Rosie’s - Fri Feb 5

The Friday night Monstrothic crowd has turned out in force tonight to witness the first ever Brisbane performance of New Zealand death magnates Ulcerate. Local grindcore act Brazen Bull kick things off. Having parted ways with their vocalist, Lochlan Watt of The Surrogate performs with the band tonight. The sound is tight and punishing, the short set proves whoever they get as a permanent vocalist, Brazen Bull are a band to watch. Sydney-side grinders Beyond Terror Beyond Grace play next. Showcasing their newest material from the album Our Ashes Built Mountains, a vein of ambient disquiet runs through the four piece’s set. Intriguing and intense, this set exemplifies how the band has inked worldwide record deals. Excruciate deliver a pummelling goregrind set, heavy on pig squeals and naughty words. In fact, the band’s blast beats are the only thing sicker than their minds. Feral cuts like I Met Her At The Morgue sound leaner due to the band’s decision to return to a single vocalist line-up. However, their set is interrupted when a jerk knocks some people over. After the house lights go on as police and ambos try to sort the situation out, Excruciate return to play a couple more songs. Starting their set late, Ulcerate make up for lost time quickly, proving themselves as a world class death metal act. Their set tonight is indicative of one of the most inventive and engaging death metal bands around. All possible praise deserves to be offered up at the feet of this Auckland death machine. Combining a Necrophagist level of technical extremity with the eerie atmospheres of noise act Sunn O))), tracks like Withered And Obsolete are memorable in spite of their brutality. The material off the Everything Is Fire album is punishing and disorientating, confounding and crushing. Ulcerate are a class act.

TON HERSEY

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