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» Bonecrusher Fest 2010 01 11

~ Reviewed by Martin
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City: Malmö, Sweden
Venue: KB
Date: 11 January 2010
The Black Dahlia Murder set length: 60 minutes
Rest of the bands set length: 25 minutes

Under the common banner of Bonecrusher Fest, The Black Dahlia Murder alongside no less than 6 other bands are wreaking havoc over Europe during January. Malmö's KB was treated to some great performances last Monday.

Ingested

The beginning of the evening started bad - due to transport problems I totally missed Ingested's set. Logically there will be no rating of this band.

-- chalices of 10

(sorry, no setlist)

Carnifex

Holy mother! The brutality of this bands music is just staggering. Led in the onslaught by the man screaming like an angry bear, Scott Lewis, Ingested kicks off by playing really aggressive. And then they keep turning the aggressionswitch with each song. This band is very new to my ears, but I'm very impressed by the band's performance this night. The sound isn't 100 %, but the energy of this band blows both me and the audience away.

6 chalices of 10

(sorry, no setlist)

The Faceless

The issues with the sound are fixed in such a way that when the progressive death metalband The Faceless take to the stage the sound is just perfect. I've listened to The Faceless latest release "Planetary Duality" quite a few times, but the band that I see this night is just so much better than the record would suggest. I'm not kidding when I say that the 25 minutes the band is onstage might just happen to find its way into the top 10 concerts of 2010. The band is just totally focused - the drummer Lyle Cooper seems to be in another realm entirely; his eyes reveal nothing but sheer determination, and the singer almost seems to be about to explode. Add to this the fantastic stringwork by bassist Brandon Griffin and guitarists Michael Keene and Steve Jones and you have a reviewer that's left stupefied by the onslaught of this band.

8 chalices of 10

(sorry, no setlist)

Obscura

When a bassist is using a fretless 6-string bass, you know you're in for a treat - especially when it's handled by Jeroen Paul Thesseling of Obscura. The band's music would normally have me banging my head off - technical death metal usually does that - but somehow Obscura's show doesn't really take off for me this evening, perhaps since I'm totally flabbergasted by The Faceless. Still, if you're into technical death metal executed with finesse - Obscura is a band you'll want to check out.

6 chalices of 10

(sorry, no setlist)

Necrophobic

As with most tour packages you know that there is going to be at least one band that you aren't going to like. For me thae band to fill the do not like spot is swedish Necrophobic. Really boring songs that all sound just the same as the previous, a not up to par drummer plus a singer that really ought to think about dropping that mike-stand. I'm bored from song two and wait out the remainder of the concert in the bar.

2 chalices of 10

(sorry, no setlist)

3 Inches Of Blood

Looking for a band that has a singer overdosing on Judas Priest and Accept? 3 Inches Of Blood easily fills that spot. Holy mother, Cam Pipes has a vocal rage in the higher echelons if I ever heard one! The band's party heavy metal nicely mixed up with some more speed metal elements surely gets me going since the band is really good in connecting with the crowd and has enough distance to itself - a fact that has me grinning for the entire concert.

7 chalices of 10

(sorry, no setlist)

The Black Dahlia Murder

Led onto the stage by Trevor Strnad, The Black Dahlia Murder unleashes their death metal with total confidence. The moshpit is intense from the first song, the crowdsurfing and stagediving as well. The band triggers the audience, that trigger the band into an ecstatic state of being. The concert simply is so damn good: good songs, good execution and an enthusiastic crowd makes The Black Dahlia Murder's concert a good ending to the evening.

8 chalices of 10

(sorry, no setlist)