MANILLA ROAD/SOLSTICE/DEEP MACHINE - London, 3rd June

Divine Victim · Post by **Divine Victim** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:31 pm

Me too, I saw them play with Tokyo Blade last year and they were band of the night for me. Bang on!

Here's another appetiser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-le415f ... e=youtu.be

johnolith · Post by **johnolith** » Thu May 10, 2012 5:21 pm

Can't wait for this! Got tickets and travel booked, just the hotel to sort...

johnolith · Post by **johnolith** » Thu May 10, 2012 5:21 pm

Can't wait for this! Got tickets and travel booked, just the hotel to sort...

Aiden · Post by **Aiden** » Mon May 21, 2012 7:28 pm

I was blasting the Amulet - Cut The Crap tape earlier today. Not bad at all. I'd say it would be good live. Do they have many other songs or do they play a few covers too?

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:43 pm

Oops. Totally missed out on this and 3rd of June is coming up too soon now.

Another year of no Manilla Road.

Divine Victim · Post by **Divine Victim** » Tue May 22, 2012 11:59 pm

Aiden wrote:I was blasting the Amulet - Cut The Crap tape earlier today. Not bad at all. I'd say it would be good live. Do they have many other songs or do they play a few covers too?

They have several new songs since the tape - playing for about 25 minutes.

Aiden · Post by **Aiden** » Wed May 23, 2012 7:06 pm

Cheers. Looking forward to seeing them.

Divine Victim · Post by **Divine Victim** » Wed May 23, 2012 7:45 pm

17:15 - 17:40 Amulet
17:55 - 18:20 Wytch Hazel
18:35 - 19:05 Spartan Warrior
19:20 - 19:50 Deep Machine
20:10 - 21:00 Solstice
21:15 - 23:15+ Manilla Road

Oliver/KIT · Post by **Oliver/KIT** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:41 am

25 and 30 minute sets suck...I always hated that on bigger festivals and tours..

Divine Victim · Post by **Divine Victim** » Sun May 27, 2012 9:54 pm

Zine Shop at the gig, featuring: Cimmerian Shadows, Devilment, Hell Bent For Metal and Steel For An Age (Gr).

Pestkrieg · Post by **Pestkrieg** » Mon May 28, 2012 5:34 am

Oliver/KIT wrote:25 and 30 minute sets suck...I always hated that on bigger festivals and tours..

If there is going to be that many opening bands, then I would much rather have 25-30 minute sets. Good warm up, plus plenty of bands don't have enough quality material to sustain for an hour.

johnolith · Post by **johnolith** » Tue May 29, 2012 6:44 pm

I'm very much looking forward to this! Cool to hear there may be some zines to pick up for the coach home

Aiden · Post by **Aiden** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:04 pm

Can't wait for this! See you all tomorrow!

Aiden · Post by **Aiden** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:19 pm

Great night. Manilla Road were by far the best band, as expected. A nice long set too but I wanted even more!
Solstice were good but the technical problems ruined it a bit. I thought Randy was going to start busting heads at one point!
Deep Machine were good with the highlight being Asylum.
Spartan Warrior were surprisingly good as I'm not very familiar with them. I thought the vocalist was grabbing his crotch a bit too much though!
Wytch Hazel were easily the poorest band of the night. I'm not very familiar with their stuff either but I'd hardly even call it metal. They seem to make a big effort with the clothes though! Their cover of Running Free wasn't bad though.
Amulet were good. Hopefully they keep it up as I'd say they could be excellent in a few years.

I'm fairly shattered now though so It's an early night for me tonight. London always puts a huge hole in my bank account too! No doubt I'll be back there again soon enough though!