Friday 7 November - first stop, The Duchess to take a punt on three bands that we haven't heard of before. Leading the charge tonight was York heavy metal band, With One Last Breath. They cranked up with an ominous rumble of bass and an ear-splitting scream that sent my two colleagues scrambling for the ear-plugs. These guys are loud, these guys are heavy! For the slower bits think Deftones. For the faster stuff, think Trivium or Dragonforce. I couldn't hear a word but they made fantastic noise. WOLB are a 4 piece consisting of; Sam Graves (lead vocals/guitars), Jake Holmes (bass/vocals), Joe Graves (guitars/vocals), and Chris Bowling (drum). We particularly liked the bass player's style. I would definitely see these guys again. So a pretty good start to the evening.
Unfortunately, they proved a hard act to follow. Next up were another York band, The Bitter Image, another four piece consisting of; Dom Wells (lead vocals/guitar), Jonny Wells (guitar/vocals), Jim Buck (bass/vocals), and Dom Smith (drums). I'm hard put to describe their sound, kinda of heavy rock but a bit more melodic. The drumming was excellent; the guitar playing was competent but not up to the standard set by WOLB. Overall I was disappointed.
The final act came from Ireland. In Case of Fire were the winners of the MTV Spanking New For 2008 and have been touring with 30 Seconds to Mars, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Funeral For A Friend. They've also played with Ash and Biffy Clyro. ICOF are a power trio and the line up is; Steven Robinson (vocals/guitar), Mark Williamson (bass), and Colin Robinson (drums). For three young folk they make a huge noise. The vocals seemed rather muddy though and the songs were mostly short, about 3-4 minutes, and lacked the complexity and richness that WOLB had shown. They were better than the Bitter Image but failed to surpass the performance of WOLB.
As it was still early when we emerged from The Duchess, we sauntered over to The Roman Bath to catch the second half of the performance by Yorkshire covers band Left Hand Drive (sorry couldn't find a BeBoFaceSpace link). LHD are three blokes, lead guitar and vocals, a bass player, and a drummer. Sadly, by this time the beer was flowing freely, but here is what I can remember of them playing: Bad Company (Can't Get Enough), Cream (Crossroads), Then Lizzy (Whiskey In The Jar), Muddy Waters (Hoochie Coochie Man) Jimi Hendrix (Hey Joe), Bo Diddley (Who Do You Love), Fleetwood Mac (Black Magic Woman). The lead guitar/vocalist was extremely good and I would definitely like to see a full performance.
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