Bury Tomorrow for me absolutely dominated
the night; they really had everything you could
expect from a live performance. They include the
crowd wherever possible with singing and getting
involved of which the response is terrific, they
even try the age old Slipknot famous move of making
everyone crouch down and jump up on a count which
I must say is more successful than I expected.
They split their set from their debut album “Portraits”
and their latest studio release “The Union
Of Crowns”, they show respect for the venue
and its staff whilst inciting chaos and having
a laugh with this capacity audience, their vocalist
hanging off the lighting rigs and surfing all
over the crowd dishing out high fives which is
quite the sight. There you go, comedy (Bass player
even begged for tits), aggression and a flat out
metal onslaught.
Deez Nuts are a band I’d heard a lot about
from various people so had come to expect a good
performance, now whilst musically they were spot
on the vocalist really didn’t have the right
attitude to keep up with the pace of this evening,
he seems less than enthused about being onstage
tonight. An impressive factor though is that they
only allow the momentum to ease up a couple of
times, 1 of which was for an uninspired introduction
and the other was to dedicate a song to the recently
tragic lost Mitch Lucker from Suicide Silence.
Apart from that there isn’t much from the
set that I will remember, they never even let
a song finish before another started there was
no rest for the wicked. When it all comes down
to it whilst they played a vast number of songs
and the pace was high, the general attitude and
stage presence of their vocalist dragged this
set down in my books.
Architects pick the pace right back up though
and absolutely slay the memory of Deez Nuts’s
less than enthusiastic set, blasting through mostly
songs from their new album “Daybreaker”
throwing a few in from “Hollow Crown”
and “Here And Now” mixing it up a
bit. After the initial shock I had of seeing lead
vocalist Sam Carter with short hair the power
he has as a vocalist really shines through as
he carried that band through a 13 song long set
never losing energy or focus. Don’t get
me wrong the music is note for note perfect but
Carter is definitely the main attraction as the
rest of the band stay out of his way and take
more of a back seat whilst he drives the material
in, “Day In Day Out”, “Even
If You Win, You’re Still A Rat”, and
set closer “These Colours Don’t Run”
were the best tracks in my eyes as they are some
of my favourite Architects tracks, but alongside
that you can’t forget what made the show
is the stage presence and sheer performance provided
by the band themselves, fantastic package and
a wicked set.
Bury Tomorrow 5/5
Deez Nuts 3.5/5
Architects 4.5/5
Review By James Webb
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