Gig: Masters of Death Tour 2006; Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Unleashed, Exterminator
Venue: Carling Academy Islington
Date: 4th Nov, 2006
Summary: Excellent viking night out for all the family
Exterminator played a competent set. Generic death metal from Belgium. No notable songs.
Grave played a good gig cant remember much of them
Dismember I've seen dismember before and they are good musicians. They play fast and well. I do think that their sound just turns in to noise when they play live though. There were technical difficulties during the set with the lead guitarist cutting out. This didn't seem to affect the band members too much. They seemed to be having fun.
Unleashed Unleashed are a great band to see live. They have a good stage presence, they know how to get the crowd going and their viking lyrics and driving sound will push you in to the mosh. They don't take themselves too seriously which is good for band singing "death metal... no compromise". I enjoyed their set a lot.
Entombed Entombed lost a guitarist recently and it REALLY showed during the set. They really need to get another guitarist. Again sound problems really hurt their performance. Again the guitarist cut out a few times. When he was comng through the sound lacked thickness without the second guitar. I REALLY like Alex Hellid as a guitarist. I think he has a strong stage performance and is technically good but it's not enough I'm afraid. Having said all that I still really enjoyed their performance. They still crack out some classic tunes.
I had a good night. There was a large pit and a lot of friendly people. There seemed to be a lot of tourists taking pictures of themselves where I was standing.. I guess Sweden had a few less metal heads that weekend.