hell bent for metal

So the inqui­si­tion has started. I have swal­lowed my pride and checked out a few myspace pages, and after the pages con­stantly screw­ing up and not play­ing any­thing, I was able to check out:

• War­bringer
• Pow­er­wolf
• Can­tus Buranus
• Lordi
• Destruc­tor

I may have got­ten really lucky here, because I’m actu­ally not that huge a fan of doom metal or tech­ni­cal bru­tal’ death metal this fes­ti­val could have turned out pretty aver­age for me. Luck­ily the above bands sur­prised me with some really kick­ass demos. In addi­tion to the bands I am already famil­iar with, this is shap­ing up to be a ridicu­lously awe­some show.

The Good(power and symphony)

I would describe Pow­er­wolf and Can­tus Buranus as epic, its as sim­ple as that. Pow­er­wolf are a band that play big chords, use some­what sym­phonic vocals and just have a huge melodic sound. Im actu­ally will­ing to look past the fact that their page crashed my browser twice because when the demos actu­ally did load I was in a world of rockin’ tunes. When I lis­tened to Can­tus Buranus it took me quite a while to realise they there wer­ent actu­ally any words. They are a symphonic/operatic metal band and from what I hear, it almost sounds like a heavy metal choir per­for­mance. These would be bands to see sober and really appre­ci­ate. How­ever, I don’t really intend on see­ing too many bands with­out a tasty hop-laden bev­er­age.

The Badass(shredders)

Destruc­tor sound like an awe­some old school thrash band, which is really where my heart lies. Speedy gui­tars and 80s thrash inspired vocals are FTW. War­bringer are another band out of the US that rock and rock hard. They are fast and freakin loud and the vocals have a Tom Araya feel to them. I just love see­ing these kinds of bands live, these are usu­ally the bands that have slugged it out in pubs and throw around the fastest, rock­inest riffs with the ease that only comes from years upon years of con­stant shred­ding. These are bands I would love to see after a few drinks and when I’m at my rowdiest.

The Ugly(they’re just damn ugly)

I’ve seen quite a few pics of masked/face painted death met­allers, but Lordi are just in their own league. I had kind of seen rough pic­tures but noth­ing that wasn’t slightly blurred or pix­e­lated. After hear­ing about them only after the Euro­vi­sion win I wasn’t really going to look them up either. How­ever, Dave showed me and I must say, I am damn impressed. They will defi­nately be enter­tain­ing with what I can safely assume will be a huge stage show, com­plete with ugly cos­tumes, fire and awe­some tunes.

Stay tuned for more Metal Inqui­si­tion \m/