Gregory R. Cristman

Winter returned! (played Union Pool w/ Wormrot, Deathcycle & Kings Destroy) -- videos

April 4, 2011

Gregory R. Cristman

photos by Greg Cristman, words by BBG

Stephen Flam of Winter @ Union Pool – April 3, 2011
Winter

Crushing down-tuned death-doom dealers Winter returned, for the first time since calling it quits in the early nineties, with an hour-long headlining set at a sold out Union Pool last night (4/3). They were supporting the lightning-fast Wormrot, and the bill was rounded out by the reunited DeathCycle and local doom thunder from Kings Destroy. For Winter, the show served as a warm-up for their appearance at the sold-out Roadburn overseas. Original members Stephen Flam and John Alman were both on board.

For Wormrot, Union Pool was their NYC date on a much larger tour organized to coincide with SXSW (check out pics from our show at Lovejoys) and Scion Rock Fest (pics here), and a it was a moment of triumph after a debacle caused the band to have to cancel their Boston show the night before NYC. The band posted this at the time:

“Apologies! WE ARE ALSO NOT PLAYING BOSTON @ O’Brien’s pub.. due to PPA stole our licence plates and have no alternative transport atm and are still in stuck in Philly, we have been invited by Jo and Jamie to play in a show at The Barbary, 951 Frankfort Ave Philly 19125 at 2pm with Nails and more!”

Though the issue still wasn’t resolved as of last night, the band did find a way to make it to Brooklyn from Philly. Hopefully they work everything out before their next scheduled show which is April 5th in Peeksill, NY.

Wormrot recently released their new LP Dirge for free download.

A Deathcycle show in 2011 was a rarity, and the band currently has no additional dates planned. Kings Destroy does though, as the band will support Orange Goblin and The Gates of Slumber at Santos on May 28th with Naam. Tickets are still available.

A full set of pictures from Union Pool are forthcoming, but for now, check out some video from last night courtesy of (((unartig)))…

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Wormrot @ Union Pool
Wormrot
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