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We have another tremendous trio of brilliant bands for your delectation!
Headlining we have Formes!
Drawing inspiration from Hawkwind, Sleep, Ufomammut on to Deftones and Tool, Formes trade in heavy doom ladenpsychedelia with a distinctly metallic edge. The band's self-recorded debut album 'Dysphoria' released later this year will take you to the farthest reaches of your mind, propelled by otherworldly sounds, obscure psychedelia, doom… Show more and sludge grooves as evident on album taster 'Tumult'. The 7 minute slab of ungodly doom laden psych sees the band finally forging their personality after two years of experimentation and progression to a heavier sound since formation in 2012.
Winning support from BBC Introducing, BBC 6 Music and a wealth of positive blog notices, live the band have shared stages with many of psychedelias biggest artists including Cosmic Dead, The Cult of Dom Keller, Plank and Mugstar. In 2014 they played Artrocker New Blood Festival in Jaunary, Live at Leeds and also played a coveted appearance at Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia in September which has raised the bands profile to new heights.
".... Formes take their stoned out swamp dragged take onpsychedelia in to ever darkening doom draped territories where even the likes of Gnod and Goat fear to tread" Mark at Losing Today
"Psychedelic metal" isn't a new phrase by any stretch, butFormes have a take on it that makes the swirl seem all the more engulfing. Fascinating times we live in" The Obelisk
"Formes, who may just be on the brink of something special',Echoes And Dust.
"to the Blade comes the shade of Formes who, quite appropriately for a band from the goth heartlands of Leeds, bring a lot of black to proceedings. Defiantly heavy metal they even come equipped with a little fella dressed as a goblin to add to the unworldly horror of it all. With lesser material, theatrics like these could serve as a distraction but Formes do a fine job of sucking such cynicism into a dark, doomy hole full of reverbed drums and leather gloves. Fantastic" Peter Guy at Getintothis.
"We stumble into Friday's activities courtesy of the maelstrom of noise that is Formes. The Leeds three-piece, playing a riff-heavy set in the vein of deafheaven or The God Machine provide an early wake-up call of what to expect"Drowned in Sound
"in The Blade Factory I witnessed a more varied set than expected which built up to a really tumultuous finale. From this evidence the new album shows all the signs of being both strong and different" Backseat
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