So, on the 12th anniversary of the original show, we get the 11th installment. Doom on.

So stick around this weekend, because I’ll be posting words and pictures from the fest, and next week (I might take Monday off, we’ll see), I’ll have an interview posted with post-Acrimony riffers Sigiriya, a track premiere from Ape Machine, reviews of Loss, Totimoshi and others, and all the whathaveyou that’s fit to turn blue.

Alright, I’m out. See you in Frederick, and if not there, I hope you have a great and safe weekend wherever you are. More to come.

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