I have to say, it turned out to be a very good night after all. Not many people were at the forum, a couple of metalheads, ongoers, the usuals, but it just turned out to be a pretty well-balanced night. lots of thrashing, headbanging, falling down (a lot, in my case), and beer.
As we all gathered round the stage and walls, we were approached by the first band, Gokkun (apologies for linking to a myspace page but they don't have Last.fm), and I have to say, the first song blew me off, it was insanely hardcore. As I was telling everyone after and the day after they played,t hey reminded me of Throwdown mixed with a bit of Killswitch Engage, and a lot of hardcore influence like Lamb of God, Bleeding Through, ChaseMotive, etc. the list goes on. Nevertheless, it was insanely nut-grabbingly good, as you'll see by this picture.
As you can probably tell by the picture, it was harsh, the vocals were a lot of shouty shouty, and the screams were.....hardcore, basically. fucking heavy. I loved all the songs they played, even though my mate kept dragging me out for a fag and I kept moaning that I wanted to go back inside to her because they were really good. But it was really good, I loved the aggression, he jumped about on stage alot, which impressed me because not many people were inside the forum at this point.
Nevertheless, our local musical prog metal geniuses continued on the stage. France, the lead singer, announced Ghost In Mirrors and a lot of cheers were heard.
Now, I've seen these guys twice before, and watching these guys is pretty inspiring. I first saw them with Matt Furby at the Forum and they played an excellent show, so I knew what I was expecting, and I got what I expected. A set of intricate, beautifully constructed yet powerful prog with carefully constructed synths and solos everywhere.
Ghost in Mirrors, I can no doubt say, have an unbeaten streak of excellent live shows. The bass was tapping, the drums were double-beating at intense moments, and the guitar was beautifully singing to the audience. I have to give kudos to the guitarist though, he's so concentrated at his gigs, it's unbelievable, and he gets everything just right, even bending down to focus on timing and techniques.
Very interesting band, I can see they worked so hard to create and play their music. As part of the crowd, we were having the jam of our lives during smooth moments and rocking out during the heavy times. Loved it.
After they played, the stage cleared, and everyone silenced.
22 mars 2009 - Written By Sherman Leung.
http://www.lastfm.fr/user/gravitypoint/journal/2009/03/22/2l2ndz_tunbridge_wells_forum_does_metal_special_-_loudly_and_locally.
Wednesday 8 July 2009
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