For the past 9 years the Kerrang tour has seen
a diverse range of bands touring across various
different cities and towns across the UK throughout
February with the likes of All Time Low, Bullet
For My Valentine, New Found Glory, Biffy Clyro,
Black Veil Brides and various other bands headlining
in the past and this year Kerrang reached even
higher and signed up Limp Bizkit to headline the
tour with the tour being announced way back in
August which is a few months earlier than ever
before,
the line up was completed by Japanese metalcore
band Crossfaith, Kerrang’s new favourite
band Nekrogoblikon and newcomers Baby Godzilla.
Tonight we headed to Brixton Academy in London
to catch the Kerrang Tour and we made it through
the doors just before Nekrogoblikon took to the
stage and straight away I was shocked at how empty
the venue was as we quickly made our way to the
front of the venue with no hassle at all and moments
later Nekrogoblikon took to the stage for one
of the most random live performances I have ever
seen.
Nekrogoblikon
are a band who formed back in 2006 and have gone
on to release 3 studio albums with their most
recent album ‘Power’ being released
back towards the end of the summer 2013 and since
then the band have been heavily featured in Kerrang
magazine and it is easy to see why as they are
seriously heavy and have an official goblin mascot
called John Goblikon who spends the whole of their
set running around, chanting, fist pumping and
generally encouraging the crowd and band to rock
out.
The
energy from Nekrogoblikon was fantastic and during
their set they managed to play 6 songs which features
‘Bells And Whistles’, ‘Friends
(In Space)’, ‘Powercore’, ‘Nothing
But Crickets’, ‘Giraffe’ and
set closer ‘No One Survives’ and throughout
the whole set the band managed to keep the crowd
entertained with their big in your face ear bashing
grindcore music whilst also brewing up a storm
on stage with their sheer energy where you seriously
didn’t know where to look in case you missed
something exciting.
Up
next were Crossfaith and when they took to the
stage the venue was starting to fill up and anyone
who got in on time to catch Crossfaith were in
luck as Crossfaith put on one hell of a show tonight
where the energy was flowing and the music was
grabbing everyone’s attention.
Now a few months ago I reviewed the latest Crossfaith
album ‘Apocalyze’ and gave the album
5 out of 5 as it simply blew me away and tonight’s
show reminded me exactly what it was I enjoyed
about ‘Apocalyze’
and so much more as I witnessed the band play
songs from that album as well as songs from their
back catalogue and I also witnessed their explosive
live show which is seriously going to gain them
the recognition they truly deserve.
From the opening of the set Frontman Koie Kenta
had the crowd in the palm of his hand as he kept
screaming out “circle pit” to the
crowd and they listened to his every word as the
pit opened and it opened heavy with people smashing
into each other in such an hectic way as Crossfaith
laid down killers riffs and pounding synths.
Synth
wizzkid Tamano Terufumi was just as much of a
showman as Koie Kenta was with his constant dancing
and swigging of alcohol when he wasn’t behind
his equipment and he even took things one step
further with a quick trip into the crowd where
he went for a little crowd surf and then moments
later after he climbed back on stage he was climbing
up a massive stack of speakers before jumping
back down on the stage.
Crossfaith
played some great songs tonight but it was the
likes of ‘Jagerbomb’, ‘ Eclipse’,
‘Leviathan’ and their epic cover of
The Prodigy’s ‘Omen’ which really
made them stand out tonight and just as their
set was coming to an end Koie Kenta shouted out
for the crowd to make some noise for Limp Bizkit
and reminded them that they will be back in June
for the Download festival and I am sure that it
a set that the majority of tonight’s crowd
will be hoping to go to.
Up
next were the band that everyone had been waiting
for and like usual everyone was wondering what
kind of costume guitarist Wes Borland would be
taking to the stage in tonight and it wasn’t
long before we found out when Wes Borland took
to the stage on his own with a Ukelele dressed
in a pair of pants and a set of wild and bright
clothing which made him look like he had just
come back from a drunken beach party.
Moments
later Fred Durst and the rest of the band took
to the stage, Durst was dressed in a pair of tracksuit
bottoms a Limp Bizkit hoody and a fisherman style
hat and straight away the band started laying
down some of their greatest hits and throughout
their hour long set the pit was moving in a hectic
way with the crowd shouting and chanting along
to some of their favourite songs.
The set Limp Bizkit played tonight was proper
mixed up as they played the fan favourites such
as ‘Hot Dog’, ‘Rollin’,
‘My Way’, ‘ Faith’, ‘My
Generation’, ‘Gold Cobra’ but
then they also
played the likes of Metallica ‘Master Of
Puppets’ Guns N Roses ‘Welcome To
The Jungle’ and Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped
Box’ and ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
with the later of the two sounding vocally poor
from Fred Durst but then again it is pretty difficult
to live up to the grunge vocals of Kurt Cobain.
As the show progressed Sam Rivers was showing
off his light up bass which had loads of red lights
running down it, Wes Borland was in his element
running around the stage in not much showing off
just how good he is on guitar especially when
laying down riffs from Nirvana, Metallica and
Guns N Roses songs whilst drummer John Otto was
doing what he does
best and taking us to the Matthews Bridge and
Fred Durst not wanting to be out done by the support
bands took a long walk to the back left hand side
of the venue and preformed stood on a pillar surrounded
by security with thousands of fans looking on
trying to touch their hero.
The set came to a close with three great songs
the first was ‘Ready To Go’ the most
recent Limp Bizkit song which happens to feature
Lil Wayne on guest vocals and as Limp Bizkit went
to play the song Fred Durst introduced Lil Wayne
and on came the Kerrang new music editor Jen Walker
and it was quite a random experience but one that
Limp Bikzit managed to pull off, this was followed
by ‘Take A Look Around’ which had
the crowd singing and then ‘Break Stuff’
which sent the mosh pit into a mad frenzy for
the final time of the night.
Many shows on this year’s Kerrang tour sold
out within a couple of days of going on sale and
it was easy to see why as for the price of £20
you got to see 4 amazing bands and let’s
face it when was the last time you were able to
pick up a ticket for a Limp Bizkit show for £20
or less.
Nekorgoblikon 3.5/5
Crossfaith 4.5/5
Limp Bizkit 5/5
Review By Trigger
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