Deep thoughts

Back in the middle of October I headed over to the House of Targ for some metal action, headlined by crushing Austin trio The Well. It was a dreaded five-act bill, fortunately shortened to the less-dreaded four-act bill when one of the bands had to back out. In addition to Texans, you had a trio of Ottawa bands, starting off with sludge outfit Opium Winter. Here's frontman Josh and guitarist H. Figurine!



Bass action with Nicholas, who I last saw a decade ago performing with The Unavowed!



More Nicholas, and fellow Unavowed vet Chris on drums!



Chris hits!



Guitar action!



Gripping action!



More Chris!



Extra Nick!



Singalong action!



Next up Black Galaxy; I've seen them a few times in the last year, so without any more preamble, here's Jimmy!



Guitar action with Dave!



Bass action with Mark!



More Dave and Jimmy!



Extra Mark!



Josh hits!



Dave sings!



The Aphelion are one of the sharpest outfits in the city, and as usual the put on a great performance. Here's Evan, also handling bass duties this time around.



Percussive action with Nathanael!



Keyboard action with James!



Extra Evan!



More guitar with Tyler!



Peak action!



Singalong action!



More James!



Bonus Nathanael!



The Well really crushed it, here's some drinking action with Lisa and Ian!



Bass action with Lisa!



Guitar action with Ian!



Lisa sings!



Ian sings!



Singalong action!



Jason hits!



More Lisa!



Extra Ian!



Texan action!



Bonus Jason!



Even more Ian!



Even more Lisa!



Good stuff all around.

Return to Witch Mountain

Witch Mountain played a rocking show at Cafe DeKcuf Back in October 2012 for Cauldron of the Wild, their then-latest album, and a good time was had by all. Unfortunately, the group then parted ways with their dynamite vocalist Una ... then they found another really top-notch singer in fairly short order, which goes to show some bands have all the luck. After a few years finding their feet again, they released a self-titled album in May, and were on the road this summer bringing it to the masses. For their House of Targ appearance, the hefty bill started with a set from instrumental shoe-gazers Clavius. Here's Neil!



Patrick lets his hair down!



Bass action with Zachary!



Mike hits!



Zachary jumps about!



More guitar action!



Local prog powerhouse The Aphelion took the stage next. Here's the always-in-motion Evan and guitarist Vincent!



Myke is under there somewhere!



Jack sings!



Evan at his Evanest!



Singalong action!



Sean hits!



More Jack!



Extra Vincent!



Bonus Myke!



More Sean!



Muffler Crunch opened for Witch Mountain last time around, and here they are again!



A shouty bit with Luc!



Angie hits!



More Luc!



Extra Angie!



And so on!



Crunchy action!



More Luc!



Witch Mountain played a killer set. Here's Rob and Kayla getting ready to rip!



Kayla sings!



Bass action with Justin!



More Kayla and Rob!



Rob frets!



Kayla again!



Nathan hits!



More Rob!



The shouty bit!



More Justin!



Closeup action!



Even more Justin!



And finally a bit more Nathan!



Killer stuff from everyone!