December 21, 2004
The first band on were, Third Opium War, and beginning with some seriously loud and immediate slap bass, the first thought was that these guys could be more metal than they looked. But even though the obtrusive yet continuously impressive bass continued into the first song and throughout the set, their sound changed when the vocals came in to create a rocked up Blur type feel. At first the vocals although strong and clear, lacked expression and tone changes, but a few songs into it and there was a noticeable relaxation in the frontman, and his vocals improved no end. The deep, pounding drums never let up, with some very complicated fills stuck in there, and the sometimes crunchy, sometimes clean and wavy guitar riffs went together to make a busy and brilliantly engineered sound, with each song being different, new, and nothing like the song that proceeded it. These guys were not, unfortunately, what the crowd were looking for, so the crowd interaction didn’t work too well, but not for lack of trying on the frontman’s part. As the set went on the general feel of the music became a little punkier, and there were even some ska-esque riffs in there for good measure, or maybe just to annoy the crowd. We liked ‘em anyway. .
Now we get into the serious Entombed style angry stoner metal. Prometheius Kills Saints began their set with some major reverb on one of the two vocalists, this proved to work as an interesting and greatly captured contradiction of the low, disturbing roars of the other frontman. Sadly this was the only song to use that interaction, without the effect, the two vocalists were a little too similar, and this meant that the vocal patterns didnÂ’t seem to flow as well, and a lack of expression. However, it also meant that a lot of the attention was redirected to the guitarist, and this he justified with brilliant displays of diverse talent, aside from the dark rolling metal riffs, he threw a few long tapping solos onto the table, and performed an impressive tribute to the late Sir Dimebag. The brutal double bass throbbing heart attacks coming from the drum kit were pretty much constant, and this allowed for simple, flowing, repetitive basslines, which worked well as a backing for the frantic guitar. Prometheius Kills SaintsÂ’ dark raging sound is well performed, they put a lot of energy and passion into their music, and their presence is powerful, although in the end, a little demanding.
Sadly the Escape review is missing, all the old archives i have contain either an unrelated moth review or say lost and is pre magazine, no other copies exist. Sorry about this
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Click here to see more photos from this gig Review ~ Steph Photos ~ Glynn
Written By Steph
Photos ~ Glynn
