Pantheist at Organic Doom Vol 1, Huddersfield Town Hall (FULL CONCERT)
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Performed at Huddersfield Town Hall, Organic Doom Vol I on the 12th June 2023. Audio recorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Mynett. Video edited by Tiberiu Lefterache.
Performed on this recording:
Atanas Kyurkchiev (guitar)
Fanel Lefterache (drums)
Kostas Panagiotou (vocals, keyboards)
Matt Strangis (bass)
Samples on 'Strange Times' by Jeremy Lewis and Andrei Oltean.
Pipe organ performed by David Pipe.
THE UNLIKELY MARRIAGE OF A DOOM METAL BAND WITH A LIVE PIPE ORGANIST
Since our ‘1000 years’ demo, pipe organ sounds have been central to the vibe of Pantheïst. I remember how back in 2001, in a letter correspondence with a German fan (yes, we are that old) he suggested that we should continue using ‘church organ sounds like the godfathers of funeral doom, Skepticism’.
This is exactly what we did in the years that followed, and pipe organs remained integral to the band’s sound, inspired by Skepticism as well as baroque composers such as J.S. Bach. 22 years later, we finally got the first opportunity to perform some of these tracks with an actual
pipe organ!
It all started with a local drive to promote Huddersfield Town Hall’s pipe organ as a versatile instrument which can give depth and volume to many musical genres, of which doom metal is naturally one due to its slow tempo and emphasis on heaviness. Mark Deeks from Northumbrian monastic doomsters Arð invited us as support to the event and the rest, as they say, is history.
Preparing for the gig was an interesting experience. To start with, I had to write scores of the pipe organ parts for the organist, something I’m not accustomed to. Then we rehearsed while ‘imagining’ the organ parts, as the organist David Pipe (what’s in a name…) was based four hours away and naturally couldn’t join us for rehearsals.
The gig took place on a Monday evening- most unusual day for an event in a town not renowned for doom metal performances. We arrived Monday morning at Huddersfield Town Hall and were greeted by a loud buzzing sound of the monitoring system, with Mark Mynett (Professor at Huddersfield Uni, formerly of Kill II This and producer of the last two My Dying Bride albums) trying to tame the different aspects of such a massive enterprise: marrying up the electric sound of two doom metal bands with a pipe organ! Due to all the details that had to be taken care of as part of this monumental task, Pantheïst could only manage a 10-minute soundcheck, which took place 10 minutes before the opening of the doors to 300 people, among which the legendary Arthur Brown (no pressure there…)
We managed to practice half a track by that point, keeping in mind we still hadn’t heard all of the parts due to be performed by the organist!
We had to overcome other last-minute challenges, and I was particularly stressed as I was playing sets with both bands. We had to cross our fingers for what the organist was going to play and how everything was going to sound together. Luckily the professionalism of both Mark Mynett and David Pipe shone through at the right moment. In front of 300 people, both doom metal bands put on an excellent performance and the response was overwhelmingly positive. At the end of the gig, we just knew it had been one of these memorable events that will be talked about in decades to come. To put it in the words of MDB frontman Aaron Stainthorpe, who provided the dramatic spoken voice introductions for Arð: “Probably the best Monday evening ever in Huddersfield”.
The event led to unusual (for this genre) mainstream coverage from the BBC, the Organists’ Review magazine and local and national radio. Mark Mynett then masterfully worked with us to capture the raw essence of the gig on record. The product of this painstaking process, from inception to audio mastering, is now in your hands. We believe that we have created something unique here, which will no doubt bring great memories to those 300 who attended the gig and speak to the imagination of those who were not there!
Kostas, November 2023
Sound and stage are just awesome. More of this needs to be done.
We can only hope that this will be repeated again, as we can confirm it was pretty awesome indeed!
What an amazing night this was :) Perfect venue for some Doom. Let's hope for a Vol.2 and more in the future
Fingers crossed. Thy would be so awesome! But either way we have the great memories from that night 🙌
I hardly can imagine what a great experience it was. Divine.
We are lucky to have had that opportunity!
