O2 Ritz is the venue and tonight is the battle of pinched harmonics. Bleed From Within, After The Burial or Great American Ghost – who will win, you decide! But seriously, it's also a chance for me to once again catch a trio of superb metal bands that take tech, deathcore and metalcore elements and each create something unique in their own way.
Read MoreIt’s a Sunday evening, and a fairly early start at that. But that doesn’t stop the crowd filling up quickly for first-on support Stepson. The Brisbane, Australia based hardcore band set about their work with enthusiasm and vigor. Elements of Touché Amoré and Our Hollow Our Home can be seen in their sound, and their jagged guitars provide the perfect backdrop to Brock Alan Conry’s raw emotive vocals.
Read MoreIt’s an early Sunday evening start for a very heavy night at Rebellion, and New Jersey progressive metalcore crew Sentinels are first up. They prowl the dark stage in sinister fashion with a mysterious electronic backing-track before exploding into an exciting, high energy set. The best way to describe them is a tech-metal Malevolence, but they cover way more bases than that suggests.
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