SXSW REPORT: VVEREVVOLF GREHV, COLISUEM, MUNICIPAL WASTE, GENGHIS TRON, HIGH ON FIRE
Monday, March 17th, 2008 at 1:19pm by Corey Mitchell
After a nice long, hot shower and a little grub it was time to head back downtown. The nightcap for my full Day One of metal would be…
VVEREVVOLF GREHV/COLISEUM/GENGHIS TRON/MUNICIPAL WASTE/HIGH ON FIRE @ EMO’S ANNEX, Thursday, March 14, 9:00 P.M. – 2:00 A.M.
Yes, I’m sure you see the name Emo’s up there. Don’t fret. Emo’s in Austin is a longstanding hardcore/punk/metal institution that has existed long before the incredibly pussified musical genre that co-opted its name emerged. In fact, the venue is so revered that it did not limit itself to only two stages this year – it had its usual indoor stage, a smaller lounge stage, and a third stage across the street on the corner of the infamous Sixth Street in a giant tent called Emo’s Annex.
I showed up around 8:45 p.m., paid $13 to get in (…to hell with SXSW badges!), missed opening act Mala Suerte, and grabbed a makeshift seat close to the temporary stage. While listening to some guy hit on a chick by saying he “smoked out” with Enslaved, I was curious to see one man setting up gear on stage. That man was…
Vverevvolf Grehv (pronounced “Werewolf Grave”), the latest signees of Relapse records, are not in fact from the traditionally vowel-starved countries of Eastern Europe, but from the breadbasket of Omaha, Nebraska. In fact, “they” is actually a “he,” a one-man army known as Dapose (known for his works with electronic outfit The Faint), his guitar, and a lone laptop. The samples on 
