Now spending my night with a load of hardcore bands and dude doing karate is not usually on my gig list but when it's a charity gig, from hosted by one of my favourite people on the local music scene, raising money for the Cardiff Huskies, our Para Ice Hockey team, it's a hard one to turn down.
Add to that a chance to check out a live stage favourite and a few new bands who are used to throwing down over at The Cab in Newport it was enough to take me away from prog and stoner into a rarely visited scene. Due to it being a charity gig there's going to be no scores as it never feel right, but make sure you check out all of these bands as they killed it.
Kicking off the night were Bristol act Goram, inspired but the cities tale of two giants, they were definitely that, unleashing some speedy hardcore that immediately saw movement swirling around the vocalist who was shouting from within the crowd. There set was punctuated by breaks after their songs, a bit of drum shifts but this sort of chaotic stop-start nature only added to their D.I.Y charm. Still all quite young they've got time to refine things but their music is pretty much there full of fats aggression.
Kicking off the night were Bristol act Goram, inspired but the cities tale of two giants, they were definitely that, unleashing some speedy hardcore that immediately saw movement swirling around the vocalist who was shouting from within the crowd. There set was punctuated by breaks after their songs, a bit of drum shifts but this sort of chaotic stop-start nature only added to their D.I.Y charm. Still all quite young they've got time to refine things but their music is pretty much there full of fats aggression.
If there's a band who define the term refined it's Hollow Blessings. A band I've seen evolve on the South Wales stages their mix of post-hardcore, noise and almost sludge gives them an edge on whatever bill they play as they always seem to be the odd band out but actively revel in it. From the Coverage to Botch and a wide variety more, Hollow Blessings tweak their hardcore with electronics, chunky mathematical riffs and a feeling of disquiet. They're always a huge dose of heavy no matter where they play and tonight was no exception.
While things took perhaps and introspective turn it was OnlyWayOut who brought back the commotion. OnlyWayOut are proudly and loudly Newport City Hardcore, hardcore music from the most hardcore city in Wales. Don't believe me? Go there and find out! This was pure energy from start to finish rallying cries of aggressive hardcore with plenty of chug for throwing the wildest shapes.
Members of Proprioception and other hardcore acts joined throughout on vocals as the mic was passed around the room and they stormed throughout their set shouting out to the charity, the organisers, the cab and the scene on the whole. OnlyWayOut are lifers, there's no alternative, get down the front and kick off.
Finally the curtain was brought down by visiting Wolves hardcore mob Raw Conflict, this is the sort of hardcore I would associate the genre with, more towards the highly politicised American style, there was plenty of groove in their set that made for bouncing and throwing kicks, the vocals were balanced between spitting fast dialogue and screams and the songs all carried with them a political bent which was mirrored by the audience.
Despite OnlyWayOut having the home field advantage Raw Conflict were able to get those last bouts of energy out of the crowd while also getting across their message. It left Fuel devastated and no crowd killing in sight. They're a band I would encourage any of our Midlands readers to go see if you're a hardcore fan.
As I said at the beginning hardcore is not usually my go to but in Fuel on a Friday night it was just what was needed to release the week. Great bands, a good cause, loud and frantic just as it should be. Thanks once again to the folks at FHED for having fine taste.
While things took perhaps and introspective turn it was OnlyWayOut who brought back the commotion. OnlyWayOut are proudly and loudly Newport City Hardcore, hardcore music from the most hardcore city in Wales. Don't believe me? Go there and find out! This was pure energy from start to finish rallying cries of aggressive hardcore with plenty of chug for throwing the wildest shapes.
Members of Proprioception and other hardcore acts joined throughout on vocals as the mic was passed around the room and they stormed throughout their set shouting out to the charity, the organisers, the cab and the scene on the whole. OnlyWayOut are lifers, there's no alternative, get down the front and kick off.
Finally the curtain was brought down by visiting Wolves hardcore mob Raw Conflict, this is the sort of hardcore I would associate the genre with, more towards the highly politicised American style, there was plenty of groove in their set that made for bouncing and throwing kicks, the vocals were balanced between spitting fast dialogue and screams and the songs all carried with them a political bent which was mirrored by the audience.
Despite OnlyWayOut having the home field advantage Raw Conflict were able to get those last bouts of energy out of the crowd while also getting across their message. It left Fuel devastated and no crowd killing in sight. They're a band I would encourage any of our Midlands readers to go see if you're a hardcore fan.
As I said at the beginning hardcore is not usually my go to but in Fuel on a Friday night it was just what was needed to release the week. Great bands, a good cause, loud and frantic just as it should be. Thanks once again to the folks at FHED for having fine taste.
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