MAN OF KIN,FERAL,MUTED,HOSTILE DAWN,FINISH HIM Live At The Gaff 28.06.09 (Gig Review)

MAN OF KIN
FERAL
MUTED
HOSTILE DAWN
FINISH HIM

THe Gaff, Holloway Road 28.06.09

FINISH HIM
Alternative/hardcore is the last type of music that i would ever bother listening too, but these guys have a "something" that puts them a mile above that enter shikari crap.They are entertaining and very 'in your face' with all band members (except the drummer) heading off into the audience.We were treatred to screams, occasional blastbeats, sing-a-longs, hip hop/disco samples and water pistol fights!!!!

HOSTILE DAWN
Heavy as fuck and armed with some serious slabs of riff laden metal tunes to make you bash your head and drink beer.
Its energetic and delivered with precision and rounded off with some good (for a change) shouty vocals.Tonight saw the debut of a new song beautifully titled 'Mouth Closed Money Shot' and if you will excuse the pun it went down well.

MUTED
There may have been a little tension within the band on stage, but their performance came over well to the audience who loved every thrash drenched second of it!Plenty of headbanging and cheers greeted each song and they put themselves over really well.

FERAL
Tonight they decided to throw away the set list and just play some songs in any order.They played well, the new song sounding better than the previous day and they ended with a great version of 'Roadhouse Blues'.

MAN OF KIN
The prospect of "Smooth Banana" showing its ugly head had cast a shadow for me before they even took to the stage, but i was still prepared to give them a fair chance.....

I have no idea what happend on that stage tonight but Jaz and his metal mobsters were totally "on fire" it was without a doubt a stunning performance and a masterclass in entertainment.

From the opening song 'I Swear To God' the crowd was inspired to headbang, mosh, dance, stage dive and form human pyramids!!!!!

A new song was unveiled tonight called 'Sequence Of Lies' and it shows a definite progression in all respects from music/writing and more intrestingly vocals, for this song has a slow atmospheric start with Jaz actually singing softley and he has a great voice, one which i hope he will use more in the future, aggressive shouty vocals are fine but think Burton C.Bell (fear factory) or Dave Kutcha (chaosanct) and the possibilities are endless.

Later in the set we are treated to a medley with the obligatory (And getting VERY boring) Metallica cover but on a better note Motorheads 'The Game' and rather cheekley Ferals 'Truth Is Lies'.

This is followed by 'Dont Let The Bastards Grind You Down', now this is a great song, but it has been ruined by a yellowish cult (No not Spongebob!), im talking about "Smooth Banana".Someone even brought a fake banana and gave it to Jaz, and sure enough during the song the entire venue except one : ME! joined in singing the evil mantra.

Order was restored for the final song when joined by Martin from feral on stage for the anthemic modern metal classic 'Primitive'.
A flawless performance and the best show i have ever seen them play.

STU

FINISH HIM

HOSTILE DAWN

MUTED

FERAL

MAN OF KIN

JUNE GIG FLYERS

MR STU'S PODCAST THING APRIL 2009 (Free Download)

01.Alexi Sayle

02.Man Of Kin - Primitive

03.Affluenza - Dead Days

04.Spitting Blood - Behind The Machine

05.Feral - Truth Is Lies (Radio Edit)

06.Chaosanct - Dark Directions

07.Achilla - Arashi

08.Muted - Closer To Death

09.From Great Height - Initial

10.Mercy House - Inversions

11.Roxville - Bad Luck

12.Spiderbaby - Dead Chavs

13.Catfight - The Picture

14.Mighty Boosh

15.Nemhain - Second Skin

Running Time - 59.09

Format - wma

Size - 41.2 mb

Bit Rate - 97 kbs

Have'nt done one of these since last November, but in the last few months there has been so much cool music coming out of good old London that i just had to do another.So if you have one of those fancy "Doodads" like iPod or an MP3 player then download this and enjoy.

