The Acacia Strain definitely know what they want
for the night; I quote “I need you to get
angry, I need you to get aggressive, this is negative
music, no positivity allowed”. After that
understanding is reached it becomes quite a fierce
set. “I’m 29, I’m getting quite
old for the music industry so this one goes out
to all the oldies”, that’s quite a
powerful statement to unleash onto a crowd that
are pretty much all under the age of 20 but they
eat it up makes them feel young again. The crowd
aren’t as into them as they are for Whitechapel
but that isn’t stopping them from having
a good time but the applause and cheering is much
less than it should be. They warm up the sold
out room well for the headline act that is to
follow.
Whitechapel bring the aggression tonight, that
is pretty much what they aim for musically and
live. All it takes is the drummer walking on stage
for the room to become an all out warzone that
the security we’re scared to do anything
about. They don’t care about anything but
music and their fans by the look of it, no over
the top antics no being soppy or stupid by saying
ridiculous things, just playing it cool this evening.
Easily the best way to ask for a wall of death
ever, he parted the room just as Moses parted
the red sea like a heavy metal prophet if you
will. They get to the point, not ranting on about
politics or humanity for ages between songs just
rushing through saying thank you and all the normal
bits and bobs just to get straight back into the
music. Good showman ship from the band and everyone
seems to be enjoying themselves, even I did and
I don’t particularly like their music but
like I always say, someone’s music does
not dictate they can’t kill it live.
The Acacia Strain – 3/5
Whitechapel – 3/5
Review By James Webb
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