Showing posts with label Metalworks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metalworks. Show all posts
Thursday, 30 December 2010
Thursday, 2 April 2009
METALWORKS, BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS Live At The Monarch, Camden 29.03.09 (Gig Review)
METALWORKS
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS
The Monarch, Camden 29.03.09
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS
Lets face it BIR are the best exponents of doom laden heavy metal, massive amounts of 'bottom end' crashes right through you thanks to the bass of Tj and drums of Paul, held together with the Rev Al's outstanding guitar work and a huge vocal performance of Warren who echo's Danzig and Morrison.
Tonight we only get a short set which is a real shame because they dont have time to perform "Rust" one of my all time fave tracks, but we are treated to some great songs ending with "I am the King".
METALWORKS
Another Metalworks gig this time with guitarist Matt from Voodoo Six.
This evenings set is more "metal" than ususal essentially a few covers inbetween mini sets of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Ac/Dc, the latter with guest guitarist Rocco from Roxville.
Would have prefered if they had thrown in some older stuff like Free to break things up but overall nothing to complain about (Except the metallica cover, metallica = YUK!).
The only down bit of the evening was a guest vocal from bloke who massacred a couple of Judas Priest songs, i figured that he would be halford or Owens like, hence the guest spot, but no he was neither.
STU
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS
METALWORKS
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS
The Monarch, Camden 29.03.09
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS
Lets face it BIR are the best exponents of doom laden heavy metal, massive amounts of 'bottom end' crashes right through you thanks to the bass of Tj and drums of Paul, held together with the Rev Al's outstanding guitar work and a huge vocal performance of Warren who echo's Danzig and Morrison.
Tonight we only get a short set which is a real shame because they dont have time to perform "Rust" one of my all time fave tracks, but we are treated to some great songs ending with "I am the King".
METALWORKS
Another Metalworks gig this time with guitarist Matt from Voodoo Six.
This evenings set is more "metal" than ususal essentially a few covers inbetween mini sets of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Ac/Dc, the latter with guest guitarist Rocco from Roxville.
Would have prefered if they had thrown in some older stuff like Free to break things up but overall nothing to complain about (Except the metallica cover, metallica = YUK!).
The only down bit of the evening was a guest vocal from bloke who massacred a couple of Judas Priest songs, i figured that he would be halford or Owens like, hence the guest spot, but no he was neither.
STU
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS
METALWORKS
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
METALWORKS,CAVALAR - Live At The Monarch 28.09.08 (Gig Review)
Metalworks
Cavalar
The Monarch 28.09.08
Cavalar are one of those bands who simply put "Have it", their blend of Black Sabbath and good old fashioned heavy metal is a sight to behold.Vocalist Twitch looks like a young Paul Rogers (Free/Bad Company) with the vocal range to match, drummer Arn powers around the kit like Bill Ward and John Bonham, and like Bonham often just uses his hands instead of the sticks !Superb basswork from Max who clearly enjoys the stage experience and some great guitarwork from Dan who rather annoyingly looks about 14! (Looks and talent - where did i go wrong?).
To the music..and its headbanging time with a good mixed selection of older classics Deadman,Rush and V-Red with the newer material like Genocidal Mind and the epic Stand Up In The Air.
Everything was brought to a clsoe with the superb Devils Country, which Twitch pointed out was on their cd available at the merch stand.
Except that it was'nt because they had sold every single copy they took with them, and that was a big box full, which in itself proves just how impressive they were :)
To Metalworks and there was a buzz in the air before they even took to the stage, why? i hear you ask, because tonights show was with guitarist Richie Faulkner, now he's been playing with the band over the last 14 years but is better know to many as Lauren Harris' guitarist and recentley as a member of Ace Mafia.They also had a different bassist tonight.
As ever the set starting with Free,Deep Purple etc was performed to a standard way above what you would expect from a covers band, Richie's guitar work was quite something, a perfect mix of technical ability and playing from the soul, at times like Randy Rhoads and reminding me of Jeff Beck.
They did a great vesion of UFO's Doctor Doctor which i am told is a song they used to open with years ago, this was followed up by a couple of Thin Lizzy classics and then into Metallica.
