Suffocation, Distant, Sodomized Cadaver & Embodiment, The Globe, Cardiff 12.06.24
I always get an uneasy feeling about extreme metal shows at The Globe, I'd consider it more a classic rock venue than one suitable for circle pits, probably because of it's odd shape and staircase. Still that didn't stop the death metal maniacs who came for a four band bill on a Wednesday night from smashing the crap out of each other all evening.
Firstly it was Embodiment (8) who got the night going. Their rapid fire savagery is well known to us here at MoM Towers so, no wonder than that they made the most of their short set by throwing in as much as they could. With songs about killing people, mainly Tory politicians and anyone that annoys retail/hospitality workers, 80's action flicks and anime, where a Naruto run circle pit was proposed. Though personally of they could get one guy to charge a spirit bomb in the middle of the pit as all hell was unleashed around him, it would make my year. Frontman Harry prowls what room he had on stage as they peeled off the technical death. Embodiment are always a killer live act and this was a brief but intense meeting that culminated in a wall of death.
Consistency is what you get with Sodomized Cadaver (7), now back as a trio from when I last saw them which was a long time ago I'll admit. With a bass again there's a little more oomph in the engine but Sodo do what they do and the crowd lap it up because they have been doing the rounds for a long while now. Judging by the audience there did seem to be a lot there just for them so clearly they still they still have a lot of pull. Another load of filthy, gore soaked death that sounds like it's ripped from Satan's a**hole. It's not big or clever but it does the job
I'm never too hot on Deathcore but I'm promised that Distant (7) do it every well. Watching them live I'd like to propose that if you're every constipated you should see Distant play live as they're a natural laxative due to the huge drops they put into their music. I actually felt my bowels fall into my shoes at one point but once I'd gotten myself together The Globe got breakdowns, on breakdowns, on breakdowns, on toast (joking). While the crowd in The Globe had noticeably thinned out as they played, they did admit that they were not everyone's cup of tea, there was still movement and excitement as this Dutch mob bludgeoned Cardiff.
When the New York death metal stalwarts come to town you better be ready to throw down! Still led by Terrance Hobbs and his innovative style of death metal which he helped originate, Suffocation (9) have been destroying venues since 1990 and then again since they reformed in the early 2000's. With original vocalist Frank Mullen now retired, Ricky Myers fronts this US death machine having been the live singer for non US tours for a while.
This tour is in support of their Hymns From The Apocrypha album, the first with Ricky as the official vocalist so a lot of the set came from that record but they tore through all of it with power, aggression and precision. Myers constantly wanted pits, a dangerous prospect in The Globe but the crowd duly obliged slamming into each other with as much force as they did for Embodiment way back at the beginning of the night.
The mechanical riffs of Derek Boyer (bass) and Charlie Errigo (rhythm guitar) are there to get the crowd moving, to punish you with death metal malevolence as Hobbs winds his technique over them as he shreds. With Eric Morotti destroying his kit they charge through a 10 song set reminding anyone in the room that Suffocation are often emulated but rarely bettered
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