Of all the bands that played last night, San Francisco's Pale Chalice was the obvious highlight for me. They played the smaller of the two stages and were lit only by candles and camera flashes. They play proto-black metal infused with disorienting, off-kilter rhythms and riffing.
The visual reality of Dispirit's performance.
Dispirit headlined the black metal night of the two day Oakland Black/Death Fest at the Oakland Metro, March 12, 2011.
Mutilation Rites from New York were the surprise highlight of the night. Of all the bands I wasn't familiar with beforehand, they were my favorite band. Hyper aggressive black metal mixed in with sections of grove and droney doom. Excellent.
Necrite was originally booked to play, but were replaced by Necrite member's awesome aggressive black metal side project.
