I had an interesting new musical experience last night - post metal! :-)
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| Blueneck, The Fleece, 13th August 2013 |
I have wanted to see
Blueneck again for a while and saw they were playing at
The Fleece. Ok it was a support slot for some band called
Cult of Luna but it was still an opportunity not to be missed. Unfortunately they only had a thirty minute slot, an earlier thirty minute set wasted by a dreadful Noise/sludge/ambient/drone/doom metal band called
Sonance.
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| Blueneck, The Fleece, 13th August 2013 |
That said after the unmitigated dross
Sonance served up, three songs and thirty minutes of post rock from
Blueneck was heavenly, even if the singer's mic did not work for half the first song. They were even better than the last time I saw them and I really want to see them as a headline act with an extended set.
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| Cult of Luna, The Fleece, 13th August 2013 |
So what of
Cult of Luna? Well shouty/screamy vocals are not normally my thing but musically this was pretty decent heavy metal, with echoes of
Slayer and
Sabbath in parts, though you can see a progression to a more ambient sound. Not my normal cup of tea but hugely enjoyable, aggressively played and an excellent and imaginative lighting rig set up behind the band and for the most part at floor level.
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| Cult of Luna, The Fleece, 13th August 2013 |
I'd certainly recommend the more adventurous souls to check them out, especially if you like your music loud on occasion. I bought the entire back catalogue on the strength of what I saw last night...
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| Cult of Luna, The Fleece, 13th August 2013 |
