This weekend is blessed by the Norse gods of weather and crowd size. Because of the sold-out nature of the event, no bands play to poor attendance. Ofnus kick off in the Sophie Lancaster at the very un-rock and roll time of 10.30 and attract an impressively vocal bunch of inquisitive souls. They trade in atmospheric black metal, and there it is all very cinematic and anthemic.
Read MoreWe have written about these cheshire lads quite a lot over the last eight years, mostly when they were still going by the extend This Is Turin. Well they have dropped the superfluous extra words and honed their sound so it is darker and more insular and claustrophic. They have also managed to release a rather spiffing second long player “The Unforgiving Reality in Nothing” which saw them play with multiple genres including black, death and various flavours of core.
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