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More metal from Leicester<\/h1>\n

Metal bands, gigs and reviews<\/h2>\n

Continuing our efforts to make more of metal in Leicester.<\/p>\n

Our earlier page on Metal had become very long; so we decided to start this one.<\/p>\n

See our previous page on metal in 2016 and the Metal2 \u00a0to the Masses<\/em> shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday 22nd May<\/p>\n

More Semi-finalising<\/h2>\n

Kevin Gaughan was at Firebug to see the bands that played in the second semi-final of Metal2 The Masses<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Conjurer at Metal2 semi-final, Firebug, 22nd May 2016.
Photo: Kevin Gaughan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are Kevin’s photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Metal to the Masses Semi final 2 at Firebug, Leicester, 22\/05\/16<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The special guest band at tonight’s show was Ballsdeep<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Resin Events posted on its Facebook page:<\/p>\n

Completing the final for Metal 2 the Masses<\/em> Leicester and joining BLOOD OATH<\/strong> and Final Coil<\/strong> are …
\nTemple of Lies<\/strong>,\u00a0Garganjua<\/strong> and Conjurer<\/strong>.
\nAlso joining the \u202a#\u200eUPRISING\u202c event on the acoustic stage \u00a0–\u00a0The Midnight Dogs<\/strong>.
\nAnd opening the night before Uprising for CAMBION Krysthla and King Leviathan will be The Mire Deep.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Band members at Metal2 semi-inal, Firebug, 22nd May 2016.
Photo: Kevin Gaughan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sunday 15th May<\/p>\n

Semi-final is far from a semi
\nFirebug<\/h2>\n

Tonight’s offering at Metal2<\/em> was far from flaccid. With The Mire Deep, The Midnight Dogs, Bload Oath, Final Coil and special guests Collapse on the line-up, we all knew we were in for something hard.<\/p>\n

Metal2<\/em> has had an extraordinarily good run of gigs all of which have attracted firm attendances. Leicester’s metal scene has enjoyed something of a renaissance since this series started back in March.<\/p>\n

Tonight the stage exploded into action with a performance by The Mire Deep<\/strong>. Wrought from deeply impactful riffs, fearsome chords and blazing beats, their set rolled into the room like a tsunami. If metal is to be enjoyed it must hit hard, it must smash and burn; this band did all that and more.<\/p>\n

Midnight Dogs<\/strong> started their set with an extended guitar flourish before launching into stomping beats. It might not have been mainstream metal, as someone commented to me later, but it was defintely rock and roll. These guys rocked the room, relentlessly. They poured gallons of high octname fuel into the hall and lit it with rollicking rhythms and a swaggering set of songs that ignited the audience.<\/p>\n

We were bombed with the successive ordnance of the set by Blood Oath<\/strong>. Marshaling their heavy guns, they fired volleys of armour-penetraing riffs at us. \u00a0 Their lead vocalist screaming, shouting and growling into the mic. the drummer pounding the ground with rounds of frantic munitions and together they blasted the room with showers of incendiary devices. The band’s songs had razor-sharp endings, confrontational songs took no hostages, in a fireball set that exploded into the hall with ear-bleeding fury. \u00a0It was sensational.<\/p>\n

A performance by Final Coil<\/strong> is like waiting at a bus stop; you can stand for ages and nothing comes and then suddenly loads turn up at once. I might not be a seasoned metal-head but I know a good band when I see one. High levels of technical ability. Ear-licking minor key melodies. Compulsive beats that have the front row hair-twirling and head hanging. Sumptuous guitar chords expertly blended into give a hall-mark sound and cunning orchestration behind driven vocals – it all adds up to a performance of monumental proportions. Songs that are full of impact, they energise the audience with exhilarating magic. It was a set that was invigorating right to the last note.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s show included a set by special guests Collapse<\/strong>. Not a band I had seen before tonight but I know they are a metal band from London that formed in 2009 and cite their influences as ‘The Haunted, Devildriver, Carcass’ and the band’s lead singer is \u00a0man-mountain, ‘a 22 stone giant with a throat like shredded glass.’ \u00a0The band has received impressive reviews for its recent album ‘…in the Shadow of Man<\/em>.’<\/p>\n

Voting for tonight’s bands started as soon as the lst band had finished playing and fans submitted their first and second choices, which counted for 30% of the results, the rest coming from the panel of judges. The two bands from tonight to go through to the final were Blood Oath and Final Coil.<\/p>\n

See photos from tonight’s show by Fletch Photography on Facebook
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