By Calum Fraser, Stéphane
Pilotte and Antoine Richard
Day 2
The second day of the festival at the Sala Rossa, this time it's a death and black metal night with some newcomers and some cult classics. The weird fat chick who was attempting to mosh yesterday was there but only outside sleeping, chainsmoking and panhandling as she probably didn't have the cash to enter the venue. A funny sight.
Oath (9:00-9:20)
Oath, a new Sherbrooke death metal band
opened the gig, they were pretty energetic and they had stage
presence. The ripped handsome singer was pretty good and the drums
are excellent. Nothing overly special but their blend of dirty,
catchy old school death metal works. They need to release something
already though, the singer said that a six songs release is almost
done so that's good news. One of the most promising Quebecois band.
7 juice monkeys out of 10
Hellacaust (9:40-10:00)
From Stéphane's hometown of Halifax,
these greasy death/black metal dudes played a bunch of groovy songs
with cool solos with thrash and crust influences. Half their set was
new songs and it's cool to hear new stuff from them after a six years
studio break. They definitely know how to compose catchy stuff and
the crowd seemed to be into them.
7 Trailer Parks out of 10
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| Hellacaust |
Funebrarum
(10:20-10:50)
One of our most anticipated band of the festival, these old school death metallers from New Jersey played a fucking pristine set. Veterans of the American East Coast scene with members or ex members of Disma, Incantation or Evoken. They managed to get a good pit going and the singer was very damn engaging. They had a short set but they made the best of it, “Depths of Misery” was a real highlight, they need to come back to Montreal and play a full set!
One of our most anticipated band of the festival, these old school death metallers from New Jersey played a fucking pristine set. Veterans of the American East Coast scene with members or ex members of Disma, Incantation or Evoken. They managed to get a good pit going and the singer was very damn engaging. They had a short set but they made the best of it, “Depths of Misery” was a real highlight, they need to come back to Montreal and play a full set!
9,5 Martin Brodeur out of 10
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| Funebrarum |
Innumerable
Forms (11:10-11:40)
A one man band
formed by Justin DeTore (Magic Circle, Soul Swallower...) but helped
on stage by 2 Mammoth Grinder members. They were probably the most
sonically massive band and the Justin has a very good stage presence.
They played a cover from a Swedish band (no idea who was it though)
and it very intense. Chris from Mammoth Grinder has a permanent
grumpface, smile motherfucker. The band needs to release a full
length already!
8 permanent massive grumpfaces out
of 10
Black Witchery
(????-1:30)
These make-up
loving manchildren took forever to get onstage and the delay was in
no way worth it. The drummer looked chronically butthurt, constantly
experiencing technical difficulties. Not that his drumming was in any
way worthwhile. He just blasted along haphazardly, playing the same
beat for the entire song (with a terrible tone to boot). The band
tried so hard to come off as evil and cold, but in the end they
sounded boring and looked profusely goofy. Some would say they're a
chaotic force (*cough*Tony*couch*), but what they did was a lame
excuse to play generic, samey monotonous horseshit for 45 minutes
straight. They made the whole show almost an hour late because they
took too long to apply their makeup. The only bad part of this
evening.
4 Make Up Wearing Manchildren out of
10
Blasphemy
(1:50-2:40 or so)
This shit right
here more than makes up for Black Witchery. Just as impressive as
their frenzied war metal assault was their truly imposing stage
presence. Composed of huge powerlifters who would have no qualms
about kicking your pansy ass, these behemoths played with purpose.
For some inexplicable reason, there was this one incredibly massive
dude who looked straight out of WWE standing on the side of the stage
looking scary for the duration of the set. Metal can sometimes be
silly in how exaggerated everything seems, but this was over the top
in the best way humanly possible. They didn't look like some skinny
basement dwellers trying to look evil, these guys are probably of the
ilk you would meet in a maximum security lockup.
9 Jacked Up Ross Bay Cemetery
cultists out of 10
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