In Pawtucket there are the black metal bands that get laid, the doom bands that ruin hearing, and the fat guy opener bands that binge drink. These are their stories.
The Noise reviewed this show, sans headliner or touring band--
GUT BUCKET, WITCH TOMB, RAMPANT DECAY
KC's Tap, Pawtucket, RI
7/19/10
Rampant Decay takes the stage. The first song is old-school thrash metal. They mix death, punk, and thrash seamlessly. Rich Horror, the singer, has the mic chord wrapped tightly around his neck as he screams each word. At a metal show, I've always found that the more fuzzy long-haired, jean-shirt-wearing pale kids head-banging the better. Using this scale, since more than half of the crowd is going to have sore necks in the morning, I’d say Rampant Decay is a hit.
Witch Tomb opens with a very gothic keyboard song. The intro leads into a blisteringly fast metal song. The drums are loud, sounding like long machine gun blasts. If this were a cartoon, the guitarist's fingers would be smoking. This has the basic building blocks that would raise mere mortals to metal god status. Then the singer comes in, ruining it all. He either references Satan, or point-blank yells his name, so much that it could be a new drinking game. "Hail Satan," time to drink. "Our Dark Lord," chug it down man. The intro was by far the highlight, the build up was intense, but the problem is, it never goes anywhere after that.
The last band tonight is Gut Bucket, which is fronted by bassist/singer Kenny Rhule, formerly of Headrot. Ryan Weeden from the Douche Bags is the second rhythm bassist. The songs are very heavy. Having dual bassists gives it a really cool doom feel. One thing I think weird is that the songs seem to start and stop at odd places. One of the songs actually make me feel like they just started playing it halfway through it, just to see who would notice. Another seems like an unfinished thought. The music however is very melodic. I enjoy the set, despite the random breaks. Looking out into the ocean off frizzy hair being flown about, I’d say the metal kids agree. (Melvin O)