If anything i would have to say that vocalist Steff seemed a little subdued tonight and the band overall came over in a much more serious manner than the last time i saw them.I guess thats the beauty of a flexible line up that each time is different.
Now i would love to tell you about the rest of their set but i cant for two reasons..one, thanks to Boris 'Bendy-Bus' Johnson we had to leave at 11 o'clock to catch the last tube from Camden which was at 11:15.Tubes to 3am anybody???? (Seem to recall Bozza saying something about helping out London's night culture with public transport), the second reason is that some of my friends who stayed to watch the set out got so wasted on Jagermeister that they could not remember anything other than that were "Fucking great, did some Ac/Dc stuff and Maiden and that bloke on guitar was awesome".
So yet again its a total thumbs up (Or horms in the air) for Metalworks who continue to entertain and impress with each show.
I was talking to Steff who was saying that they are going to be working on a whole batch of new songs which im looking forward to hearing,how about an old Quo track guys???
STU
Cavalar
Metalworks
Cavalar
The Monarch 28.09.08
Cavalar are one of those bands who simply put "Have it", their blend of Black Sabbath and good old fashioned heavy metal is a sight to behold.Vocalist Twitch looks like a young Paul Rogers (Free/Bad Company) with the vocal range to match, drummer Arn powers around the kit like Bill Ward and John Bonham, and like Bonham often just uses his hands instead of the sticks !Superb basswork from Max who clearly enjoys the stage experience and some great guitarwork from Dan who rather annoyingly looks about 14! (Looks and talent - where did i go wrong?).
To the music..and its headbanging time with a good mixed selection of older classics Deadman,Rush and V-Red with the newer material like Genocidal Mind and the epic Stand Up In The Air.
Everything was brought to a clsoe with the superb Devils Country, which Twitch pointed out was on their cd available at the merch stand.
Except that it was'nt because they had sold every single copy they took with them, and that was a big box full, which in itself proves just how impressive they were :)
To Metalworks and there was a buzz in the air before they even took to the stage, why? i hear you ask, because tonights show was with guitarist Richie Faulkner, now he's been playing with the band over the last 14 years but is better know to many as Lauren Harris' guitarist and recentley as a member of Ace Mafia.They also had a different bassist tonight.
As ever the set starting with Free,Deep Purple etc was performed to a standard way above what you would expect from a covers band, Richie's guitar work was quite something, a perfect mix of technical ability and playing from the soul, at times like Randy Rhoads and reminding me of Jeff Beck.
They did a great vesion of UFO's Doctor Doctor which i am told is a song they used to open with years ago, this was followed up by a couple of Thin Lizzy classics and then into Metallica.
If anything i would have to say that vocalist Steff seemed a little subdued tonight and the band overall came over in a much more serious manner than the last time i saw them.I guess thats the beauty of a flexible line up that each time is different.
Now i would love to tell you about the rest of their set but i cant for two reasons..one, thanks to Boris 'Bendy-Bus' Johnson we had to leave at 11 o'clock to catch the last tube from Camden which was at 11:15.Tubes to 3am anybody???? (Seem to recall Bozza saying something about helping out London's night culture with public transport), the second reason is that some of my friends who stayed to watch the set out got so wasted on Jagermeister that they could not remember anything other than that were "Fucking great, did some Ac/Dc stuff and Maiden and that bloke on guitar was awesome".
So yet again its a total thumbs up (Or horms in the air) for Metalworks who continue to entertain and impress with each show.
I was talking to Steff who was saying that they are going to be working on a whole batch of new songs which im looking forward to hearing,how about an old Quo track guys???
STU
Cavalar
Metalworks
Friday, 12 September 2008
NEWS @ 13
NEMHAIN
Adrian has now finished the last of the 'At The Gates' gigs and is back here in sunny London.Plans are being formulated for the upcoming release of their debut album 'From The Ashes' and a tour to promote it.So far 2 confirmed gigs are 14th of November at Bedford Park in Streatham supporting Theatre Des Vampires and on the 15th playing the very last gig ever at the Ruskin Arms as part of the Clive Aid weekend.
