An evening of metal in Musicon with this time not again a Death Metal filled program, but Thrash in various forms. I did not know either of te bands, so open minded off to Musicon it was. Good to see that Musicon filled up well for this package, so more thrash seems welcome in the future.
Openers of the evening were Narcolepsy a young thrash metal trio from The Hague. I did not see them play live before as I was not fit for Sneeuwpop. Young they might be, but dressed in tight black, bullet belts and large white sneakers they brought us back to the eighties. To my pleasure the playing was good as well, with especially some very nice soloing along the songs. I did not know any music by them, but at first hearing it went down fine. My favourite was the one but last track, where a fast opening took us to a calm mid peace in order to thrash on again. Good to see that The Hague has a new proper thrash band of whom we shall see much more no doubt.
Next band Taskforce Toxicator made the evening an innternational one, as they hail from Münster Germany. Formed in 2017 they released their first full lenght in 2023 with Laser Samurai. If Narcolepsy brought us back to the late eighties, Taskforce Toxicator made sure we stayed in that period. This band had the thrash and played an enjoyable set. Normally a five piece, they now came with four men only. So the vocalist picked up a guitar too, until the encore when Slayer was honoured. Smartest move was when playing the title track of their album throwing some inflatable light sables in the crowd. That brought more people forward and an interesting colourful pit. A sympathetic band who did win over some new fans I guess.
Grindpad would close the evening. This band from Utrecht already exists since 2006, but I never crossed their (grind)path. Some members I saw with Bloodphemy or Warborn Waste before, but as Grindpad a debut for me. Another band that appears as five man band on Metal Archives while only four made it to The Hague. Can we blame Trump's visa rules for this? Anyway when Grindpad got underway it soon was clear what they came to do, create a party on and off the stage. The reaction of the audience was accordingly and we got a very pleasant set where nothing was taken too serious, apart from the very well playing that is.Where we had inflatable lightswords before, we know had two large sharks flying over our heads, threatening our beers constantly. They managed to get Musicon moving and were appreciated by all. They said until the nex time, which for me shall be at Metal Experience Fest in Nobel in October. One fine evening in Musicon with three nice bands to watch we got.
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