What bigger joy when they announced in October Vio-lence They were going to visit the Peninsula. The same is rather itp promotions, thanks to those that the group has first arrived in Spain and Portugal. It seems a lie but yes, it is the first time that the San Francisco band visited us since its inception there for 1985. They are celebrating the 35th anniversary of their second album, “OPPRESSING THE MASSES”, published in July 1990, by UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Portugal …
The Asturians opened the night BLAST OPEN. With two albums, an EP on the street and some singles, they took the opportunity to present a varied and heterogeneous proposal, giving good account of complex and worked compositions, in which melodic passages and more forceful developments alternated, as happened during the initial “riding on a dead horse”.
At the instrumental level the band was solid and fought, they were very shot, leaving shyness in dressing rooms. In any case, issues such as “Fallen Angel” or “Pool of Blood”, with a fantastic start, in which Nefta He showed his vocal power, helped us consume the wait before the landing of the US combo.
Nor were they missing during their presentation “Resurrected”, “Pray Without Fear or” Trying to Escape “, ending his performance with the same force as at the beginning.
The stellar moment of the night came with Vio-lencethat razed the revi live without a pinch of concession to the nonsense. In full era of autotune and canned digital music, the Americans imposed their status as analog beasts. The electric guitars still have a good legion of followers and of them could enjoy the around 250 souls that approached the Vicálvaro room last night.
The band is considered one of the greats of the thrash metal of the Bay Arena, together with Metallica, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Laaz Rockit, Forbidden … Throughout their career they have published several demos, three EPS and three LPS; They have also been inactive years and have gone through their ranks great artists such as Phil Demmel (CATEGORY 7, ex MACHINE HEAD) y Robb FlynnVocalist and guitar of Machine Head.
The current training is composed of Sean Killian to the voice, keeping your personality on stage on each subject. To the guitars we have VANA BLACK (Lizzy Borden, Metal Church …), To the other guitar Claudeous Creamer (POSSESSED, SADUS), al bajo Jeff Salgado Already the battery Nick Souzason of the former singer of Exodus Zetro Souza. A quintet with many Thrashers tables and genes, as a friend said.
Starting the show with “Liquid Courange” is a declaration of intentions, while the primitivist imprint of the first era with “OPPRESSING THE MASSES” is still alive, interpreting the complete album. The message is clear: they want to give us Thrash Metal Old School. “Subterfuge” is the second assault, and in which Sean Killian He defends himself great. Behind her sounds “I Profit”, the theme that opens the album.
After “engulfed by Flames”, we continue with “Officer Nice” and “Mentally Afflicted”, another incontestable hymn.
Held was the usual “Eternal Nightmare”, with the public delivered in body and soul. To the majestic interpretation of “Kill On Command” followed another cut of her debut album “Eternal Nightmare” entitled “Calling in the Coroner”, for minutes later hook her with a fire ship, “Upon Their Cross”. With “World in a World”, be they lowers the pit and climbs to the fence to sing and collide the fists with all the followers of the first rows in a final apoteosic party. How lucky ours for having accompanied them during this show! Last night, in Madrid, Thrash Metal was made. We live it.
