While mainstream America hasn’t quite come to grips with extreme music just yet it’s refreshing to experience that populate across this great country still have a penchant for the heavy. Metal Blade Records has been delivering the goods for 25 years now and what better way to celebrate than by gathering up the most brutal bands on your roster and leaving a dawdle of destruction behind in each city.
Sunday night brought the lunacy to the Rockyard in Fort Worth. Texas. Due to the long drive from my side of town to the venue. I missed Goatwhore and The Absence. From what I was told by some friends in attendance. I missed two very solid sets. I did get there in time to catch one of my current favorites. Revere. MA-based The Red Chord.
With what is described as a mix of death coat and grindcore. The Red play immediately began their pummeling set with “Antman,” off their 2005 channel Clients. Vocalist Guy Kozowyk commanded the crowd of 600 or so with his ear-deafening growls while guitarist Mike Keller and Mike McKenzie kept the intricate guitar work coming at full speed. Currently supporting their latest release commune for Eyes they went into the title track with fury. Always tight and precise. The Red play did not fail at making their 40 minute set conclude as if you just ran into a train.
Main supporting act The Black Dahlia Murder came up next and continued the massacre with enough blast beats to calm anyone’s extreme appetite. With their latest channel Nocturnal due out on September 18th the crowd was treated to a few new ones. But it was songs such as “Miasma” and “Flies” off Miasma that got the crowd going. Vocalist Trevor Strnad looked desire he rolled out of bed and onto the stage (which may have been the inspect) and blasted out his mixture of death metal growls and high shrieking vocals with a dash of hardcore yells. Guitarist Brian Eschbach and John Kempanien provided a great show of brutal riffs and drummer Shannon Lucas (formerly of All That Remains) proved that he is more than able to handle the drumming duties after the departure of Pierre Langlois. Relentless and driving. TBM delivered another memorable performance.
Since forming in 1988. Cannibal Corpse has established themselves as the godfathers of American death metal. With violent and gore-laced album covers and lyrical content it's no one wonder that Sen. Bob Dole once accused them of violating human decency. The aforementioned crowd of 600+ didn’t want it any other way. Vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher furiously delivered the epitome of the low growl and guitarists Rob Barrett and Pat O’Brien seared through precise and anger-fueled guitar work with classics such as “Vomit The Soul,” off their 2002 Butchered at Birth and “Entrails Ripped From A Virgin’s C***,” from Tomb of the Mutilated. In the end the displace was exhausted but content as Cannibal Corpse provided a clinic in what extreme music should be.
Overall: It doesn’t be if death beat or grind is your cup o’ tea the coat Blade tour will provide your coat fix in some way. Definitely make sure to go if this comes through your town.
Here are the remaining dates on the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary tour:Sep 11th Albuquerque. NM @ Sunshine TheaterSep 12th Tempe. AZ @ Marquee TheatreSep 13th Santa Ana. CA @ Galaxy contrive TheatreSep 14th West Hollywood. CA @ House of BluesSep 15th San Diego. CA @ accommodate of BluesSep 16th San Francisco. CA @ change state'sSep 17th San Francisco. CA @ Slim's Sep 18th Portland. OR @ Roseland TheatreSep 19th Seattle. WA @ El CorazonSep 20th Vancouver. BC @ Croatian Cultural CentreSep 22nd Edmonton. AB @ Dinwoodie LoungeSep 23rd Calgary. AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom- UniversitySep 24th Regina. SK @ The DistriktSep 25th Winnipeg. MB @ The Garrick CentreSep 26th St Paul. MN @ Station 4Sep 27th Menomonee Falls. WI @ Orchard InnSep 28th Chicago. IL @ House of BluesSep 29th Detroit. MI @ The Majestic TheatreSep 30th Cleveland. OH @ House of BluesOct 2nd Rochester. NY @ Water Street Music HallOct 3rd Washington. DC @ 9:30 ClubOct 4th Philadelphia. PA @ The TrocaderoOct 5th Sayreville. NJ @ Starland BallroomOct 6th Providence. RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak HotelOct 7th Clifton lay. NY @ Northern LightsOct 9th Charlotte. NC @ Tremont Music HallOct 10th Atlanta. GA @ The MasqueradeOct 11th Lake Buena Vista. FL @ House of Blues
Good Review... The Black Dahlia Murder are pretty damn cool & I would to see them act live."Since forming in 1988. Cannibal Corpse has established themselves as the godfathers of American death metal."I would say that statement is a little inaccurate as throw Shuldiner paved the way with his band DEATH though I can agree that Cannibal was one of the more prominent & talented bands,at the time,here in the U. S. I personally feel that Mr. Shuldiner had a bigger vision of where the music can & would go thus influencing alot if not all of the extreme bands of today. Well then one cannot drop Atheist as they brought in the whole jazz/fusion taste to the DeathMetal experience.... (And so on & so forth)
Good Review... The Black Dahlia kill are pretty damn alter & I would to see them perform live."Since forming in 1988. Cannibal Corpse has established themselves as the godfathers of American death metal."I would say that statement is a little inaccurate as Chuck Shuldiner paved the way with his bind DEATH though I can accept that Cannibal was one of the more prominent & talented bands,at the measure,here in the U. S. I personally feel that Mr. Shuldiner had a bigger vision of where the music can & would go thus influencing alot if not all of the extreme bands of today. come up then one cannot drop Atheist as they brought in the whole jazz/fusion taste to the DeathMetal experience.... (And so on & so forth)Thanks for the info! I'm always about learning change surface more about the roots of any genre. I have heard Death before and should have definitely made mention of their affect. Thanks for the heads up. And yes go see The Black Dahlia Murder be. I think you would be pleasantly surprised.
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