First up was, This Day Will Dawn, Some kind of
insert word core metal band, some decent heavy
catchy tunes, something you don’t hear too
often, lyrics are sung like Matt Heafys from trivium
first two albums. Drumming is simple but precise.
The riffs are meaty and catchy at times, with
a good grinding rhythm to it. Even though the
songs are decent it's nothing spectacular and
a bit formulaic at times. A set highlight was,
a thousand miles from shore, it had a decent melodic
opening, before going to the heaviness, and surprisingly
it remained catchy, bit of an epic sounding song
you could say. I guess crowds aren't too receptive
to opening bands as I've seen livelier funerals
than this, the crowd was pretty small at this
time, and was looking like not many more were
going to turn up, this band may be one to look
out for.
G.U. Medicine are the main support tonight, during
my interview with Luke from Panic Cell, it didn't
look like any of the support bands or crowd were
gonna turn up, but they did! G.U. Medicine are
a rough hard rock sounding band, its loud and
heavy but nothing to complex about the music.
The vocals are gruff, if a bit on the plain side,
the riffs are meaty but not too much in the way
of being catchy really. The drumming isn’t
too bad but it’s nothing exciting again.
I'm not really feeling this band tonight as this
is the sort of music I normally like, but not
tonight I guess. I only really enjoyed one song
which was Bring it on I think, that was defiantly
my set highlight as it was catchy and heavy, and
outshone all the other songs in their set.
Panic Cell, the singer Luke I've seen a few times
before, but in a different capacity, I've seen
him as part of the touring crew for a few bands
such as Skindred. There sound is pretty meaty,
it’s a full heavy sound, but while still
remaining melodic, with some pretty decent solos
to crown some of the tracks, Luke’s vocals
are surprisingly decent as I had no idea what
to expect live, not the greatest range in the
world but can hold a tune. The guitar work is
really decent staying heavy and catchy, and even
playing a ballad of sorts at about the 4th or
5th song in dedicated to a fan in the room! Luke,
He’s been described as a white Mr T by the
rest of the band, funny part in between the songs,
I prefer the newer stuff they played as it showed
better progressing in song writing and there basically
more catchy than earlier songs but still being
heavy as hell! It’s a pretty decent set,
shame more people wasn't here tonight
as it could have been a great gig with more fans.
This Day Will Dawn 3/5
G.U. Medicine 3/5
Panic Cell 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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