 DELAYED!, shocking, abit of snow and the world
comes to a stand still, don't they know that I've
got a gig to shoot, luckily I only missed the
opening band, unfortunately I missed the opening
band, that's always annoying.
First band I saw was Cars on Fire, the 'next
gallows', so I've been told, there an Alt rock
4 piece band from Bristol, with screamo/melodic
vocals, 'the next gallows' not sure, seems to
be missing the intensity. But they are a fairly
decent band, solid heavy riffs, lots of bass for
that heavy sound, a bit over done if you ask me,
was a touch to much, they showed great energy
on stage. Im not sure what they opened with, but
the songs in there set list included, The Antagonist,
Sharks, Modus Operandi, Hall of Skeletons and
Set Closer Burn the Suits, all really strong storming
songs delivered with a punch. Ali(vox) had some
tech issues with his guitar early in the set,
so resorted to just singing, the songs didnt lose
any of there viggor, and at the end of the set
he got in the crowd and joined in with a pit,
not bad.
Main Support, The Xcerts are pop rock band, compared
to cars on fire, theres hardly any punch, its
just a tad too soft for me, its decent enough,
and has plenty of melody in it, if you like that
sort of thing, this is for you. It has its heavy
break downs for a few moments. Its not simple
pop rock but its not complex either, for a 3 piece,
they make a good solid sound. No idea what they
played though, as Ive never heard of them before,
and there wasn't a set list in sight. Not big
on moving about though, stage presence is slighty
lacking as the bass player is on one side of the
stage, the singer/guitarist is on the other with
the drummer in the middle, that's a big gap but
i guess they make up for it in melody and effort.
 Fightstar, a band that has for some time had
question marks hanging over them, most of them
dispelled hopefully, but Im sure some music metal
snobbery will remain. I like them, I remember
when the band was first revealed all those years
ago now, but I have never seen them play a full
electric set, always Acoustic sets, due to working
for one music organization or another that Fightstar
have happened to be there, doing there marketing
duties, mainly for Jagermeister or a new album
release.
There a solid rock band with some good riffs,
decent lyrics, solid drumming and guitar and bass
playing, Im sure one day they'll reach the top,
anyway, on to the set, they opened tonight with,
War Machine, the whole band rocking out, this
was followed by Colours Bleed to red, at which
point, i get kicked out of the pit, cant they
count to three in Wolverhampton? Colours Bleed
was followed by the English way, a favorite of
mine off Be Human. Songs in the Mid set included,
Paint your target, Mercury Summer, Build an Army
and Its Blood is Black. There Putting on a really
decent show tonight, with a solid set full of
well known fan favorites the guys are on top form
to night Towards the end of the set, they play
Grand unification, Death Car, Sleep Well Tonight
and Palaniuks, This Brings us to the encore, after
a a short breack and much chanting, they open
the encore with Be Quiet and Drive and set closer
Tannhäuser Gate, Id have like to have seen
a cover or two in there, but never mind, it was
still an excellent gig, probably one of the best
ill see all year.
Cars On Fire - 4/5
The Xcerts - 3/5
Fightstar 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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