Little Panther
Beneath the Depths – Damp Old Man – Sclavinia –
Renegade State
The Lomax
30.6.13
Renegade State
– Liverpool
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Genre: Groove
Metal
Old favourites Renegade State opened up Little Panther’s evening of
entertainment and as ever were tight, uncompromising and full of life as each
beat, riff and rhythm was rife with expectation and of course the RS special
groove!
Renegade State
It is sad to
think of Renegade without the amazing vocal of Mike Bradbury – in fact I do not
want to think of it, as he heads off to Uni in September, but so glad the guys
will carry on as they have a superb sound full of energy and are always good to
experience live.
Mike
Getting the set
list at the start of the gig I was so happy the band were going to play ‘Little
Dark Lies’ my ultimate favourite from them, but sadly when it was time to play
it realised it had been cut out of the set due to time restrictions L but I could (and have done) so
many times previously, played that track over and over again – so much so the
words come naturally to me now.
Phil
Joe
Phil D
The Marvello - Tom
Renegade State are indeed a force to be
reckoned with and no doubt will continue to grow and personally I hope Mike
returns at some stage.
Superb guys,
superb set and superb songs all made crystal with the sound expertise from Tim
who is an amazing sound tech.
9/10
Set List:
Insidious
Ordained
Paradise Lost
Unsuspecting Victim
Judgement Day
The Pit
Members:
Tom Marvello-Carr – Guitar
Joe Pagan – Guitar
Phil Berrington – Bass
Phil Daw – Drums
Mike Bradbury - Vocals
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Sclavinia –
Liverpool
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Genre: Black Death
Metal
Another favourite
band of mine Sclavinia – Polish ‘deathmetallers’
with a hint of English, since Handlanger joined last year after Dan Lysek left.
Their particular brand of metal always fires up the blood and leaves you
wanting more, and this set was no exception.
Handlanger
Handlanger did not
keep still the entire time, wandering backwards and forwards so much so that
trying to get photographs were near on impossible! But despite the nerves the
banter was rife and funny as he said “These guys have come all the way from
Poland to do this gig!” Then he said “Nah, not really they come from Bootle,
Norris Green and Kirby!” to a lot of laughing!
Volf
My main gripe
was that Handlanger kept turning his back on the audience something that really
niggles, especially with my hearing problem, a lot is missed and it is good to
see the vocalist’s expressions as they portray their art, but sadly a lot of
bands seem to do this, as do some bands when the vocalist speaks in between
tracks the musicians sometimes play over them which is annoying and thankfully
this did not happen last night with any of the bands so I was spared that
frustration.
Neton
As always their
set was full on, in your face, exciting to watch and experience as the crushing
riffs and blast beats raged furiously in front of you. With the added vocals from Handlanger and the
nimble fingers of Spector who also growls amid chunky bass hooks from Volf and
the superb battering rhythms from Neton what could you expect other than solid blackened death metal? and that is what you got, with the added banter that unfortunately
fell a bit flat at times due to there not being a hungry crowd of metallers in attendance
– but sadly, what we have come to expect now.
Spector
But despite the
lack of bums on seats the band did an amazing set they should be proud of – can’t
wait to see them live again – hopefully soon.
9/10
Setlist:
Grab the Sword,
Eastern Wind,
Master Twardowski,
Bazyliszek,
Carnal - Vader cover
Devil's Parade.
King the Apostate,
Husarian Demons
Members:
Handlanger - Vocals
Volf War Hammer - Bass
Specter – Guitar/Vocals
Neton - Drums and Percussion
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Damp Old Man -
Liverpool
Links:
URAbell Records
Genre: Extreme Metal
After a sneak
preview of the band beforehand I was completely taken with their face melting
style of unabated groove that just swept you along on a tidal wave of
interesting twists and turns that were tighter than a ducks backside.
