Sea of Tranquility's Ken Pierce was on hand at the premier house of live metal music, the BB King Blues Club in NYC, for a night of death metal with healiners Hate Eternal, along with Krisiun, Into Eternity,Incantation, All Shall Perish, &
Jungle Rot.
Read on for the complete show review!
B.B. King Blues Club was set to shake once again as the band Hate
Eternal rolled into New York with a handful of other Death Metal groups
in support. For this performance they would be joined by Krisiun from
Brazil and Into Eternity as well as Incantation, All Shall Perish, &
Jungle Rot. Clearly the audience would be getting a lot of bands for
the money and given that aspect I must admit that I was very
disappointed in the attendance for this show. B.B. King Blues club has
two setups, one with tables and the other without. When the club has
tables setup it holds 650, without its at about 1000. Suffice it to
say the lack of tables made the room very open and I was informed that
no more than 400 people came.
The band Jungle Rot began the mayhem with their brand of hard core
influenced metal but sadly I was too busy getting in gear for the later
groups and did not focus on them or All Shall Perish for that matter. I
ended up consulting a Friend on ASP as she was raving about their
performance. Into Eternity was who I was interested in most as I just
recently saw them with Amorphis. However, this was a bill that I felt
was totally out of place for this band. Granted their music is a well-
crafted mix of Progressive and Black, but I felt their textured riffs
and the Queensryche-like vocals of Stu Bloch were lost between all the
Death Metal groups. The last minute addition of Jungle Rot also caused
a shortening of their set. As a result there would only be 4 numbers
played, each from the Century Media release Buried By Oblivion. I
was happy to see that despite my feelings on their placement, that the
band did seem to have people getting into them.
It seemed as though when Krisiun hit the stage that they club was most
intense. This Brazilian trio was clearly the best group of the entire
show and delivered a level of brutality that I have not seen since the
likes of Slayer or Behemoth. They were very tight and dead on for a
band who played this fast and furious. It was impressive and they made
me feel as though they should have closed the evening. While I am very
new to their material, they played such tracks as "Murderer" and "Slaying
Fate". They are a band that fans of brutal and intensely delivered
Death would love. The crowd-surfing was pretty intense during this, as
was the pit. It made me glad that I had someone else taking pictures
while I safely observed. Its proving a little difficult to jot notes
down in the middle of the Mosh pit of late.
Hate Eternal came on as the headliner and closer for the run of bands.
They were good, but I really think that it fell short after the Krisiun
set. The audience was volatile during the performance but again it
seemed to me as an observer that this was a lot more focused and
intense when Krisiun played. The band certainly did play a lot of
material, but with their set running a little over 1.5 hours I think it
was a bit much. Interesting to note during their set was the fact that
several surfers made it to the stage itself and stayed on singing until
they jumped back into the fray. It was a good time, but too long
especially with Hate playing that much at the end. Still, the audience
was able to get a whole lot for their investment and that's a plus when
so many bands are not doing the same.
Official Web site: www.HateEternal.com
Official Web site: www.Krisiun.com.br
Official Web site: www.IntoEternity.net
For full Hate Eternal photo section courtesty of Piercing Metal, click here
For full Krisuin photo section courtesty of Piercing Metal, click here
For full Into Eternity photo section courtesty of Piercing Metal, click here
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