A night of underground death metal, indeed! All the way from Germany, en route to the Maryland Deathfest, Defeated Sanity clearly (and understandably) had the biggest draw this evening. I noticed that one of the guitar players looked much older than the rest of the unit, and it turns out that he is the drummer's father! How cool is that?! Only in Europe, my friends. The last time my dad picked up a guitar, he chased me around the house with it. Well, safe to say the wait for these boys was well worth it...they wrecked shop. The only complaint I have (and I can't believe the sound guy didn't fix the problem) is that you could barely hear the vocals...I was standing right in front and could hear Jens screaming, just not through the speakers. I walked in as Copremesis was finishing up, and based on the two songs I heard, I was pissed that I hadn't arrived earlier to catch their full set of 'unoriginal death-grind poop'. Sexcrement really got things going with the vocalist coming out in the crowd and getting up in everyone's face overtop a thick slab of porn-grind. If technical death metal is your flavor, Mucopus will deliver the goods. The bass player is the feature here (incredible fretwork), but I should also mention that the vocalist was going nuts and really invaded your personal space (not in a bad way), which provided some great energy to the performance. By the time Malignancy hit the stage, I was pretty wiped out, but stuck around for a few songs. Danny (vocals) looked pretty bored for the fifteen minutes I was there, but watching Rob handle the guitar leaves no doubt as to why he just got sponsored. On a side note, the bass player looked like he just got back from a picnic in Martha's Vineyard...
Sexcrement
Mucopus
Defeated Sanity
Malignancy
Me + Jens from Defeated Sanity...love his shirt!
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