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I arrive early at the venue to make sure I don't
miss the first band Tantrum To Blind after the
farce I had getting in at Yashin, which resulted
in me missing most of their set. I pick up my
pass and as I walk through the door I am greeted
to 30 people staring at me in the doorway, as
I walk further inside the room I notice that the
people staring are the only people here. It's
crazy that only 30 odd people have turned up to
see some of the best up and coming bands in a
mixture of genres. I really do hope they all put
on a good how tonight, so I am able to tell the
people of Birmingham what a great night they missed!
 Tantrum
To Blind are first up and as they come on stage
the crowd are all spread out around the room,
looking rather nonchalant about them, but as they
kick straight into their awesome single Get Get
Get which the crowd love and by the end everyone
is against the barrier rocking out through the
rest of their energetic fast paced set. Tantrum
To Blind are new to England but have been going
for a while over in Europe as the originate from
Sweden, and so know how to work a crowd no matter
why the size, singer Melanie Mohlkert Interacts
well between songs, asking how everyone's doing,
getting people to jump, she also gets the small
amount of people here to join in and sing along
to parts of songs which is great for the first
support of the night. Tantrum to blind are really
good live as they blast there punky/rock angst
into the room and feed off the crowd no matter
how big and are definitely one to watch!
 Against
The Flood are up next, this 5 piece from Surrey
really have some power. Off the bat I can tell
they're not my cup of tea, they're heavy and more
in the scream core genre which is fine but they
just, don’t do enough for me. They look
slightly uncomfortable on stage, and I'm not sure
wearer this is due to only a small crowd so they're
quite self-conscious or whether they're still
getting used to their songs. Singer/screamer Mat
Church is a small stature but what he lacks in
size he can make up for with heavy vocals that
are will wake you up and make you take notice!
Overall they’re very loud and very heavy
and if that's your thing then I can see them coming
good over the next year with more live shows under
their belt, but for the time they come off lukewarm.
 Finally
we have Shadows Chasing Ghosts this 5 piece from
London bring the noise from the moment they come
out on stage. The march out to some dubstep that
gets everyone’s attention then they jump
into their first song which blows everyone away.
They own the stage and the crowd, with every kick
from the drum, with every chord from the guitar
and with every key from Trey Tremain’s vocals.
They crash and jump around the stage making seemingly
never stopping moving. They have so much energy
and all this with such a small crowd, they really
don’t care how many people are here to see
them, they’re just happy to be on stage
and this truly shows in their faces. Trey gets
in with the crowd and passes the mic the people
who are singing along to join in throughout the
evening. In-between songs he keeps the crowd entertained,
he gets everyone to cheer, and then says “that
was ok, but if it’s not better in a few
more songs then where packing up early and going
home”. They play quite a few tracks, unfortunately
I didn’t get to see there set list but I
know they played some from their first album ‘The
Golden Ration’ including ‘S.O.S’
and ‘Girl In Sheep’s Clothing’.
They also play a few from their latest album ‘Lessons’
including ‘The Hunter’, ‘Rest
Easy’ and ‘Loose the Attitude’.
Their brand of screamo rock is as good as any
other and there live show is fun and entertaining,
I recommend you go catch them when you can as
soon they’ll be playing big venues and you
can be that kid who says “I liked them better
when before they got big”.
Tantrum To Blind 4/5
Against The Flood 2.5/5
Shadows Chasing Ghosts 4.5/5
Review By James Daly
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