Third Friday of the month and finally I am back in Musicon as I could not make it the first two metal Fridays. Not knowing what I missed 6 and 13 Jnauary, I picked a good night to return to Musicon. Whiteroomreviews Ralf (or is it Ralph, next time I ask) put together a triple package of bands I did not know. Turned out they all had their charm. Luckily I was not the only one deciding to check this package out as Musicon filled up reasonably with all three bands bringing some friends it seemed as many new faces to me were walking around and drinking beer.
Opening band were Hvalross from Roosendaal. This band stayed musically closest to my comfort zone, with progressive elements through their metal. The event name-dropped Mastodon as comparison and especially on the guitar sound I heard what they meant here. Nice variation throuhout the set, with some calmer intro's before bursting out again. So when I later thought of picking up their CD, it turned out they only had vinyl. One to keep an eye on, for when they return to the area. I asked also what that hard to read name was all about, but my Norwegian friends could have told me.
Second band were Morvigor. from Alkmaar. I rarely saw a band putting me so on the wrong foot before starting. Sound issues made them delay kicking off, with everyone waiting and they slightly less comfortable on the stage by the minute it seemed. Their looks are as non metallic as mine, so I even jokingly asked Marko if the bassist would serve us a Latte Macchiato Decaf halfway the set with his barista looks. And then they started and blew everyone in Musicon away. Their music mainly Black metallish was all about dynamics and atmosphere. This music is for hearing not describing, but they were the biggest surprise of the night. I did get their last CD Tyrant from 2017, but understood new work is in progress. A wonderful bleak set of extreme metal they gave us and I guess they won over many new fans with only three (?) songs in around 45 minutes. This band woudl fit rather well at Complexity Fest I guess as there was something post and progressive blended in their sound too.
Closing the evening were Her Fault from Belgium. Again we went on a trip along more extreme metal zones. The man making the show was the angry looking frontman. A real frontman he was with his expressiev presentation including walks of the stage and lots of metal poses. The band sounded good behind him, but for me musically least interesting as they were the most straight forward band of the day as well. This is a matter of personal taste as Rick seemd most impressed by Her Fault, which is a nice bandname and often so true. So one final beer before headig home, made my first gig of the year a surprising good one.
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