was a fucking fantastic gig yesterday, and i'm feeling bloody sore.
i'll write this up band by band.
They're this prog DM band that has this gimmick as arab terrorists. i hope its a gimmick and nothing more, at least. either way they played a short set of 3 songs, because 1 of the members had to go to his son's birthday. either way they weren't too "brutal", more on the proggy side. a lot to say about them, a lot of guitar effects used to simulate arabic folk instruments. and some traditional arab chanting as well, afaik. they kinda remind me a bit of orphaned land.
I don't even remember actually. i was at the merch table. yeah i don't know where it came from but some guy turned up with LOADS of stuff and just spread them out on the pool table. i bought Absence of the Sacred's debut for 10 bucks. i later got mike priest to sign it. there were tons other stuff, though. mainly dm and bm. CDs were going for either 10 or 20. i saw impiety's dominator EP going for 20. i didn't have enough cash though. as it was i spent over 30 bucks total. oh and pins were going for 1 buck. though none of them interested me.
This band wasn't so good. instrumentally proficient, but a bit core-ish. especially in the vocals. so i just sat and watched.
oh and from this band onwards i can't remember the damn lineup anymore, other than AOTS being last.
They played bay area style thrash metal, perfect for me. so i went in to mosh blah blah. everything was a blurry haze of limbs in my face. i remember though they covered exodus's fabulous disaster and kreator's some-song-i-don't-rmb-except-i-think-it-was-extreme-aggression.
Enter the corpsepaint brigade (or as awal referred to them, the "KISS" lookalike band.) very good performance in the vein of classic old school 2nd wave BM. the singer was a rather good front man. in the first song response was kinda lukewarm. and yes, the frontman was good enough to get a response out of the crowd. and they play 1 intensely brutal gig, very fucking metal. non stop moshpits. stage diving. hell, i stage dived. it was ok, nothing "awesome" or what. i'm surprised that the crowd managed to hold ME up for more than 2 seconds though. so kudos to anyone who carried me. They were so fucking great that i bought their album. before i was aching at HMV whether or not to buy it, since it WAS 30 BUCKS THERE OR SO. so i bought the album direct from the band at 10 bucks and got it signed too. FUCK HMV
oh and awal left after this, because he had some stuff on. next time its my turn to go to HIS gig.
Very good band in the vein of groove metal. they played 1 song by Meshuggah. i have no idea what it is, being unfamiliar with Meshuggah. i know they played Refuse/Resist by Sepultura, featuring guest vocals from Kadir of Oshiego. that was good. everyone loved it, i loved it. i was loving it from a barstool, since this was right after draconis infernum and i was too fagged out. william especially loved it though.
Decent band, another good frontman. i bought their EP for 10 bucks. rather worth it. their frontman's this angmoh guy. i guess thats why he's good lah. he actually talked to the crowd, a bit of back and forth banter and the like. i mean most local bands just introduce themselves and their songs, and thats it. so anyway it kinda reminds me of King Diamond-esque Death-Thrash. decent band to check out. Oh and i got them to sign my EP too.
Lot's been said about Oshiego. they're mainly death/thrash-ish metal with some arab influence in their guitar solos. just a pinch. anyway i wasn't expecting too much from them after hearing their preview song on MySpace. they turned out rather decent though, performed well. i think they've some way to go. seeing that their new EP was basically half made of Their old EP in entirety. i don't know if they were re recorded or what, but they were mostly old songs +maybe 3 or 4 new songs.
Last band of the night, and frontman Mike Priest thanked us "all for coming out and supporting real metal, not Avenged Sevenfold". Cue chants of SEVENFOLD SUCKS. they played a very good set, including some songs off their album that i bought earlier. 1st, i guess. oh and they debuted a new song which turned out good. overall a great set. i later got mike priest to sign my CD. but not the rest of the band, seeing that only Mike's left from that CD's lineup.
Overall a very good gig, very worth the cash i paid for tix. could've been improved in some ways though. like cheap beer. and more merch vendors. but hey, we can't have everything. very fucking metal gig.
Hordes of my black faith
under banners of hate
gratification.
now i shall dictate
Keepers of the twin horns
rest in our black hearses
Unite the cursed ones
One with our inner beasts
Kill for me
Sacrifice unto me
Putrid lives, WORSHIP ME
Worship Me- Draconis Infernum
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