What can I say to start off this by saying, I have probably inflicted tinnitus.
I chose not to film and or take photos for one as I’m lazy, two I was with my partner and it felt awkward to look like a huge nerd for one of the support acts..
Mutoid Man were entertaining for a band I have heard very little about, pretty heavy so I instantly rate that. Banging tone for a three piece of Bass, Guitar and Drums. My favourite aspect was the guitarist and bassist flipping each other when they took breaks from soloing or playing, that made it so much better.
Kvelertak, Mmmm one of my favourite bands, do I understand a word of what they’re saying, no, but do I enjoy it? Clearly you losers. They’re a Norwegian heavy metal band from Stavanger, they have a new lead singer, prefer their old one as he looked like a embodiment of Normandy, well to me..
Each guitarist broke a string each throughout their set, that’s one of my personal goals to achieve that much chaos.
Turns out someone filmed parts of the gig, so if you want to check out how brutal they were be my guest, but just to let you know I enjoyed every second of it.
At the end of every set they play their self titled song whilst the singer waves a flag it’s the best thing ever.
The men of the hour, Mastodon, solid 10/10 for the meaty riffs and thickkk tone. I completely forgot that they were bringing on Scott Kelly from ‘Neurosis’ so that was like bonus for more yelling!
They played all their hit tracks and a few off their new EP called ‘Toe to Toes’ which is definitely worth sitting down and listening to.
They finished off the evening with ‘Blood and Thunder’ the most brutal thing I’ve been a part of live..
Ellie Thornton Music 