Matt
Extremely
addictive, ‘EXTREME’ being the operative word here and raucous it fed the soul
and immediately sparked interest to find out more about them. Despite not playing for a year the band
sounded crisp and new – although new to me, you could tell that the music
really carried a lot of feeling and therefore very easy to nestle into.
Chris - W
Each track had
that element of bite and tension that in turn fuelled the want to hear more.
Strange that to look at they look like a grunge band but looks are deceptive especially
in D.O.M’s case. They really hit the nail on the head and produced a set anyone
could be proud of.
Chris
Also it worth
noting that Phil, the bands drummer does an absolutely fantastic job of doing
the gnarliest of vocals whilst sitting behind his kit hitting the skins with
fine precision was truly amazing to experience on this level. His vocals
blended perfectly to Matt’s unyielding vocal and therefore giving the tracks
more profound edge.
Multi Talented Phil!
Definitely
worth looking into if you have not heard them before, but shame on you for not
going and seeing them live last night as you missed a superb set.
10/10
Set List:
Raptor
Metal Shark
Krakatoa
Sky Chops
Predator
Aimar
Members
Chris Corfield - Guitar
Chris Warburton - Bass
Phil Dolan - Drums
Matt Haycox - Vocals
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Beneath The
Depths
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Genre: Hard
Core/Metal Core
In the bands
own words:
“Instrumentally
heavily influenced by Bring Me the Horizon, Of Mice & Men, Woe, Is me &
the Word Alive. Lyrically, the inspiration comes from everyday life. Situations
and feeling towards certain things are what influence their lyrics. Vocals
inspired by Oli Sykes, Caleb Shomo, Austin Carlisle, Mitch Lucker & Tyler
"Telle" Smith”
Beneath the Depths
The youngest
band to headline the gig, with fringes all in place the metal core onslaught
began. The band sprung to life jumping around the stage and wiping their feet
on the carpet – I call it dance-core and still not perfected the art – and how
the guys played with a guitars whilst doing that is quite a feat in itself,
then again with my feet I am not surprised I lose balance, when I try!
Beneath the Depths
It is quite a
familiar scene that most metal ‘corers’ look so skinny and all tend to look the
same, although the vocals were particularly spectacular, that has to be said, as
Lewis has a really fine set of lungs on him and used them to their full
capacity, as his screams literally rocked the Lomax.
Again my gripe
was that Lewis tended to sing with his back to the audience and it did slightly
ruin the experience somewhat, but I know how hard it is to get on a stage and
sing/play to onlookers – it is never an easy thing and yet many bands do it, so
hats off to them, but all you need to do is put yourself in their place and
instantly you can feel that knot in your stomach as the first riff hits, but
nerves are something I don’t think Beneath the Depths had – at least not at
last night’s gig.
Lewis
They did
experience some technical problems which left a bit of a gap and the few people
there wandered out of the room – maybe thinking their set was over, however, it
was only a minor glitch and was soon put right by the expertise of Tim and the
band went on to finish their aggressive set with a vengeance.
Beneath the Depths
Beneath the Depths
Definitely a
good set though and they all put so much into it.
8/10
Set List:
Beneath The Depths
Intro
Perseverance
Downfall
You Lost the Battle & the War
Consequence
The Dead Sea
Wolfpack
Members:
Lewis Jones - Vocals
Jordan Clein - Bass
James Harrison - Guitar
Danny Jones - Guitar
Callum Thoms - Drums
**Special
thanks to Paula Stewart from Little Panther who despite bands
dropping out of the gig managed to pull together 4 class acts all very
different but all with that full on metal vibe, that in turn made the event
thrilling to witness. Thanks to Tim
for the superb sound and Kath for
being a good ear! Thanks to Chris Ryan
for the batteries and the photographic tips! I could learn a lot from that guy
:D and last but not least to Renegade State,
Sclavinia, Damp Old Man and Beneath the Depths for such great sets
that were a pleasure to review.
Paula
Kath
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