Tribe
The Wolvo slade rooms host tonights gig, much
better than the Little Civic, and it was a surprise
to get to the Wulfrun and find then venue being
moved, Im a stranger in a strange land, but thanks
to Google Maps I find myself and some Hammerfall
fans safely there. Tribe are the opening act,
the singing is generic classic rock singer, like
a really bad Bruce Dickinson or even a bad Blaze
Baily! Riffs are unimaginitive and boring drumming
is so so like the bass playing. It's sterotypical
heavy metal, no doubt they have talent but not
making the best use of it, they were boring to
look at and about the same to listen to! Dire!.
Dream Evil
Solid classic heavy metal band. Some really solid
decent riffs, top stage presence with the band
playing up to the camera. The Singer is kinda
like Bruce Dickinson without the massive endurance
for the screams!The music ain't too bad, some
catchy riffs decent lyrics you can sing along
too, drumming is simple but good. Guitar solos
are of a fairly decent standard. The set remains
catchy and heavy throughout songs such as Made
of metal and heavy metal through the night which
gets crowd clapping along, with a really great
heavy chugging riff! Overall its good to see a
really decent support act everynow and then and
one that looks like there having fun!
Hammerfall
Swedish power metal at quite possibly its finest,
mixed with the fantasy world! Im not too familiar
with the band as powermetal isnt my thing but
by the end of the night, I was happy with what
I heard abd they were also quite fun to shoot
as there stage presence was pretty good, with
the singer being the stand out man! They Opened
with Punish and Enslave whoch got the crowd nicely
warmed up then they took it up a notch with the
mighty Crimson Thunder. Lots of heaviness in this
set, with a surprising amount of decent riffs
and solid bass playing along with some top drumming.
Also in there set was Hallowed be my name, Rebel
inside, the metal age and set closer Riders of
the storm. The final 3 closing songs were Secrets,
Let the Hammer fall and set closer, Hearts on
Fire. It was a decent night, finishing late in
the night at 1130 wasnt too bad although I had
to be in work ASAP!
Tribe 2/5
Dream Evil 4/5
Hammerfall 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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