Trigger The Bloodshed w/ Kiriath & Bleed From Within @ Auntie Annies – 23/06/2010
June 30, 2010 No Comments
Bleed From Within - with amazing propeller-like ginger hair (C) Laura Rose Mcbride 2010
The roars of football fans can be heard all around Belfast city, but they wont match the roars of a number of ecstatic metal fans in Auntie Annies tonight. Probably one of the heaviest gigs to take place in Belfast in a while with bands Kiriath, the young technical metal beasts, Bleed From Within, up and coming Deathcore knights and stars of the show, the Death Metal war tank that is Trigger The Bloodshed.
The venue slowly fills up with a diverse crowd, fringes and long locks can be seen everywhere and as it continues to swell, young Belfast metallers Kiriath take to the stage and unleash their technical destruction of the ears.
Kiriath displaying an eight stringed shredfest (C) Laura Rose McBride 2010
A young band full of talented musicians, they’re somewhat wasted in this venue tonight, as the sound isn’t all that clear and by the looks of the lead guitarist who’s wielding an 8 string guitar, we really needed to hear the full effect of his tremendous technical shredding.
All in all though, the entire band proves that metal may have an all be it small scene in Northern Ireland, but it has some gems that we really need to watch out for in the not so distant future.
Fringes galore as Bleed From Within take to the stage and bring forth the breakdown in a magnificent manner. The band welcome this as the first time they have played Belfast and hopefully not the last, as we are graced with an immersive sound throughout the entire set, as well as pits in which the hardcore fans tear it up. We also get a small but all be it violent wall of death.
Bleed From Within, show everyone how to do the mario jump on a tiny stage (C) Laura Rose McBride 2010
The band play songs from their fabulous new release, Empire, which is out now, and also material from their previous release called Humanity, before finishing up the set with a crowd pleaser in the form of a cover, dedicated to the late Paul Gray of Slipknot, who recently passed away.
The crowd ready themselves for the onslaught of Technical Death Metal that is Trigger The Bloodshed. I also wonder if they are wasted on such a small stage but am soon proven wrong.
The band takes to the stage with a barrage of growls and screams, blasting ferociously into their opening song, not giving anyone a chance to catch a breath, they’ve come in the name of destruction and its pretty evident that they aim to succeed.
Not sure who's more intimidating - The audience's threatening hand gestures or the frontman's farmer's biceps (C) Laura Rose McBride 2010
Playing crowd-pleasers such as The Great Depression, a vast amount of new material which is so groove laden you could almost start dancing to it and older material from their first album, they treat us to a magnificent set list indeed.
We are to enjoy a fairly clear sound throughout the night as well, so hats off to the soundman. As well as this fabulous improvement, we also have a band that interact exceptionally well with the metal crowd – requesting pits and a wall of death - and of course, they got them.
A new brand of hair gel - 'I can't believe it's not sweat' (C) Laura Rose McBride 2010
The band finish up and are requested for an encore and they deliver, putting all their remaining energy into the final song and tearing the face off anyone that still has one.
After the gig, the bands were out interacting with the crowd, signing t shirts, getting photos, chatting, it’s refreshing to see that not all fame turns musicians into snobby pricks, and on that note, the venue empties and the metal heads of Belfast all go back to their beds for a sleep to the satisfying hum left in their ears.
By Matthew Simpson & Laura Rose McBride