Review

Goth City: Season Of The Witch, 2018

It’s all Joel’s fault.

We were laid out in a long peaceful rest having spluttered to an unfortunate demise in March 2009 with Dave’s sudden parting from the band. Although Steve and I had muttered about doing things, and occasionally fired up old demos and tinkered with them, nothing was happening and then…

Hi Kelly, I hope you are well! Just wondering – would TWOAF be at all interested in performing at Goth City Festival next year? Obviously it’s all for charity do it’d be expenses only but you guys were an important part of the Yorkshire scene so it would be great recognise that by having you on the bill 🙂

Goth City Promotions – 28th May 2017

Well, that was unexpected. We mulled on it, and responded an enthusiastic, but really only half believed yes. We cast a request out for a vocalist out into Facebook mostly, I mean there didn’t seem to be much left out there where you could get the attention of any one for this sort of thing. We didn’t get many bites to be honest, until a friend of mine suggested they wanted a go at singing and we jumped at the chance.

By the end of February, we’d confirmed he could actually sing and got back to Joel to confirm it was on!

Amp stands. All they are fit for

Throughout 2018 we wrangled our lives to around to start fitting back a regularly practice and start remembering everything. It turns out that that you can accumulate quite a bit of rush by not playing for nearly 10 years. We had to replace some kit, the older drum machine and Korg D8 were something we no longer wanted to (or needed) to rely on, combining them into something sleeker and more newfangled. Kate pretty much replaced her entire rig but then, we kinda expected that. I just blew the dust of my Gibson Gothic and Pod XT Live. They work.

Eventually October rolled along without us quite squeezing as many practised in as we really wanted. I suspect that was us remembering our old weekly come rain or shine practices which kept us quite solid, but to be honest, after we snuck up onto the stage after Isolation Division finished their set and go ourselves ready. It felt right to be back up there and once started, for me at least, felt like I’d never been away.

The event felt pretty joyous, probably helped by playing to a lot of familiar faces who had made the journey up to Leeds from Sheffield to catch us one more. Thanks to all of you again. But also, there were new faces who we hoped enjoyed it.

The rest of the night was pretty drink fuelled for me. Playing on the same bill as Rome Burns felt like a return to the golden years somewhat and filled me with hope for a load more exciting gigs to come. Sadly, that didn’t happen, but more to come on that…

– Kelly

Set List

  • Second Skin
  • Killing Floor
  • Blood and Sand
  • Final Resolve
  • Never Again
  • White Wedding

Reviews

Memory of a Festival: 031: Goth City 3: Season of the Witch

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Name: Goth City: Season Of The Witch, 2018
Date: 20 October 2018
Line Up:

Rome Burns
Saigon Blue Rain
Last July
The Way Of All Flesh
Isolation Division
Voi Vang


Venue: Wharf Chambers
Address:

Leeds
UK

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Photo Credits

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Woolstock, 2006

Review

Kelly from The Way of All Flesh tells me later that he was a bit worried about following LBD based on how strong their set was and how well it had gone down.
However, TWOAF are as strong and reliable as always. If you like your Goth traditional, then you know you’re going to enjoy TWOAF. I don’t think they play any new songs tonight, so it’s going through the motions from debut ‘Espirit D’Escalier’, reminding everyone the strength of what they have done. I would not have minded a couple of newer numbers so they could demonstrate the strength of what they’re doing
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Kev Morris TWF Magazine Issue 8

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Name: Woolstock, 2006
Date: 8 December 2006
Line Up:

The Ghost Of Lemora
Zombina And The Skeletones
The Way Of All Flesh
Lesbian Bed Death


Venue: Mixing Tin
Address:

Leeds
UK

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Photo Credits

Paul Beech | guru.gg

The Head Of Steam, Newcastle, 2006

Review

I suppose the contrast between the two bands tonight is a kind of fire and ice. While
Dyonisis are mellow and enchanting, The Way of All Flesh are here to rock your
socks off.

Well, they’re here to try and rock your socks off, but the heat means some people are
like yo-yo’s to the dancefloor (although some dedicated fans do dance the whole set
through).

They actually play a specially extended set for this gig. Because of this you get the
album almost in its entirety, plus a good selection of new songs. Their album is a
strong album; fittingly they manage to take their set through some of the different
musical contrasts of the album. You can be blown away by ‘Final Resolve’ and then
get your lighters out for the balladic ‘Espirit D’escalier’.

New material is also sounding promising, it’s keeping up a rockier pace and it’s
keeping that same core TWOAF sound. Having heard the songs once, it’s maybe too
early to case a verdict, but these are sounding like a natural and promising
progression of the band.

I wasn’t really surprised there were calls for an encore, the band had made a real
impact, and it was nice to hear their version of ‘Alice’, although (not sure if anybody
noticed) Kelly forgot to tune his guitar back to normal, having detuned it for set
finisher ‘Last Words’. It’s a stonking cover and I wouldn’t be surprised if it crops up
in their set again from time to time.

It’s a strong performance in whole and it really adds some added heat to an already
hot day! Perhaps my only criticism being the over-plugging of merchandise! I mean,
it’s important for the band to sell merchandise, but it gets a bit of overkill! Still, small
on the scope of it… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(8)

Kev Morris TWF Magazine Issue 7

Set List

  • Sleepwalking
  • Andromeda
  • White Wedding
  • Never Again
  • Second Skin
  • Castaway
  • Blood and Sand
  • Final Resolve
  • Esprit d’Escalier
  • Echoes
  • Last Words
  • Alice (Encore)
  • Desensitised (Encore)

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Name: The Head Of Steam, Newcastle, 2006
Date: 16 July 2006
Line Up:

The Way Of All Flesh
Dyonisis


Venue: The Head Of Steam
Address:

Newcastle Upon Tyne
UK

Midian, 2005

Review

However, The Way of All Flesh do seem to have that ‘extra edge’
to them. Self-professed ‘Unashamed Gothic Rock.’ TWOAF are
just that. ‘Esprit d’Escalier’ is an extremely strong album, so it
makes full sense they practically play it in its entirety tonight.
Surprising, the only omission is the title track!
‘Andromeda’ is epic on galactic levels, whilst ‘So Cold’ is like a
long-forgotten classic re-discovered. We could argue until the cows
come home whether having a more 80’s sound is a good thing, or a
bad thing, but the facts are that TWOAF have a very strong arsenal
of material which can be enjoyed whatever your leanings. . . . . .(7)

Kev Morris, TWF Magazine Issue 5

Set List

  • Abused
  • Sleepwalking
  • Blood and Sand
  • Fragile World
  • Andromeda
  • Final Resolve
  • So Cold
  • Never Again
  • Desensitised

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Name: Midian, 2005
Date: 25 September 2005
Line Up:

Killing Miranda
616 Abortions
Voices Of Masada
The Way Of All Flesh
Rome Burns
Deadfilmstar
Flight


Venue: Hex
Address:

Birkenhead
UK