Today an album dropped in front of Jonny B that claimed to be “adult oriented doom metal” and he thought to himself, “well, I’m an adult and I like doom metal”! So, he decided to dig a little deeper into what Vampyromorpha have to offer…
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Matt Ball is someone who’s been around the block more than a few times with a number of acts within the prog metal scene, most recently by being bass player for Chris Schiermann and Uneven Structure. After rubbing shoulders with many heavyweights he’s gotten around to putting his own musical ideas down in the form of a two-part album with the first release, ‘Orion I’ set to be released on this weekend and ‘Orion II’ to follow up in early 2020.
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One thing that has been great to see on the Belfast rock and metal scene over the past year or so has been how audience numbers steadily growing, with more and more people turning out to support the local talent base rather than restricting their adventures into the live arena to the big name touring points. A contributing factor may well be the annual Metal 2 The Masses competition drawing attention to the sheer wealth of talent we have in this particular corner of the Überverse. You could also put it down to the advent of social media and the ways in which it makes both bands and their music more accessible and amenable to wider audiences. Over the past few months in particular, it has been gratifying to see crowds at gigs which previously only would have attracted a handful of loyal music lovers swelling to numbers which would make some the above-mentioned touring bands green with envy. A case in point is this evening’s showcase, which sees pronk kings NASA Assassin launch their ÜR-approved new album, ‘Glitterbalder’ into the big bad world of rock ‘n’ roll in front of a highly respectable crowd of around 170 or so souls.
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John B really doesn’t know what do think about this one. It is very hard for him to put into words. For some reason it makes him think of the original Age Of Empires from back in the day. He has absolutely no idea why that is relevant but it is so strong in hismind. Maybe it is because back in the day he found that game hard to stay patient and always wanted to rush the objectives never being fully prepared. From that game, he learned that sometimes you are rewarded for waiting until the right moment. This album captures that patience. There are subtle changes through each track that slowly pulls you in and really reward you. Because of that the album demands your attention and rewards you for it. That is something hard to do but is truly special.
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Another local Liverpool gig for our normally Über Kingdom traversing gigaholic – people are going to end up thinking he lives in the city at this rate! Last week’s local hero headliners SPQR are our support for the evening, with Canadian punks Metz as our bill topping act. It’s cold enough that Metz probably think they’re at home in summer, not that it seems to affect the busy crowd that show up to support.
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