 Black Spiders they are tonight, well back on form
with their brand of heavy, meaty and fucking filthy
rock sound with their middle fingers in the air!!
Kiss tried to kill me is a killer song and it’s
a new song too. It’s the best I've seen
them so far, and they sound great, there really
heavy!! There songs seem catchy again, full of
great riffs and good drumming full of life I guess
you could say, There also batshit insane too!!
They look like dirty rockers and walk the walk
too, some of the songs they played included, opener
si el diabilo,stay down, just like a woman, St
Peter and set closer blood of the kings, and great
song to finish the set and keep them heads banging
and ears ringing long after the final notes have
been played.
Not sure what it is but enforcer remind me of
a kill em all era metallic and I'm pretty sure
the bass player thinks he's a 1980s Steve Harris,
he's got his act down to a tee, I'm not sure how
to describe this band, speed metal,  power metal
but not thrash metal! It's full of lots of energy
a real 80s vibe spandex and leather everywhere,
The guitar riffs are pretty decent but the songs
aren't as catchy as maybe they should be but they
have right ingredients just not the right mix
yet, or maybe I’m not hearing or understanding
it properly it was a pleasure and fun to watch
but there's something missing. Song they played
in there what seemed a rather short set included
Midnight Vice, Roll The Dice, On The Loose. Diamonds,
Scream Of The Savage and set closer Walk With
Me, it was a good performance, perhaps too good
that it took something away from the music, with
too much going on visual wise.
 There aren't too many bands have decent riffs
song after song, Airbourne are one of the few,
great atmosphere in the Birmingham academy tonight
top stuff indeed, and I'm sites there's tons of
drinking to be had!! It’s loud as fuck too
lots of speaker stacks turned up to 11 for sure.
I shot them on their first UK tour, there second
show and my first big band shoot in fact and there
also the reason why I wear earplugs when shooting
gigs now. They open there set with Raise the flag,
a stormer of a song to open up with, and really
setting the pace for tonight’s set, Hellfire
and Chewin' The Fat keep the blistering pace up
and then hit home with Diamond in the rough, couldn't
help but bang that head and sing along, such a
great tune, top guitar work from this band and
great drumming too, nothing too complex just solid
and catchy, and the whole band just bursting with
energy not sure how long on the tour they'll be
able to keep that up and covering the crowd and
photographers with beer, lots of beer. Other songs
they played included Blonde, Bad And Beautiful,
Girls In Black, Bottom Of The Well, Cheap Wine
& Cheaper Women, Born To Kill. There’s
no denying there musical influences of AC/DC and
Rose Tattoo. They close the main set with No way
but the hard way and Too Much, Too Young, Too
Fast, which is an absolutely fantastic way to
finish on a real high. the lights stayed down
as they start there encore with the superb Runnin'
Wild such a catchy heavy song, and the energy
continues through to their second encore of stand
up for rock and roll, one of my favourites off
their first album and a possible set opener let
alone closer. It was a pleasure to see this band
doing so well and being in a big venue like this
after seeing them rip it up in such a small venue
the last time I saw them, and seeing them doing
the same again, with Joel doing his solo in crowd
instead of on the bar like the last time I saw
them, Top stuff!!
Black Spiders - 4/5
Enforcer - 3/5
Airbourne - 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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