STU

DOWNLOAD IT HERE : www.megaupload.com/?d=E2AMW0DH

MUTED - 3 TRACK DEMO (CD Review)

01. Market Garden
02. Closer To Death
03. Poison In The Womb

Ben McCann (Guitar)

Steve Brill (Drums)

Kyle Proctor (Bass)

Stuart Layne (Vocals/Guitar)

2009 has already produced some great recordings and this is no exception.

London thrashers Muted have always had a cult following and have been a solid act on the gig scene since 2005.

First thing you notice is that they have a singer that can sing as opposed to shout in fact there are some great harmony vocal elements to "Market Garden", the guitar break half way through has an almost 'celtic' feel to it, this is thrash but with real melody.

Track 2 has a real NWOBHM feel, think Diamond Head/Saxon, but unlike those arch copyists Metallica, this band manage to retain originality.

This is my favourite track and will be on my mp3 very soon...And yours too when you hear it.

Finally some cool bass introduces us to a Megadeth (ish) rocker that shows some real talent, proving that thrash is not always about speed but sometimes musicianship and the ability to put together a good song matters too.

I think these guys have been around long enough now, they have put the work in and prduced a very good cd here, time i think for the likes of terrorizer to start taking note and to get them to the rest of the country.

Rating 9/10

STU

www.myspace.com/mutedsound

ROXVILLE,FERAL,HOLLOW LIMIT,MERCY HOUSE + Aftershow Set By MUTED Live At The Rock Attic 27.03.09 (Gig Review)

ROXVILLE

FERAL

HOLLOW LIMIT

MERCY HOUSE

Special Aftershow set MUTED

ROCK ATTIC 27.03.09

MERCY HOUSE

This is the new band from Drew, former vocalist from London band 'Everrest'.Mercy House are are a great rock group, its the kind of music you nod your head and tap yer feet, what we used to call in the old days AOR.Drew's vocal range is quite breathtaking bringing back fond memories of a young Axl Rose meets David Coverdale.

HOLLOW LIMIT

Well after a 30 minute interlude due to a blown fuse and mic's that refused to work for some reason the lads take to the stage and explode !This is high energy metal drawing on Iron Maiden and Killswitch Engage but retaining their own overall sound,the vocalist Dan was not content with the stage and spent much of the set walking through the audience (as did guitarist Mike).They got the audience right on their side virtually from the opening riff onwards.Later in the evening i spoke with the legendary Miss B.Von Rose who asked me why this band were not on the 'Give It A Name' tour blowing away the competition.I must confess that i am also at a loss as to understanding why they are not on the front cover of Kerrang, because they fucking should be!

FERAL

The band have over the last few months become the hottest ticket in London, they are absolutley brilliant.Its old school thrash mixed with rock and metal and all wrapped up with such talent and charisma that world domination should be expected with the next 12 months.With two vocalists/guitarists on top form backed by a rhythm section to die for they slay the audience and win over new fans.They have some great songs, one of which has a real motorhead bass driven vibe and they threw in an amazing drum and bass heavy version of the Doors 'Roadhouse Blues' and a great guitar solo to boot! They even got an encore and did their cover of Metallicas 'Harvester Of Sorrow'.

ROXVILLE

You simply cannot fault Roxville, they are slick and professional and really fucking good!A blend of classic rock and metal kicks off with the one that has the fists in the air chorus of "You had it coming" and from that point on its a party !Unfortunatley its a party i had to leave to catch the last train back to the west end, though i did manage to get a bit of headbanging action next to bassist Ash.

MUTED

Melodic thrash metal band Muted have for sometime now been regulars at the Attic and they always deliver !I spoke to a few people today who stayed into the small hours drinking and headbanging and said they played a great set of old songs but threw in a few new ones that got a great reaction as did their coice of cover versions.

STU

THE MERCY HOUSE


HOLLOW LIMIT







FERAL

ROXVILLE

MUTED

Muted pictures by Bronagh McCusker