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  Area 51, Hardcore Dancers And Not Being In The Yakuza, A Gatecreeper Gig Review: Words by M H Thomson and Pics/Brief Words by Mark J         St Kilda’s Prince Bandroom is not a venue that I’m intimately familiar with but this show was a phenomenal introduction. The almighty Gatecreeper put together one hell of a gig, the following are my thoughts on the evening's performances: Gutless:   A fast and thrashy start to the evening's proceedings Gutless are classic grindy death metal to the max and they weren't taking any prisoners. Lots of lightning-fast two-finger power chords and fun picking patterns throughout, their second number even reminded me a little of Suicide Silence's “Bludgeoned to Death”. The vocalist/guitarist looks like Devin Townsend if he hadn’t put his hair in dreadlocks but sounds more like Dethklok’s Nathan Explosion, and has the commanding presence to match. Owing to the intensity of his performance even though he was singing wi...

  Tribal Psychedelia And Sleazy Lost Highways, A We Lost The Sea Gig Review: Words: M H Thomson Pics:  Mark J. I never really know what to expect when walking into a post-metal gig, especially when I’m not terribly familiar with either act playing, but I have always been pleasantly surprised and occasionally blown away by the experience and We Lost The Sea’s gig at Howler in Brunswick the other day was both of those things. Two fine acts on top form, the following are my thoughts on their sets in slightly more detail: Lucid Planet: A cacophony of psychedelic progressive metal and modern techno craziness to kick off the show. These guys had it all. Their tunes were all long complex pieces that felt like more of a jam at times but were clearly very well thought out and did contain the occasional recurring riff. Their first number opened with a nice jazzy cross stick beat from drummer Chris Cameron that led into the first of many progressive psychedelic metal style riff led b...

  Thrash, Spanish Guitar & Rob Halford Impressions, An Exhorder Review: By M H Thomson Exhorder is a band I’ve always known of but never really listened to until now. Before hearing this record my only knowledge of this group was that it was the main project of one Kyle Thomas, the singer in one of my all-time favourite bands Alabama Thunderpussy. To be perfectly honest with you I have no fucking clue why it’s taken me this long to get around to listening to them. Holy fuck is it good craic, the perfect blend of thrash, groove and southern sludge. Their new album Defectum Omnium is the focus of this article, here are my thoughts track by track:   Wrath of Prophecies: A thrashy and groovy intro, initially thought it was going to be a short punchy minute-and-a-half intro song, but it kept going. Pat O’Brien’s guitar solo and leading interlude breaks things up well. Overall the song feels like something by The Haunted, but with an outro breakdown torn straight out ...