Bonfire night may have ostensibly passed by a couple of nights ago, but as Volbeat and co roll into Manchester’s packed AO Arena, an incendiary evening of rock (et) n’ roll fireworks seems to be all but guaranteed. Calling your latest foray around the arenas of Europe “The Greatest of all Tours” is a formidable boast but is it one that the three bands on the bill can live up to? Time will tell…
Read MoreOpening tonight’s proceedings are Graphic Nature. Stepping in for XL Life on the tour, the Kent metallers are very much in the modern vein of metalcore tinged deathcore. On record they are definitely worth checking out by fans of new nu-metal bands like Blood Youth and Death Blooms, but it’s live that this five-piece come to life. Harnessing the brutal guitars and bass of Emmure, and mashing that with harsh metal-hardcore vocals akin to Loathe, they are a splendid and invigorating assault on the senses.
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