First band i catch tonight are furnraze a 3 piece
metal band from London. The opening song seemed
to go on and on and on, heavy but didn't seem
that fast, the 2nd song however was much much
faster and much more brutal, as was the rest of
the set, the bass rumbling under the guitar riffs
and licks, and shredding solos. The drumming is
pretty decent fast precise and at time bludgeoning.
The vocals are shouted rather than sang but the
guys solos are pretty damn good if i say so myself!
Overall its a pretty decent performance, the stage
presence is fairly good on such a small stage
it probably doesn't matter, they put on a decent
brutal show that i enjoyed that was a bit drawn
out but not bad.
ain support tonight are Persefone, as none of
the bands tonight have a set list on show and
im not a fan of any of the bands either, naming
that song is impossible to say the least. This
band is fast and brutal bludgeoning you over the
head with not let up for 25 minutes, its overbearing
and boring, if your gonna be heavy and fast, be
melodic, throw in a catchy riff here and there.
They had a keyboard player, i guess him pounding
the keys was supposed to add atmosphere to the
songs i guess,his parts appeared every now and
then but mostly you couldn't hear a damn thing
of the mash up that was there set. The bass seemed
to mirror the drums, so you can feel the bass
in your chest cavity, lovely feeling that, annoying
after a very short while. There an average death
metal band if you want to call it that, nothing
you haven't seen or heard before!
Obituary death metal pioneers back in the day,
today still going strong, and I'm still not a
fan! The crowd finally made its way forward as
for most of the gig, there was a massive gap from
the kids on the barrier to the rest of the crowd
a gap that was at least 10 feet, the crowd just
seemed to appear, but still a pretty shabby turnout
for a band such as this. Again no idea what they
played tonight, but to the crowd I'm sure there
were classic favorites and newer songs with new
classic status thrust upon them. To me the songs
seemed very repetitive, the solos seemed decent
enough but the songs formula seemed very tired,
the lead guitarist didn't seem like he was enjoying
himself as his facial expression barely changed,
the singing seemed up for it though.he vocals
I couldn't understand them, the crowd didn't seem
that moved by what they were seeing, didn't see
any crowd surfers, the crowd seemed subdued for
most of it. Over all it seemed like an average
show on a Sunday night, perhaps everyone was still
in the food coma stage after a hearty Sunday roast,
tonight average at best!
Furnnaze - 4/5
Persefone - 2/5
Obituary - 3/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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