![]() The lights are green, yellow and red, in keeping with the grotesque delivery from the band with epic song titles. Smoke billows around the stage as we try to count how many songs we have had in the pit we just shrug and decide to stay until we’re thrown out, the band are playing to the cameras so why leave. Walker is sliding his bass across the mic stand, an effect not on the pedal board. The guys are having fun, as are the crowd. ![]() ‘Incarnated Solvent Abuse’ continues with the barrage. A great opening track which runs into the fan favourite ‘Kelly’s Meat Imporium’ this was released ahead of the new album and is full of growling vocal and superfast blast beats from Daniel Wilding, who has to be tied down to the kit such is the ferocity. The growling of Jeff Walker, driving hard like his bass line, as the melodic guitar of Bill Steer weaves ‘tunefully’ around it. They march out bathed in red lights and are straight in with ‘Buried Dreams’ from 1993’s Heartwork. If memory serves me right it was bloody brutal back then with Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel and Napalm Death! A band I last saw in 1989 in Rock City, Nottingham. Apart from the occasional flashes of light, the set has been a dark one, it really fitted in with theme of their set, enjoyable all the same.Ĭarcass are up next. Judging by the tee shirts, it would seem that they have a few fans into night, and with that great opening set, will have made a few more. There are plenty of fans in and they have been nodding along to in appreciation to this opening band. ‘Nightfall’, ‘Summer Lightning’ and When Will Gods Work Be Done’ bring the set to an end. A steady beat rocks out as this slower tune crash’s around the venue. ‘Can You Hear the Rain’ follows on with Brandon Hill rocking out on the bass his thumping lines are tied in nicely as Silva, foot on the riser is delivering a simple but effective solo. As always Sebastian Silva is doing his best Jake E Lee impression with screaming guitar work as we go into ‘No Children Laughing Now’ the jangling guitar work sounding like an early ‘The Mission’ track only with a bit of extra sauce added. ![]() ![]() The sound is solid as Vranizan, sat at the back thumps out a solid beat. He’s right there as the light takes on a slight purple glow and we are struggling for focus opportunities. Gabriel Franco is statuesque in front of his microphone his long curls window framing his dark glasses as he delivers this dark tune about a life without the light, about losing your sight not that it bothers him as we don’t see what he sees. ‘Give Me to the Night’ follows on from the earlier album, ‘Mana’ again from early 2021, The bruising gothic feel carries on. They kick off the set with ‘Heroin’ 2021’s album ‘Strength’ this ominous tune sets the scene for the short set. We covered their show in Nottingham.Īs the band strike up, I check I’m not still wearing my sunglasses such is the lack of light. Unto Others from the U.S.A., Portland have ventured across to the UK again after their headline tour earlier this year. We get in the pit just in time for the lights to drop and the intro to the first band starts. Brother Waldorf is, again sitting this one out as he’s has Fatherly duties in York, it’ll no doubt involve tasting a few of the local Guinness purely for quality control. We are in and squeezing through the crowd making our way to the pit. A few phone calls and the realisation that they have been given Brixton’s guest list. The guys behind the box office are smiling but I feel they sense our frustration. I’m searched on the way in, there’s only 20 minutes to go before the first band of this epic 4 band show is due on and we have another hold up at the box office. ![]() After yet another hectic drive into Birmingham on a Saturday, the day that the trains have decided to strike, I eventually reach the O2 Academy, in fact, I manage to park just around the corner. ![]()
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