So last night was Taste of Chaos! A great line-up with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Every Time I Die, In Flames and Killswitch Engage. We got to the academy just in time to see Maylene and the Sons of Disaster fronted by He Is Legend singer Schuyler Croom due to Dallas Taylor being absent from this tour and their previous tour! Not that you would have guessed that Schuyler was just filling in. He did a pretty spectacular job, getting the crowd going and singing his heart out a a lot of respect has to be given to the guy!
Next up where Every Time I Die, having only just started listening these guys after hearing their latest effort New Junk Aesthetic I couldn't wait to check them out live and they didn't disappoint, it was blistering loud hardcore with a southern rock edge. Keith Buckley's vocals are intense and songs such as 'Ebolarama' and 'Roman Holiday' powered their way across the crowd. They got a great crowd response and with minimal interaction they let the music speak for itself.
In Flames were next, I can't say I'm particular fan of their music, I have at least 5 albums on my computer and thought I'd give them a listen before the show but with not much variety in their songs I didn't hold much hope for them live. They did not convert me and I will probably never listen to them but they did put on a good show with paint by numbers metal I couldn't fault them.
Finally Killswitch Engage took to the stage all sporting white tuxedo t-shirts, very smart! It was quite clear who everyone had to come to see with horns raised high from the front to the back. Opening with My Curse with the crowd singing along to every word it clear from the word go that they were to here to have a good time. Howard Jones ever the charismatic front man and Adam Dutkiewicz 'bringing the cape back into metal' was on form bounding around the stage and cracking jokes between songs. Bathed in a red light for the majority of the show and an impressive stage setup Killswitch cranked out the hits, with 'My last serenade', 'The end of heartache' and 'Starting over' off the latest self-titled album all getting an airing. With an encore of 'Holy Diver' and with the crowd baying for more they left the stage to rapturous applause and I left with a smile plastered to my face.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Monument
This is my festival for Sony Fantasy Festival on Last-FM, pretty awesome line-up if you ask me!
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
In exile
Great video of Thrice playing 5 songs off the new album 'Beggars'. These songs sound great live! Plus a hauntingly beautiful stripped down version of 'Ive got friends' by Manchester Orchestra
Alexisonfire have donated a rare, signed 'Old Crows/Young Cardinals' album artwork print for auction to help with the medical costs of Chi of the band Deftones. It can be found here http://www.charitybuzz.com/auctions/BenefitForChi/catalog_items/109101 it's already at $525 which is incredible! If only I had that kind of money!
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Subway Funeral
6 gigs in 6 weeks. Number 6 was Thursday at the Academy 2 Birmingham. A band that have been going for 10+ years and with 5 full-lengths under their belt and only a few people show to see them, what's going on there? Currently on tour with Rise Against and Poison the Well this show is a day off for them and I for one am thankful they came to Birmingham! The first support act a 'Telegraphs' were let down by the poor sound and even poorer crowd with only about 20 people standing around. Poison the Well fare much better, it seems that a lot of the crowd have come just to see them and they a play a solid set, its brutal and it's loud and you can't help but move your feet. Having never listened to them before I really liked them and I even recognised one song 'For a bandaged iris' but yet again they were let down by the poor sound with the clean vocals completely lost to the guitars.
Then came Thursday, I for one was really disappointed at the poor showing for such an established band but it didn't seem to affect them with Geoff joking that people must have thought they were Metallica with the amount of people that showed up! Touring their current album Common Existence they opened with 'Resuscitation of a dead man' and then went on to play a varied set taking in all 5 albums, more of a greatest hits show! Highlights included 'Division Street', 'Signals over the air' and 'Jet black new year' with the crowd singing along to every word and Geoff mincing around on the stage acting as if he was playing to a full room. The only down point was once again the sound, being right down the front you could just make out the singing and he seemed louder when he wasn't using the mic! Sort it out!
Then came Thursday, I for one was really disappointed at the poor showing for such an established band but it didn't seem to affect them with Geoff joking that people must have thought they were Metallica with the amount of people that showed up! Touring their current album Common Existence they opened with 'Resuscitation of a dead man' and then went on to play a varied set taking in all 5 albums, more of a greatest hits show! Highlights included 'Division Street', 'Signals over the air' and 'Jet black new year' with the crowd singing along to every word and Geoff mincing around on the stage acting as if he was playing to a full room. The only down point was once again the sound, being right down the front you could just make out the singing and he seemed louder when he wasn't using the mic! Sort it out!
Monday, 16 November 2009
Signals over the air
Thursday tonight wooo! Going on my own though which sucks! Oh well!
Gig number 5 was Dance Gavin Dance (supporting A Skylit Drive) at the Academy 3. Dance Gavin Dance a band that evolves with every record and with songs you can't help but move you feet to came on to Tree Village off the latest album Happiness. Overall it was a great set but there seemed to be some sound issues with Will Swan (Guitarist) asking for more guitar and vocals in his monitor between every song they didn't seem to impressed but pressed on! Kurt Travis' vocals on record are flawless, less can be said live but after a few songs he seemed to get into the swing of things and after a major faux par greeting the crowd 'hello London' (cue booing from the audience!) they got into their own with Kurt jumping into the crowd to get everyone moving and superb rendition of 'Rock Solid' to end the set and leaving the crowd wanting more. Not much can be said for A Skylit Drive a fairly mediocre band with a lead singer with a ridiculously high voice, we left after about 2 songs as my brother had a headache. They did pull in a crowd though with gig a sell out.
Gig number 5 was Dance Gavin Dance (supporting A Skylit Drive) at the Academy 3. Dance Gavin Dance a band that evolves with every record and with songs you can't help but move you feet to came on to Tree Village off the latest album Happiness. Overall it was a great set but there seemed to be some sound issues with Will Swan (Guitarist) asking for more guitar and vocals in his monitor between every song they didn't seem to impressed but pressed on! Kurt Travis' vocals on record are flawless, less can be said live but after a few songs he seemed to get into the swing of things and after a major faux par greeting the crowd 'hello London' (cue booing from the audience!) they got into their own with Kurt jumping into the crowd to get everyone moving and superb rendition of 'Rock Solid' to end the set and leaving the crowd wanting more. Not much can be said for A Skylit Drive a fairly mediocre band with a lead singer with a ridiculously high voice, we left after about 2 songs as my brother had a headache. They did pull in a crowd though with gig a sell out.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
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