Another Thursday. Another Gig. Same Venue.
Having arrived later than planned due to ourside commitments i managed to miss another head crishing from Thrakian but if they were anything like they were when I had seen them the orevious week with Froglord then I know that they would have made the walls shake with their sludge assault.
I managed to get into Fuel just as psych rock two piece Pyrogaric (8) were starting their set. Opening the night with Persephone, from their upcoming new album Home, most of the set coming from that same album, I was greeted by Keelan on guitar and Jamie-Leigh stabding at the mic, singing this enchnating, bewitching tale.
Then Jamie-Leigh headed to the drum kit and the set began properly with some fuzz proto-metal riffs as tracks such as When I'm With You, Bury My Soul and the Sabbath inspired Don't Open The Door exploded out of the Fuel PA as the duo made a hell of noise. With their album out in August and plenty of uocoming gigs do yourself a favour and check them out.
After the bare two person set up of Pyrogaric, the small stage at Fuel became crowewd for tonights headliners. Two guitars, drums, bass, vocal mic and a double keyboard arrangement were what was needed for gothic, alternative, 'ethreal metal' band Root Zero (7) to show Fuel what they're made of.
Playing all of their debut album, The Weight Of What I Started, along with a few new songs their styles owes as much to the gothic metal scene of the early 2000's as it does the doom sound of the early 90's with some 70's prog added to flesh out the overall impact (or if youve heard James LaBrie's solo work, sort of like that).
The soaring vocals of Sasha Bannister counterpointed by the growls of Giacomo Fidero. It's his keys thay bring a waves of melody and atmosphere to the heavy backong of guitarists Llyr Williams and Dan Wood while the sturdy bottom end of Rob Edwards and Joshua Powell-Gibbs adds muscle. The issue with such a broad sound thay is produced live, is that much like Anathema, a lot gets lost in the mix, making for a difficult experience.
That's not a reflection on the band or the sound engineer. Its incredibly hard to do this kind of thing in smaller venues without many hours of tweaking. It meant that the show was good, and well attended for a school night but it didn't show me the full scope of Root Zero's ambition. Still there will plenty more occasions to see the band which will happen as this show hinted at great things.
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