Last weekend was a metalpalooza. Friday I saw Witchburn and 3 Inches of Blood lay waste to the Wild Buffalo, then Saturday I saw Trollfest, Alestorm, and a band I hadn’t heard before destroy El Corazon. That much metal in that short a period would take down lesser men.

That band I hadn’t heard before, Gypsyhawk, was pretty interesting. I was in the bar area, and they don’t pipe music in through the audio system, so all I could hear was muffled grooves. It was like an AM radio playing KISS at first. But when we got out to the stage, I was able to hear them in all their glory. Pumped out from a couple Marshall stacks was a brand of late 70s hard rock that smacked of awesome proto metal. So awesome. Also, they sang about goblins & dungeons & dragons & shit. So they’re metal.

The guitarists are pretty awesome, and even during the set you could hear the locked in guitarmonies and whatnot. Very fun stuff, I totally recommend them.

Here is “Hedgeking”