The Piss Palace is not actually a palace made of some sort of crystalline urine, but a tiny basement in Baltimore. I'm not sure if they're still calling it Piss Palace, as the promotion for this show merely said the address of the house. Regardless, this was not my first time here; At the Graves played here with openers Dead Peasants not too long ago.
Dead Peasants started things off well with their bassless drone/black metal set. These guys are seriously one of the best new bands in Baltimore; be sure to check them out. I was particularly transfixed by their drummer's performance. I've never seen blasts so fast, so forceful, and unaided by triggers (or even microphones in this case), and he only uses a miniscule 3-piece set. Mind blown once again.
Next was The Lottery. I was pretty stoked to finally see them after recording them a while ago. Instead of bass, this band uses a cello. It's an effective replacement, and it certainly gives them some originality. While each member was plagued with technical difficulties throughout the set, it was still very enjoyable from an audience perspective. Their set consisted of one 30-minute sludge epic, with a smidge of post-rock dynamics thrown in occasionally.
Sky Burial were the headliners, on tour from Nashville, TN. I wasn't familiar with them prior to this evening, but any band that uses the holy grail of tone that is the Mesa Mark III is worth checking out to me. They didn't disappoint, giving a very solid performance of their spacey post-metal sound. They happened to be the only band that had a bassist this show. His basslines reminded me of the bass playing in Isis; very present but clearly serving the song. Despite being the headliners, Sky Burial played only a criminally short 20-minute set. I guess it was at somebody's house, though: such a show needs to be over at a reasonable time.
-Ben
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