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Rosie’s - Fri Jun 27
Only but a year ago Rosie’s, or as it was then known Club Phoenix, was THE place to be if metal was your thing. However, as the saying goes all good things must come to an end and now the local metal scene has lost its former home. Tonight’s show serves as a reminder of the talented that once frequented Phoenix.
Openers Humality really serve as a showcase for drummer Matthew Lynn’s talents. Building on his foundation of Gatling gun blast beats, the rest of the band lay down a series of heavy, hook-laden riffs that indicate to the future successes of the band.
Next up Silence Is Surrender take the stage at Phoenix, oops Rosie’s. In surprising contrast to the majority of local metal bands, Silence Is Surrender incorporate solos in a fair few of their songs in tonight’s set. Well executed and technical, these guitar parts hold the audience’s interest in the set.
Is it just me or does anyone else confuse Violent Green with Soilent Green? The similarities between the two bands even extend beyond the name. Like the New Orleans institution, tonight sees local lads Violent Green meld genres like nobody’s business.
People Die are known to put on a killer show and tonight the audience gets exactly what’s expected. Blending grindcore intensity with death metal riffs, the four piece has the crowd warmed up for the headliners.
Hailing from New Zealand, Sinate’s thrash-influenced death metal attracts the gathering crowd to the area surrounding the stage. Tonight the band is tight and cannot seem to do anything wrong. Sinate’s Morbid Angel-influenced tunes are over too soon and punters wander out into the frigid June cold, warmed by a kick arse metal show all too reminiscent of the types of shows we used to be treated to on an almost weekly basis.
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CHAD PARKHILL grills ARMELLE PIOLINE of French group HOLDEN about their upcoming Picasso Up Late show.
Australian artist Aurora Jane (pictured), once described as ‘the love-child of Jimi Hendrix and Ani DiFranco’, recently completed a multi-city tour of India and was so well received by Indian audiences that Mumbai-based Blue Frog Records has penned an India-territory recording deal with Jane for her next album. Expect to see Aurora Jane touring her Blue Frog-recorded new album in Australia later this year.
In sad news for those under the age of 18 and wishing to attend the Thrice (pictured) show slated for Wednesday Sep 3 at The Arena – you can’t go! Due to licensing restrictions the venue and promoters have had to raise the age restrictions to 18+. Those disappointed fans can gain a refund from point of purchase.
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