VIRUS
British thrash legends Virus are set to return after an 19 year abscence.Details are not clear yet but original guitarist Coke is joined by ex Tiberium and Doreterna drummer Dave Sherwood.The band's blend of thrash and punk tore up the uk in the late eighties producing 3 albums including the accepted genre classic 'Force Recon' in 1988.More info when i have it.
HERE'S 2 2 GO 2 !
Sunday, 31 August 2008
KING LIZARD,METALWORKS - Monarch 24.08.08 (Gig Review)
Metalworks & Friends
King Lizard
Metalworks
Monarch Camden 24.08.08
The Monarch was packed out tonight and im not surprised,Metalworks are the best covers band i have ever seen.Lets face most covers bands are average "pub bands",but not this lot,oh no,the level of musicianship here is top class.You may recognise bassist Dave from Zodiac Mindwarp,this guy is amazing ! Guitarist Rikki looks like Paul Kossoff and plays like Zakk Wylde ! when vocalist/guitarist Steff sings ac/dc he even sounds like Bon.All in all brilliant,they do what you would expect Paranoid,Born To be Wild etc but they throw in Maiden,Megadeth,Metallica and the best version of Wishing Well since Free.They play most sundays at the Monarch so go!!!
Next up the monsters of rock themselves King Lizard,every time i see them they just seem to get better and better and tonight was no exception.Kicking off with an instrumentle intro for the first time they then follow this with a bunch of the catchiest rock songs you will ever hear,all the classics are there 'Video Lover','Hell Yeah','Outrageous' and the brilliant 'Rain On You' but tonight we are treated to a brand new song called 'Viva La Decadence'and its an instant hit with the audience who quickly join in on the chanting chorus,the set ends with 'Late Nite Dynamite',which they are.
With their brand new EP out in November and a huge uk tour planned and a definate possibility of an album early next year,the KL lads are about to get seriously noticed (and about time too).
As if all that was'nt enough Metalworks return for a jamming set with various friends joining in the set of more Ac/Dc,Maiden and even a little Billy Idol.Flash and Niro from KL jump up for 'Sweet Child Of Mine',shame the night had to finish.On a personal note,thanks to Flash,Sky,Niro and Alice for the best birthday bash i have had for years !
STU
Metalworks
King Lizard
King Lizard
Metalworks
Monarch Camden 24.08.08
The Monarch was packed out tonight and im not surprised,Metalworks are the best covers band i have ever seen.Lets face most covers bands are average "pub bands",but not this lot,oh no,the level of musicianship here is top class.You may recognise bassist Dave from Zodiac Mindwarp,this guy is amazing ! Guitarist Rikki looks like Paul Kossoff and plays like Zakk Wylde ! when vocalist/guitarist Steff sings ac/dc he even sounds like Bon.All in all brilliant,they do what you would expect Paranoid,Born To be Wild etc but they throw in Maiden,Megadeth,Metallica and the best version of Wishing Well since Free.They play most sundays at the Monarch so go!!!
Next up the monsters of rock themselves King Lizard,every time i see them they just seem to get better and better and tonight was no exception.Kicking off with an instrumentle intro for the first time they then follow this with a bunch of the catchiest rock songs you will ever hear,all the classics are there 'Video Lover','Hell Yeah','Outrageous' and the brilliant 'Rain On You' but tonight we are treated to a brand new song called 'Viva La Decadence'and its an instant hit with the audience who quickly join in on the chanting chorus,the set ends with 'Late Nite Dynamite',which they are.
With their brand new EP out in November and a huge uk tour planned and a definate possibility of an album early next year,the KL lads are about to get seriously noticed (and about time too).
As if all that was'nt enough Metalworks return for a jamming set with various friends joining in the set of more Ac/Dc,Maiden and even a little Billy Idol.Flash and Niro from KL jump up for 'Sweet Child Of Mine',shame the night had to finish.On a personal note,thanks to Flash,Sky,Niro and Alice for the best birthday bash i have had for years !
STU
Metalworks
King Lizard
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