Returning home from a week holiday in the afternoon, just in time to head for a sold out Musicon in the evening to see some death metal from Brasil and Denmark. I did not know any of the three bands in advance, but some Youtube checking got me interested.I was somewhat surprised that this package sold out. comparing with other packages passing Musicon over time, but good to see metal being alive.
Plaguemace opened the evening and did so very energetic. Their vocalist had the scandinavian understated sense of humor and got smiles on most faces. At times I was afraid he crossed the line and we would go eurovision gimmick alike, but he knew just where to stop. When two guitarists are wearing shirts of Archspire and LefttoDie hopes for techdeath rise, but we stayed more in pure death metal with good guitars though. This band knew how to open the evening well and jumping around in bermuda's they seemed to be enjoying themselves too. Talking about shirts in the end after every song another member took of his shirt resulting in lots of beer bellies on display. Nice live band they were.
Nekkeknaeker (what's in a name?) are also from Denmark. They are young as in secondary school age young, but they were very tight too. The only thing I knew about them was that they are also playing Dynamo Metal Fest this year. Seeing them metalling away I can see why they got invited. Nakkeknaeker are definitely among the furture of metal. A very solid band and in spite of their age a very comfortable performance too. The vocalist looked (not sounded) to me like a very young John Bush. He asked for circle pits and a wal lof death and got same. Interesting to see how the guys from Plaguemace led the party here. This band will go the distance I guess since they only just started and already impressed massively.
Then it was up to Crypta to wrap up the evening. These four ladies are from Sao Paulo, so I did not need to ask them about favourite football teams. In 2024 I can't imagine that the fact that they are women resulted in a sold out show. The music spoke loud enough for itself. Crypta was born when Nervosa fell apart. Fernanda and Luana started Crypta and now they seem to have found a solid line-up. It did not need much to get the party started and now both support bands were active in the pit. I Liked the grim faces Fernanda showed throughout the set and the band was enjoying their full house it seemed. In the end the two supports were invited on stage to close their last evening of the tour in style. A great closure of one fine evening in my favourite venue. Hope that among the many to me unknown faces walking around some will find their way to Musicon more often. 1 June The Hague Death Fest has a line-up that should please most walking around last night as well.
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