I have come down to the big Don to catch German heavyweights Kreator on their UK tour, support coming from the mighty Carcass, the excellent Exodus and the always brutal Nails. Lets get inside and find out how it all went down.
First up we have California's own Nails (7) who come to the stage to a not yet full venue here at Brixton but the cheers and atmosphere certainly don't disappoint in noise levels as the band kick the night off with the in your face brutality of Suffering Soul from the bands first album which gets people moving straight away. We smash through a few more songs before the band take a little pause to thank everyone and vocalist Todd Jones says how much they are loving this tour and how welcoming and awesome the other bands have been.
We go through more heavy goodness that the crowed is very happy about with pits starting up and this London crowed are getting very sweaty and pumped early on to the hardcore brilliance coming from the stage, all being a bit far away from the front due to the pyro set up and benches set up in front of them, it still does not feel to distant with the great stage presence Nails have, doing their best to navigate everything in front of them. The band end the set with the title track of their first album Unsilent Earth and by this point the crowed is pumping their fists and at least two circle pits have opened which is in my opinion down to a dam fine opening performance of the night.
How could the night get better you ask? Well after a short break the lights dim again we get We Will Rock You for everyone in the place to sing along to before the Legendry Exodus (8) walk to the stage to huge roars from this crowed, having only ever catching a tail end of a Exodus set a good 15 years ago I was eager to finally get to watch them live for the first time properly. I will just spoil it now and say they did not, kicking things off with the first track on the bands latest album Goliath is the song 3111 a song that gets everyone here moving and stepping away like theirs lives depended on it.
How could the night get better you ask? Well after a short break the lights dim again we get We Will Rock You for everyone in the place to sing along to before the Legendry Exodus (8) walk to the stage to huge roars from this crowed, having only ever catching a tail end of a Exodus set a good 15 years ago I was eager to finally get to watch them live for the first time properly. I will just spoil it now and say they did not, kicking things off with the first track on the bands latest album Goliath is the song 3111 a song that gets everyone here moving and stepping away like theirs lives depended on it.
The spectacular backdrop the band have is the cover from the bands latest album and it is epic I must point out but back to the performance, Vocalist Rob Dukes is truly on fire throughout this set, mixing well crowed interactions and band, always bringing out the best. The bands sound is spot on in the academy tonight with the solos from guitarist Gary Holt being perfect and sounding spectacular cutting through the rhythms. We get classics like Deathamphetamine and Blacklist from the bands 00s era and then a first performance of the title track from the bands latest album Goliath.
We go back to 1985 with A Lesson In Violence from the bands first album Bonded By Blood which sends this crowed crazy once more, the pits have not stopped for any song so far, just a endless blur of bodies at this point. The Toxic Waltz is up next with a cheeky Slayer nod at the start with the Raining Blood intro then to the last song in the set again from Bonded By Blood the relentless Strike Of The Beast to round off a great set, awesome sound, crowed loved it and that's what matters.
Not many bands can top a solid performance like that but we now have British death metal giants Carcass (8) who kick things off with Unfit For Human Consumption from 2013s album Surgical Steel, a song that smashes you in the face with its time change that is like a adrenaline shot that sends everyone here into a frenzy of pits. What a start, vocals are heavenly evil from bassist Jeff Walker who comes over the benches and to the edge of the stage a few times over the set to get his mosh on with the front row who are in a constant motion of horns and head banging with the occasional crashing of a body surfing over them.
Not many bands can top a solid performance like that but we now have British death metal giants Carcass (8) who kick things off with Unfit For Human Consumption from 2013s album Surgical Steel, a song that smashes you in the face with its time change that is like a adrenaline shot that sends everyone here into a frenzy of pits. What a start, vocals are heavenly evil from bassist Jeff Walker who comes over the benches and to the edge of the stage a few times over the set to get his mosh on with the front row who are in a constant motion of horns and head banging with the occasional crashing of a body surfing over them.
Carcass go from strength to strength in their set with Buried Dreams from 1992s Heartwork then onto even earlier material with Incarnated Solvent Abuse from 1990s album Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious. There is no letting up from this powerful and brutal set, the band play off each other really well and have pumped up everyone here even more then I thought possible, you can feel the love that this crowed has for Carcass tonight. Rounding off the set the band play classics Corporal Jigsore Quadary and end with Heartwork which gets the room really moving from all over. Seeing Carcass a few times before I can happily say this was one of the best performances I have been to.
A full venue of hot and sweaty people singing Run To The Hills is followed by our headliners tonight, German legends Kreator (8), who smash straight into the first song from the bands latest album Krushers Of The World, Seven Serpents. A song that is a great powerful opening that has a excellent breakdown middle section for plenty of crowed chants that build to a climactic ending that flows right into the next song without stopping and keeping the energy up of for the crowd with more chanting of Hail To The Hordes from 2017s album Gods Of Violence.
A full venue of hot and sweaty people singing Run To The Hills is followed by our headliners tonight, German legends Kreator (8), who smash straight into the first song from the bands latest album Krushers Of The World, Seven Serpents. A song that is a great powerful opening that has a excellent breakdown middle section for plenty of crowed chants that build to a climactic ending that flows right into the next song without stopping and keeping the energy up of for the crowd with more chanting of Hail To The Hordes from 2017s album Gods Of Violence.
Kreator have the most impressive stage show of the night as expected with severed heads hanging from the mic stands and around the huge horned devil that surrounds the drum kit that drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil looks so far away on this stage due to all the pyro going on at the front of the stage but never sounds far away with superb blast beats for the rest of the set.
We go back a few decades with People Of The Lie from 1990s album Coma Of Souls and Betrayer from 1989s album Extreme Aggression which is very welcomed by this crowd with more crowd surfers then anytime tonight ascend on the security and front row. Kreator then pause to dedicate the title track from their latest album, Krushers Of The World to the legend that was Ross "The Boss" Friedman of Manowar. The set rolls on with good song choices mixing more new with old that keeps everyone happy here tonight.
To end the set we get two titled tracks from past albums first up 2001s Violent Revolution and then to end we go all the way back to 1986s Pleasure To Kill which sends this crowd off very happy, a great performance from Kreator tonight, the song selection, the sound, the crowd interactions and just overall musicianship tonight was top class from all bands.
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