 Getting in to the venue trouble free is always
good, and has made a change on the last few occasions,
i got my first laminate photo pass. The room was
fairly empty when i was setting myself up, but
i turn around and the room is starting to fill.
The first of the four bands, that were on tonight,
was Sworn Amongst, a four piece metal band from
Yorkshire, that are on not long after the doors
have opened, 10 minutes in fact, they launch into
it right away heavy and fast, but also right away
its unoriginal riffs, its fast and heavy but nothing
thats really memorable also the tracks just seem
to drag on but don't really go anywhere then they
end and you feel somewhat robbed. Then played
severence which is the title track off there new
album which will be released soon, this track
is by far the best song that they played out of
a 4 or 5 song set, its goot a decent riff and
a drum beat you can properly head bang to, but
its let down by poor average metal lyrics which
you cant understand at times due to some guttural
vocals, but its seems more like shouting than
singing at times.
 After the quick an relatively noisy start, Illuminatus
take to the stage, they are a four piece metal
band from Nottingham but are made up of one Spaniard,
one German, one Italian and one English gent.
this band play loud and heavy in parts and much
quieter in others but its melodic all the way
through with decent vocals, that have some range.
They play a good tight set with a crisp sound,
one of the tracks that they played, but which
i didn't manage to get hold of the track title,
but it was a killer song but it was mostly fast
and heavy, and had a killer outro which was awesome,
they went down quite well with the crowd.
Susperia were the main support tonight coming
on to the theme from The Terminator, which was
pretty fucking cool, this 5 piece metal band thats
based in Oslo, play a blend of extreme metal but
with some melodic twists thrown in for good measure,
but they had a new singer because there proper
singer is out of action after suffering a heart
attack earlier this year, but the new singer slotted
in quite well, and goes by the name of Ben, that's
all we got from the band, a few times during the
heavy heavy grinding set, the singer forgot which
albums the songs were coming from, but he had
a decent voice with some range that got him by,
Set highlights were a new song and title track
from there next album, 'Attitude' it was a proper
heavy song that you could head bang to, set closer
was home sweet hell and the singer had one of
his personal favorites performed, which was 'cut
from stone'. all solid heavy tracks that went
down well with the crowd.
 Breed 77 are from the British territory of Gibraltar,
there set consisted of a rock, metal and flamenco
fused songs, there songs have some great riffs
in them along with some steller solos, the tracks
that were played had the crowd bouncing along
with the drum beats of some of the songs. Paul
the vocalist, commented on that the crowd seems
to be getting a bit mature these days and thanks
the fans that have supported the band from the
beginning, as a thank you they played 'floods'
from there first self titled album. A lot of the
tracks had the crowd involved in some way, clapping
or singing along in various places, In between
some of the tracks, Paul addressed the crowd,
and commented on the current mess this country
of ours is in, and wanted to brick the houses
of parliament, stating that a revolution needs
to happen, before launching into the track of
the same name.other tracks that were performed
was, 'Petroleo', 'Remember That Day' ,'Worlds
on Fire' aas the encore a new song was played
which was new album title track insects this was
then followed by set closer and cranberry's cover
'Zombies', the crowd looked like they had enjoyed
themselves,not a bad night for all involved.
Breed 77 – 4/5
Susperia – 4/5
Illuminatus – 4/5
Swong Amongst - 2/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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