 Ok
so another room at the new academy has been explored,
the academy 3, probably about the same size as
the old one, stage is higher, and no barrier either,
im sure however one will appear at some point!
Normally i wouldn't say two bands were the same,
but a shot in the dark and throats, just two awful
screamo/ grind core/death metal bands that were
just flat out awful, a shot in the dark, they
looked very wet behind the ears, the drummer looked
like he was wondering what he was doing there,
and both of the bands sounded very generic, there
was no discernible sound from either, i had a
general miserable time watching and shooting these
bands the only plus side was that throats were
more lively and the singer spent most of the time
screaming his lungs out in the crowd!
The Main support act were the plight from Leeds,
much more agreeable with my ears, sounded like
viking Skull at times, very good metal bands,
and lively too, wasnt much of a fan of the bass
player nearly spitting on me a few times though,
the band was very tight in what they played, i
even understood some of the vocals, one of the
better songs they played was 'Winds Of Osiris'
which was a great track, the band except for the
drummer, made there way into the crowd which,
brings crowd interaction up a notch, but the crowd
were really there to see the headline act, but
some were willing to get involved but not many!
 Blackhole, up until a few weeks ago i hadn't
heard of Blackhole, had a listen to them on myspace,
not too impressed, but i was very impressed with
there energetic live hardcore punk band, the small
stage barely contained them, much more suited
to a bigger stage, cant say i caught the titles
of any of the songs, due to the mic cutting out
every now and then, but it didn't slow the band
down as it might have a lesser band, the singer,
payed massive tribute to the fans that turned
up, it meant a lot to the band. the front man,
was quite good at getting the crowd involved and
managed to drag the crowd very close to the stage,making
my job harder, but it was good for the fans, if
they make it, they probably wont get this close
again, they could be following in the footsteps
of gallows, if they get things right, which there
indanger of doing off tonight's performance, the
crowd enjoyed the set, and i did too.
Blackhole 4/5
The Plight 3/5
A Shot In The Dark 2/5
Throats 2/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
