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returntothepit >> discuss >> Review of the April 23rd show at the Block (soundcheck) by Joe/NotCommon on May 6,2004 1:04pm
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toggletoggle post by Joe/NotCommon   at May 6,2004 1:04pm
Terratism, Raising Kubrick, Summer Dying, Random Acts Of Violence, Gut - Chopping Block, Boston, MA - 4/23/04
It was my first time to the Chopping Block, and I walked in thinking “where the hell is the stage?” Joe from Not Common Records answered my vocalized question by pointing to a clear space of floor on the other side of the intimately sized bar. “Five metal bands are going to play here?” I thought. “This should be interesting.” The room filled up quick with the bands and all their friends and fans. Anyone saying that Boston doesn’t have a metal scene obviously isn’t hanging out at the right shows. Terratism hit the stage in full brutal discharge mode. The drummer was a fucking madman, driving the ludicrousness. Buzzsaw riffs split the air and gargling goblin vocals set Budweisers to rippling in their bottles. They sounded like the precision clockwork to some infernal machine of hell. The perfect band to open the show with. Raising Kubrick had dual vocals last time I saw them, a male and a female, but now it’s only the chick, and I think it was an excellent decision. A female voice doing the death metal lead vocals just sounds so much more wicked. The music slashed out from the band like acid rain pouring from a dark, tortured sky, a deluge of thick, cranky guitars, pierced by the occasional bright, lightning bolt lead. The kinetic energy of their performance really kicked the crowd energy to the next level. Summer Dying took that energy and ran with it. There is something deeply brutal about Summer Dying. Their tribe of fans crowded the floor space before them, feeding them familiar energy to add to the afterglow of Raising Kubrick’s set. They took the energy, channeled it through their looming, anthemic sound and sent it out into the attentive audience. It became immediately obvious that Summer Dying could take this sound international if they wanted to. Their compositions are tight, their combined energy capable of handling a much larger crowd in a much larger room. Their cover of Skid Row’s “Youth Gone Wild” sounded better than it ever did on the radio. After Summer Dying, Random Acts of Violence sounded old school. Speed metal has always held a place in my heart, and these guys are doing their part to keep the genre alive. They came on like a division of M1 Abrahms tanks speeding across the Iraqi desert—relentless, precise and invulnerable to enemy attack. The guitarwork propels their sound ever onward, intricate, high speed runs blazing with thermonuclear intensity. The desperate urgency that makes for good metal is all there in their music, and they unleashed it for us all. Headliner Gut has had nothing but drummer problems since I first saw the band over a year ago. And by problems I mean they hadn’t been able to find one who wanted to make a commitment. Until now. This new guy they’ve got possesses a unique, thrash-jazz sound that has transformed Gut and their entire song catalog into another beast, and that beast is hungry. The surety and security that a fully committed drummer has brought to Gut expressed itself in the explosive set they laid down for us at The Block. Jeremy, their lead guitarist, seemed especially pleased, his sound dancing heavily upon the complex beats of Gut’s newest member. Their set, and the evening, were over too soon. This was a great show, and I know I’ll be back to the Chopping Block.
-Melkor





toggletoggle post by succubus  at May 6,2004 1:23pm
excellent!
too bad they misspelled Teratism though



toggletoggle post by Joe/NotCommon   at May 6,2004 1:24pm
I saw it and thought, who the hell is Melkor.
Then I read it, obviously Joe Hacking



toggletoggle post by succubus  at May 6,2004 1:25pm
i still dunno who that is, but that doesn't mean anything



toggletoggle post by Joe/NotCommon   at May 6,2004 1:26pm
Tthat's because you are so anti-social.



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