Norwegian black metal bands don't make it to New York too often, so despite the unfortunate Polish disco venue of Europa, the Urgehal show tonight should be mandatory for any black metal fan. For a band that started in 1992 during the second wave of black metal, appearing with half of the original members is a rare feat. Their obsession with rape and female dismemberment bums me out but I'll let it slide--this is black metal after all. Also playing are the unfortunately named Spearhead. I guess when you are from the UK it's OK for your black metal band to share a name with these guys.
More exciting than the merely adequate Spearhead is the inclusion of Brooklyn street metal maniacs, Villains. This band seethes with the type of harsh aggression missing in so many contemporary metal bands, far too often mired in conscientious accessorizing and worshipful throwbacks. These are type of guys who make enemies of just that, like when they started feuding with Skeletonwitch during a previous Europa bill they both shared with Municipal Waste. Seriously, maybe it's because he lives on Staten Island, but their singer Lino is the angriest vegan I've ever met, and I mean angry in a demonic way, not a flag-waving one.
Regardless, this show promises to kill.
BEVERLY HAMES
Not many guys can make Nic Cage look like the cool one of the bunch. Congrats, Weston.
Posted by: MF | 14/09/2009 at 23:50
i love that the extension for their myspace is /eyesofnoctumofficial, like so many people are squatting on their web domains.
Posted by: tallywacker | 14/09/2009 at 23:51
This is a pretty brutal line up. Villains is a sick band. And Nic Cage looks like he's a couple pills and a drink away from looking as pale as his son there.
Posted by: Jono | 15/09/2009 at 15:22
skeletonwitch rules.
Posted by: t-money | 15/09/2009 at 17:56
Que loucura é esta nossa, tenis oakley e tambem este tenis nike nada a ver.
Posted by: valdo gonsalves | 22/09/2011 at 16:06