The main misconception about Seattle’s Earth is that they are punishingly loud.

Certainly they play in a loosely heavy metal tradition, with brutal riffs embedded in the trio’s relentless sound, but at Komedia the music they made was soft at the edges across the evening, and balanced perfectly.

And it was definitely slow.

Now recording for 25 years, frontman Dylan Carlson, who resembled a kind of Dickensian imp in waistcoat and shirt, often played his guitar at a right angle to the stage, coaching out his noise and occasionally flicking the rock horn sign with his fingers.

But he didn’t seem an overbearing leader, with the imposing Adrienne Davies on drums – very slow drums – also commanding equal attention.

Any histrionics were a slight red herring too, with the band’s later material sounding lean and even pared back, perhaps more restrained.

Earth’s more metal origins have in fact given way to a refined style, although “the first song I ever wrote,” Ouroboros Is Broken (from 1991’s first EP) definitely got the biggest cheer of the evening, and was possibly the most doom-laden offering.

A seismic night.