Feeling
well rusty tonight, it's been a while since I
was last shooting at a gig and after the first
few songs of Glamour of the Kill's set my arms
are aching, I had better hit the weights!
Glamour of the Kill are a band I quite like, I
enjoyed the last set of theirs almost two years
ago, and now they are about to release a new album
and are playing a few songs of it tonight. This
time round they are a lot more aggressive with
a mix of their own style and a bit like early
Bullet for my Valentine. They open things up strongly
with the new songs taking things up a notch with
their maturer sound and strong aggressive tone
and pace. While their older stuff is pretty good
their newer stuff is much preferred, and makes
me look forward to hearing the new album.
I'm
not sure if it's just me possibly getting old,
or just a poor mix, but all I can make out of
the Defiled is just drums and bass for the first
few songs, couldn't hear the vocals at all. While
the vocals seemed to have gotten turned up eventually,
I can't hear any keys or guitar, just drums and
bass for pretty much the whole set, other instruments
break through every now and then which forms a
fairly decent song but on the whole not one for
the ears!
Motionless
in White are headlining this evening, they were
alright the last time I saw them but tonight they
seem to be really on it. The opening few songs
are pretty electric, sending the crowd a little
bit mental, which pretty much sets the tone for
the rest of the night as the band blast through
Devils Night, Sick from Melt, Abigail and Black
Damask.
It's a really lively show from these guy's, tons
of energy and they really know how to put on a
show they even have dancing girls, which suits
the band but I feel somehow cheapens the night
as it's not really adding anything to the show,
The
middle set features the likes of 'Puppets', 'Puppets
2', 'America', and a rather nifty drum solo, it's
a bit self indulgent really. 'Infamous' follows
and keeps the set cooking along nicely.
'Creatures' closes out the main set, then something
rather odd happens, the singer just waffles some
non sense about no more songs and calling fans
from other gigs dicks or something like that,
I can only assume it’s a really poor attempt
at British humour , whatever it is doesn't translate
well. After the nonsense they close out the night
superbly with 'Immaculate Misconception', apart
from that blip right at the end it was a thoroughly
enjoyable set.
Glamour Of The Kill 4/5
The Defiled 2/5
Motionless In White 4.5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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