This is fucking beautiful!!! ❤❤❤
Cheers Rinaldo. It was a unique evening
Excellent fdoom performance.
glad you enjoyed it 🖤
What a wonderful moment, I wish I was there. It is the perfect place to assist to your incredible performance ! ❤
Yes, playing with a pipe organ was like a dream coming true!
@@Pantheistuk we can feel that with your incredible performance ! Many thanks
Oh Yes!!! Friday just got very special. Brand new EP arrived and then this appears to go with it. I am a VERY happy man today :) Strange times . . . probably the best funeral doom song ever made. Thank you Pantheist for sharing this with us and making truly epic metal, all the better for lashings of doom organ.
Thank you for the lovely words, have a good evening enjoying it 🍻
David Pipe for the win! 🫶✊️🎹🎹📣📣🔊
Legend 🔥 🎹
Just superb, by the way! The huge Willis organ and the grand hall fit perfectly with Pantheïst's music! The sound and video are perfect, Tiberiu has excelled again in editing the video. We need Organic doom vol 2 and a longer set! 🙏🛐🕍🤲 preach the doom!
@@carloosesamuel6003 amen to that, brother 🙏🏻
Oh my...I am genuinely lost for words. This is truly incredible. Was in a doom metal band over a decade ago and wish we went down that route. This is absolutely heavy beyond all belief. Truly inspired and can't wait to hear what you guys do in the future. You've made a fan herw this day. Thank you guys.
Thank you so much, we appreciate your feedback. It was definitely a unique event in many ways and we are pleased to see it has inspired and moved so many people 🙏🏻
This is Pantheist in his best concept, playing in a church along a big organ and the Mad Priest predicting Doomsday. This is Funeral Doom at its best. Cheers!! 😎🤘 great performance.
P.S. The fact that you only played 2 songs (Plus the Intro 1000 Years) in 30 minutes is f*king accurate in Funeral Doom lol
Thank you for the nice words Sir! And yes it wouldn’t be right if we had managed to fit more songs in 35 minutes haha!
@@Pantheistuk Maybe a Pantheist Medley could make possible a setlist of 6 songs in 35 minutes hahaha but that wouldn't be right, still it was a wonderful concert and the sound is perfect 😎🤘 I wished I could presence this kind of concerts in real life
Maybe one day my friend 🤞
I dream of the day when I will see a live performance by this wonderful band!
Hope this day comes soon 🙏🏻
Sehr, sehr schön ❤
Danke 🙏🏻
What a treat, wish I was there!
It was unforgettable 🙏🏻
Great performance, congratulations from Brazil . When will come in my city Sao Paulo - Brazil ?
We would love to as soon as a local promoter invites us 🔥 🇧🇷
@@Pantheistuk coming soon 🙏🙏
This is such a great idea!
I'm so glad you guys were able to do this performance, it sounds absolutely massive and i can only imagine how good it sounded in the hall itself. Even better is that now other churches in the UK want to do gigs like this! Here's to many more organic doom shows 🤘
For sure. I would love to see this replicated across the UK!
Hermoso metal extremo!!
🤘🤘
I’m not a metal head but this was amazing
Thank you. It was a unique experience
David what a legend. Mofo went full pipe. No one goes full pipe. Bad ass in my book.
A LEGEND indeed
When are you coming to Norwich Cathedral?!
Wow can you imagine? In a heartbeat if someone invites us!
My gods that performance must've been amazing experience, both for you and the audience. Greetings from Finland, hopefully we'll have your show one day at here, in the homeland of funeral doom!
Cheers and hails to 🇫🇮 it would be a dream come true to perform with a pipe organ in the homeland of funeral doom one day 🤘
they play lots of atmospheric/epic music..
They do 😎
Reconozco que hace muy poco que descubrí a esta maravillosa banda!!!!! Y la verdad es que son una auténtica experiencia sonora!!! Pocas bandas son capaces de llegar a este nivel!!! Skepticism!!! Son una banda que los sigo desde hace años con un estilo muy similar! Dos grupos increíbles!!!!!
Gracias 🙏🏻